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TIL Oreos are an imitation of the Hydrox chocolate cream-centered cookie introduced in 1908, but they outstripped Hydrox in popularity so much that many think Hydrox is an imitation of Oreo (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Brazil this is recursive: since Oreo doesn't have much market here, I've seen a lot of people thinking that it's an imitation of Negresco, even if the later is from '87.

And neither is that popular due to competition with Trakinas, a local brand with more varied flavours. (Supposedly marketed to children... but when you're a millennial guess what, you're eating sandwich cookies and drinking chocolate milk like children, but salami and beer like an old man.)

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom 2 points 1 year ago

Salami and beer makes for a great night but an awful morning lol. I'll take the cookies and milk