What's Missing From This Cookie?

Oreos with trans fats: Serving size is three cookies, 160 calories, 7 total fat grams (1.5 grams saturated fat, 5.5 grams of unidentified fat.)

New Oreos without trans fats: Serving size is three cookies, 160 calories, 7 total fat grams (2 grams saturated fat, 1 gram polyunsaturated fat, 3 grams monounsaturated fat, 1 gram unidentified fat).

A Couple of Old-Timers

Chocolate Creme Oreos: Each of our testers noticed more filling than in either the original or new Oreo, and maybe because of that a better balance between the cookie layers. However, they liked the taste of those layers less and found the cream too sweet. They didn't taste the chocolate in the cream filling at all. "If I had my eyes closed, I wouldn't know it was chocolate," said Klc.

Serving size is two cookies, 150 calories, 7 total fat grams (1.5 grams saturated fat, 5.5 grams unidentified fat).

Double Stuf Oreos: Both Klc and Jansen strongly preferred the original Oreo and its successor to this cookie. "It's very sweet, especially in the cream," said Jansen. "It's not a step forward," said Klc, "but it's not as objectionable as the [Chocolate Creme]. The biscuit still comes through."

Serving size is two cookies, 140 calories, 7 total fat grams (1.5 grams saturated fat, 5.5 grams unidentified fat).

Overachievers

Pure Milk Chocolate-Covered Oreos: These didn't do it for our tasters, who were discouraged by the cookie's appearance, taste and smell. "It's terrible," said Klc. "A mistake on every level. All the coating does is take away attention from the cookie." "It has a really strong aftertaste," said Jansen. "And it doesn't even look like an Oreo."

Serving size is one cookie, 90 calories, 4.5 total fat grams (2.5 grams saturated fat, 1.5 grams monounsaturated fat, 0.5 gram unidentified fat).

Pure Milk Chocolate-Covered Mint Oreos: Our tasters liked the pleasant minty aroma of the cookies, but that was about all they liked. And they just couldn't sense any chocolate. "I could smell the mint, but this could be a vanilla cookie. I can't taste the chocolate coating either," said Klc. "The mint taste disguises the Oreo completely," said Jansen. "It should be more subtle. You can't smell or taste the chocolate."

Serving size is one cookie, 90 calories, 4.5 total fat grams (2.5 grams saturated fat, 1.5 grams monounsaturated fat, 0.5 gram unidentified fat).

Offbeat Oreos

Double Stuf, Peanut Butter Creme Oreos: This cookie frustrated our tasters. "There's a pleasant peanut butter aroma," Jansen said. "Enough so you hope it's worth eating," Klc added. But the taste was another story. "The salt in the cookie is a plus, and it offsets the cloying sweetness of the cream a little," Jansen said. "It doesn't deliver," Klc said. "The cream is too sweet, and the peanut butter taste isn't intense enough."

Serving size is two cookies, 140 calories, 6 total fat grams (1.5 grams saturated fat, 1.5 grams polyunsaturated fat, 3 grams monounsaturated fat).