Review: New Raspberry Oreo Fudge Cremes

Happy Monday, So Good readers!  Its Eric, your friendly neighborhood Junk Food Guy. I’ve been hitting the office pretty hard for the past two weeks, so it’s a nice break getting to write for all of you. I spent much of the weekend debating the new Superman/Batman movie and why the Justice League is WAAAY better than the Avengers.  Hey, that’s what happens when you have friends who went to Comic Con in San Diego last weekend.  #geektastic …. But seriously, Dark Knight Rises isn’t two years in the can, and they’re already trying to bring Batman back??? Blasphemy. Sigh.

Today’s junk food: New Raspberry Oreo Fudge Cremes!

I discussed these New Raspberry Oreo Fudge Cremes with the guys over on The Nosh Show this week, Episode 9, and my take on this new flavor of Fudge Cremes was: I WANTED TO EAT THESE. Why? Because I’d been a huge fan of Oreo’s previous fruit-flavored creme and dark cookie mixes, in particular, Berry Burst Oreos. Plus, I like fruit and chocolate, so what could go wrong, right?  (Although, my other reviews for fudge cremes have been sort of all over the place (here, here, and here) so…maybe I shouldn’t get my hopes up?)

Each of these New Raspberry Oreo Fudge Cremes has about 60 calories per cookie, and…

…is loaded with lots of yeeeeeeeeeg inducing ingredients.  First of all, where the hell are the raspberries, Oreo? I see natural and artificial falvor, and that’s it.  Not even some raspberry puree? Nothing???  Toss me a bone here, Oreo.

When I opened up this package of New Raspberry Oreo Fudge Cremes, I SWEAR TO GOD, it smelled like bubblegum.  Holy cow it was weird. WEIRD. Smelled like fruit punch or raspberry Bubbalicious Bubblegum!  My mind spun.  I mean, even the Watermelon Oreos didn’t give off such a distinct aroma…but these were undoubtedly (and eerily) fruit smelling.

Undaunted by the smell, I blindly foraged ahead and took a bite of these New Raspberry Oreo Fudge Cremes. Like other Fudge Cremes I’ve eaten, the texture was similar – with only one layer of cookie, the creme top of the Oreo was sort of soft and mushy while the cookie provided only a little bit of snap.  My mouth was immediately filled with super sweet fudgey chocolate flavor.  The palm oil made the chocolate exterior melt easily with my body heat and coat my finger tips.  Eating a Fudge Creme is a fairly messy affair.

Flavor-wise, outside of the fudgey exterior and the typical Oreo cookie flavor, the creme inside was barely noticeable over the fudge until a few chews in. Then, a sort of cherry/raspberry-medicinal flavor emerged.  It was berry-like, but definitely a bit too artificial tasting for my liking. Sort of like tasting a fake fruit gummy candy that is coated in chocolate…not the most harmonious melding of chocolate and fruit flavor. The overall feeling was sort of cheap…this was a half assed fruit creme covered with overpowering fudge.

All in all, NOT my favorite fruit Oreo at all.  Sad face…

PURCHASED AT: Safeway

COST: $4.29 on sale.  Oof.

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Oreo

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Raspberry Fudge Cremes

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USD 4.29

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Available in Store Only