Caramel Apple Oreo

 

Product circa: 2014

Artificial green apple flavor tends to be pretty rough for me, usually.  But somehow, here they really manage to make it work.  The caramel flavoring in the bifurcated creme mingles with the apple creme and is quite pleasant, in the end.

Fanta Haunted Apple

 

Product circa: late Summer 2024, promoting the film Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

I've been thoroughly enjoying the horrible reviews of this stuff that I've been seeing online, and so I was excited to find a bottle and waste my money on it.

Damn, I'm disappointed, because it's really not that bad.  Self-described as a spiced apple soda, the spice is clear on the nose, and the apple taste is somewhere between green apple and red apple.  The spice also makes itself known on the tongue, and it probably contains more than just cinnamon, but it's hard to tell what.  The flavors combine with a bitterness at the end that prevents this from being cloying.  Honestly, it's really not that bad.  I've tasted so many things that were worse.

Milky Way Caramel Apple

 

Product circa: autumns 2012-2013

One of those instances where brands trying to use a very small amount of green apple flavoring, along with sugar, to approximate a "red apple" flavor, seeing as red apple flavoring in candy basically doesn't exist.  These aren't the greatest, but I'm glad they tried.  The flavor combination works well enough.

Apple Pie Oreo

Product circa: Summer 2017

Oreo has been issuing new flavors so consistently, it's been a blur.  It feels like we've been getting at least 4 per year, and I'm not complaining.

The first taste of these will make it clear Oreo has finally used a red apple flavor (as opposed to green apple) in one of their products, and thank god.  Everything begins with an impressive accurate red apple flavor followed by cinnamon and other baking spices that you'd expect.  If I concentrate really hard, I think I can discern allspice.

The creme dons graham cracker-style cookies, which are very pleasant, and they even have the occasional chewy bran piece in them, just like a real graham cracker should.  Overall, the creme and cookie elements work very well together.  And even though I can detect a bit of salt in this snack, like a real baked good should have, I think these are a tad too sweet.

Apple Pie Oreo:- Good

Original Golden Oreo(for comparison):- Great

Milky Way Caramel Apple

Brace yourself for a rare ephemeral nom from Milky Way: a Caramel Apple version that was just in time to be sold in mini size for Halloween!  Red apples seem like a strange pairing with chocolate, but I went in optimistic.

As soon as you open the package, you can detect something slightly different with the aroma of the chocolate coating.  At first bite you'll notice that the candy's nougat has an assertive flavor of apple.  Unfortunately, the apple flavoring is quite reminiscent of the kind used in cheap apple cinnamon tea, which is something I despise.  Along with the apple, you might detect the slightest amount of cinnamon as well.

I hate to admit it, but this combination works.  It's delicious, and in a completely different way than normal Milky Way.  I can't eat too many of these in one sitting, but their complexity and intrigue stand alone.  I'd love to see these next year.


Milky Way Caramel Apple:- Great
Original Milky Way(for comparison):- Great