Food Theory: The DARK Secret of Oreos

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Oreos are one of the most beloved snacks out there but did you know that they have a DARK history? Theorists, let's talk about Hydrox cookies. Oh, you don't know what those are? They were Oreos BEFORE Oreos. That's right! That classic sandwich cookie taste you love so much did NOT start with Oreos! What happened? Watch to find out!

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[RexVenge]

Lol imagine Hydrox loyalists working under Oreos' parent company being all secretive and whispering to each other, "Hail Hydrox."

[angryshavige]

Oreo is literally the guy who repeated your joke louder and became popular with everyone.

[seela]

This dude did a better job advertising Hydrox than their whole marketing team

[thewelchguy]

Loved this story. I have an additional perspective for you. As a photographer. When making an image of food related stuff, the Oreo is really only one sided and thus boring. However [at the time this was revealed to me] Sunshine Hydrox offered you much more interesting compositions for making art. In this way: you could place the Sunshine or the Hydorx side of the cookie either both up Sunshine Sunshine or Hydrox Hydrox OR you could go Sunshine up in part of the image and Hydrox in the other part of the image. giving you more diversity in your creative project. So you have a Sunshine-Hydrox option for the image or just use the plain ole boring Oreo in your image.

[OROmusic]

Gotta change my name to hydrox now I guess

[astromotive]

*Oreo every time Hydrox makes a comeback*

Oreo: "Stay down. Final warning".
Hydrox: "I can do this all day".

[davidg]

Oreo: our cookie has a creamy delicious center, and is clearly the superior product
Hydrox: our mascot gets arrested for exposing himself on TV

[deannabanman]

6 episodes times 4 channels is crazy on it’s on because these are some of the best research videos I’ve seen on YouTube… put a two year old on top of that is just so impressive. What a good team!

[pingerlol]

I'm an E kind of guy. That's where every time you go into the kitchen you grab a couple hoping your family wont notice until one of your family members opens the package all the way and you realize you ate all of them

[strangeavocado]

I’ve never heard of Hydrox before, and I genuinely want to try them now.

That being said, sounding like a mouthwash isn’t gonna help them

[alexwright]

Personally, I throw my whole cookie into a glass of milk, wait approximately 8 seconds, fish it out with a spoon, eat it whole, and repeat the process in a trance like state until I eventually come to realizing I need a new package of oreos.

[salmondo]

What does Matt Patt mean when he says he’s not building his channel with his personality, I swear I watch every vid for his personality 😂❤

[SilvyReacts]

It always weirds me out how many of these older business stories involve friends or family betraying the other.

[googleitlol]

The fact that MatPat has to clarify that ‘Kosherized’ is a real word makes me feel like while writing the script for this episode, him and Steph had a debate on whether or not it was the proper term.

[kyebetts]

The reason Oreo asks the question: "How do you eat your Oreo?" "Do you twist it, dunk it, etc?" is to make people subconsciously visualize eating Oreos. Advertising tactic. Makes people more likely to buy if they see themselves with the product.

[mrsbritt]

Another great video guys keep it up! Me and my son love your videos is a 12 year old boy I’m a 35-year-old handicap, stroke survivor, and mom, but we both love your videos! Keep up the great work!

[MDreamerIsBi]

I think my grandmother actually preferred Hydrox cookies over Oreos. I have this vague memory of her putting them into a vintage cookie jar and getting mad when I called them oreos. (Because I didn't know Hydrox existed at the time.)

[littlebytes]

"Jacob fell ill and went to Europe to recover"

Oh you know, as you do

[coldspoons]

I’ve literally walked past these cookies in a Kroger and thought “Why does Oreo have so many ripoffs?” I now know who the imposter is

[kristenwhelchel]

To keep the Oreo theories going, here's something to consider: could Oreos being "Milk's favorite cookie" have something to do with the fact that you don't need milk to make Oreos? This came to me after I saw the ingredients used to make them and I thought, 'That's unusual for a cookie, ' as you would usually expect for every cookie you eat to be made with milk. Or, at least, I did anyways.