Leaf Hydrox America's Original Cookie, 8.6 Ounce (Pack of 6)

Hydrox are the BEST. WHY ARE THEY SO HARD TO GET? I GET SO HAPPY WHEN I FINALLY GET SOME. AND THEN SOMETIMES GO A YEAR OR MORE W/O.

These arrived in time for the December holidays. Arrived in perfect condition. Well done! Great cookie.

These cookies were tasty. I would buy them again except now I only go for certified organic. These are definitely better than Oreos. That’s for sure.

I grew up in the 90s with Oreos always around the house, and it was a very normal thing to come home from school and dunk a few Oreos in a glass of milk. Every now and then over the last 20 years, my dad would wax nostalgic for Hydrox and say that as much as he enjoyed Oreos, he really missed Hydrox. So when I stumbled across news that Leaf was going to be bringing back the original Hydrox recipe, I knew I had to get an order in as soon as they came out--both for me and for him. Unlike many other reviewers, I don't have a memory of the original Hydrox (by the time I came of age to care about such things, the few reincarnations of Hydrox were poorly-executed reproductions by Keebler and Kellogg. So, while I can't claim first-hand that they're "just like I remember" or anything, I can objectively say that these are a superior cookie to Oreo. I can only eat a few Oreos plain before being overwhelmed with the sickly-sweet flavor and Crisco-like consistency of the creme (though dunking them in milk mellows them out, which is how I always eat them). These, on the other hand...well, let's just say that I have to watch myself in order to avoid eating more than one whole package in a single sitting. The sweetness is present but not overwhelming, and the deeper, richer, darker chocolate flavor offsets the sweetness nicely. The creme has a much softer, creamier flavor and firmer texture. The whole cookie stands up much better and more cohesively than crumbly Oreos do, and it's also noticeably heftier than a standard Oreo. I will say that Oreos actually take to milk slightly better--Hydrox's firmer, denser (and probably higher-quality) wafer actually doesn't absorb milk as readily as Oreos do, but holding the Hydrox cookie in the milk a good bit longer helps to overcome that and has the benefit of forcing you to pace yourself. (Oreos get soggy much quicker than Hydrox do.) All that said, the ultimate review of the cookie may actually come from my father, who called me on the afternoon of September 28, when he received his package, and told me that I was the best son ever and that the cookies were *exactly* as he remembered. (He then called me a few weeks later to let me know that his supply was getting low. That made it very easy to decide what to get him for Christmas.) I don't buy a ton of snack foods or sweet things, but this is one thing I think will be regularly holding a place in my cupboard for a good, long while.

The Hydrox is a really good cookie. More people should eat the original sandwich cookie.