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My excuse for being late to write this review is that I'm keeping the vibe simpatico with Nabisco’s flaccid energy of being very late to jump on the chicken and waffle trend that most of us have already been beaten over the head with.

This summer, both Oreo and Chik Fil-A became the latest dinghies in a flotilla of capitalists trying to cash in on long-established commodities that mom and pops had stalwartly been selling for decades. 

Alas, I am just one man fighting against the tide, and actually I’ve addd to the swell by purchasing some too.

 As a kid, chicken and biscuits were always a fun treat for me, but only if I can get some maple syrup on the biscuit; Shout out JIM DANDY CHICKEN (review’s in the works). 

This Oreo’s cookie portion reminds me of a sweet, greasy biscuit, which tastes very similar to the cookie they used in last winter’s CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZEL OREO,except this newer venture also has the taste and crumble of MCDONALD’S PLAIN COOKIES from the 1980’s. The old  Pretzel Oreos left me craving actual fried chicken. The current product doesn’t have that poultry-provoking salivarity and, thankfully, doesn’t taste like chicken. As a society, we’re not ready for savory Oreos yet, but if they ever decide to go down that road I’d like to be on the committee for the Beef Patty & Coco Bread flavor.

Inside, we get a double creme; there’s a thin layer of beige creme w/ flecks in it that tastes like maple syrup and also mimics the grit of fried chicken crumbs. I don’t love it because it tastes and feels like sweet, whipped margarine, but I appreciate the commitment to the theme. There’s also a darker tan creme which tastes like a stronger but cheaper facsimile of maple syrup. The texture of that portion is mercifully more akin to the standard Oreo creme that we love and trust.

Eating several of these unmasks a strong overall corn flavor. Like that of cheese puff sans cheese but with margarine/ vanilla extract esters. Never mind the taste, though; the most compelling thing I experienced eating these was the FEELING. Somehow they’ve managed to evoke the mouth and stomach feel of eating too much fried chicken w/o the product really tasting like fried chicken. It’s a level of wizardry that leaves me impressed, but equally uneasy.

This was a valiant, yet transparent effort that felt soulless, and I'm really disappointed that the cookie portion wasn’t better because they were so close to getting it right with the pretzel ones.

Haiku:

Cookie’s good and wrong

Real feelings from fake flavors?

Beyond Meat’s jealous

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CHICKEN & WAFFLES OREO