This month marks the 98th anniversary of the Oreo. Created back in March of 1912, over 491 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since then—that's more white stuff than Rae and Ghost, The Clipse, and Officer Ricky's fantasies combined. Besides filling our stomachs, "America's Favorite Cookie" has filled up the pop culture universe. It has been everywhere, from in between our teeth to political talk shows and the weird world of Weird Al Yankovic parodies. Continue on to see the ads, recipe innovations, and cases where "Milk's Favorite Cookie" was served with a heaping helping of 'cism rather than con leche.
OREO INTRODUCES THE DOUBLE STUFF, 1975
• In 1975, Nabisco gave us Americans what we really needed—same great Oreo taste, double the filling. They know us too well—we just can't ever get enough of that creamy white stuff! Ayo!
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THE WILLIAMS SISTERS VS. MANNING BROTHERS AD, JANUARY 2008
• Not even being paired with America's Favorite Cookie could save the Manning brothers from looking like all-star cornballs as they hungrily licked off all that cream. Stick to the Gatorade commercials...
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FUDGE COVERED, 1987
• Nabisco has been switching up the formula since sometime in the 1920s with the lemon filling, but since they covered Oreos in fudge in '87, the game has never been the same. With mint, white, and chocolate fudge, 'Bisco has hit us with with more styles and flavors than the Wu—only none is as disappointing as a U-God solo album.
