Snack of the Week: Gingerbread Oreos

Gingerbread Oreos. By far the most elusive limited edition flavor of a snack to track down in the history of Snack of the Week. In late November, people were sending me links indicating the release of this new flavor. And I had to try it. But I could not find it anywhere. So I mentioned them to my mom and she was like "Oh I just bought them! But there were so good that there are only two left."  So in the next package she sent, I found a snack-sized Ziploc bag with two gingerbread Oreos in it.

Maybe it was the exclusive nature of getting just two of them, but oh my gosh, they were the best Oreo I had ever tasted. I loved the vanilla cookies. And gingerbread filling did not cross the line into the gross-fake-gingerbread flavor. I savored those two Oreos for as long as I could. Which was about four minutes. 

But then on a post-Christmas shopping trip, my mom found a whole package of the cookies. Which is now mine. 

And I can say with certainty that I did not exaggerate their deliciousness simply because they were scarce sweets. Nope, even with the whole package in my hands, these Oreos taste just as good as I remembered.

If you can track these down, it is worth the effort. If not, we can all just hope they are back next holiday season!

Snack of the Week is a weekly feature where I profile the best snack that I am eating. Equal parts healthy and indulgent are how I aspire (and sometimes fail) to eat my way through life and I try to reflect in these snacks. All snacking is done with a budget-friendly mindset as well. To read previous Snacks of Week, click here.

If you have any suggestions for snacks you would like me to try and profile, please email me at iwbadg@gmail.com. Unless it is super weird or expensive, I will probably try it.