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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Yes. But let's be real, if your cookie company sounds like a bath cleaner its not going to work...

Also the first commercial Sandwich cookie (that i know of) was invented in 1870 in Germany...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That association was intentional. At the time, clean food wasn't a given.

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