The US sees an item not referred to by a corporate brand name, and wouldn't have it.
They're not alone in it, but their suseptiblity to macro-marketing can only be described as "American level".
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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The brand name is far from the point here but why bother when “grumble grumble America bad” is an option.
imagine going out of your way to whinge about others whinging about america, as we're watching the country obviously descend into blatant fascism
its because they call it chocolate sandwich biscuits. like what even is that?
All the brits in here don't even understand, it's not about the brand name you ninnys, they're chocolate sandwich cookies.
FIX BAYONETS!
How is it a chocolate sandwich though?
I have a ham sandwich, or I have a salami sandwich. I don’t have a “bread sandwich.”
The shit in the middle isn’t chocolate right?
It's a chocolate-flavored sandwich-cookie, not a cookie version of a chocolate sandwich.
That's just what the off brand ones call themselves to avoid lawsuits, don't read too much into it.
Or do idc lol but that's why.
Nah, biscuit is the proper term. Look it up. Aren't these just corporate factory macaroons though?
Oreos are just shite bourbons
Bourbons were just copying the already successful Hydrox cookies. Hydrox is superior to both Bourbons and Oreo, because they have always been vegan
Hydrox has a more cookie like cookie than Oreo's and yet... I like the abomination more. Something about its almost chemical like flavor just goes really good with the creme and milk.
Newman-O's are another vegan alternative. The mint ones are great.
Not just shite, but like they got every facet as wrong as they could. Awful, heinous biscuits.
Never thought I'd be on the side of the redcoats, but alas you make a good point.
I understand now why so many traitorous Scots put on the coat.
If memory serves, the original oreo, which had some shit futuristic name that makes it sound like a cleaning product or something, are older than bourbons, but bourbons are older than oreos.
Hydrox. They're still around, and have always been ~~kosher.~~ vegan.
Yeah, bourbons and oreos are both vegan. I can't speak for whether or not a rabbi was present for their slaughter, or whatever.
Oh gotcha, clearly I conflated what dietary requirements they met.
(Maybe they are kosher, sorry. I was just making a joke of ignorance between kosher and halal. Figured we might as well conflate Islam and Judaism)
I could be wrong, but as I understand it Halal is Kosher, but not the other way around, since Muslims recognize Jews as a people of the book.
Ooooh now that does sound like it could be a good fact
I got it backwards! Kosher is Halal, but Halal isn't Kosher
Your commitment to correct is commendable no matter what! Thanks for the update.
Brit here. Not once have I heard anyone refer to Oreos this way
Hydrox > Oreos
If only the British had sent brand name tea, it wouldn't be at the bottom of Boston harbour.
And none of that Sleepytime crap either! Doesn't work. My mother used to give me a cup before bed constantly in an attempt to get me to sleep more than 4 hours a day.
They're called "chocolate sandwich biscuits" in the UK? Huh, I always call them "overrated".
I kinda agree but probably for opposite reasons. There's no sliced bread OR butter so it can't be a sandwich. And I'm fairly sure there's no actual chocolate in there. Oreos are definitely biscuits tho.