Milk’s favorite cookie turns 100 today! This double sided chocolate flavored biscuit embracing a cream filled center is one of the most popular cookies sold in the United States. Many of you like me have memories of eating Oreos as a child. They seemed to be a staple in our house. However the dispute was never settled, which way is really the best way to eat an Oreo cookie? My kids are twisters and my husband a milk dunker. I think the real question is – “Is there a wrong way to eat an Oreo cookie?” Maybe it depends on how much you love milk that influences your answer, but I say there is no wrong way to eat this 100 year old cookie.

In the grocery stores this year you can find the limited edition Birthday Cake OREO in honor of the 100th birthday of this famous cookie. OREO’s first appeared on the grocery shelves in 1912 when Nabisco sold them to a grocer in New Jersey.

You may remember some of the Oreo cookies famous slogans.

Oh! Oh! Oreo! (1950)
For the Kid in All of Us (1980)
The One and Only (1982)
Oreo, The Original Twister (1990)
Milk’s Favorite Cookie (2004)

The Oreo cookie has been such a staple that it has inspired several other sweet recipes to be created around the cookie itself. From cookies, cakes and ice cream to bon bons, a quick search of the internet and one can find a variety of recipes that were inspired by Oreos. There are countless ways to eat and enjoy this cookie. So take a minute to sit back, relax, share the joy of an Oreo with someone you love and remember the kid inside.