# Unwanted Brand “Extensions” **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544 "2025-05-19T13:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/61 "2025-05-21T19:08:00Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > But it is very difficult to find caffeine-free Dr Pepper. Where do you think the pep in Pepper comes from? 🙂 > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I think Double Stuffed Oreos are vastly superior to the original. AND the Triple Stuffed are much worse! Double is just perfect. That’s where you and I differ. To me the regular stuffing is the best and double too much of a good thing. Triple is right out. Speaking of Oreos, I was introduced to tiramisu flavor a few weeks ago and heartily approved. When I went looking for them in the store they only came as thins but after buying a bag, I found with their stronger flavor two thins was about all I wanted at a time anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/62 "2025-05-21T19:27:16Z")
The one that killed me was one I saw just after the US election last year. I posted on Facebook: “Trump gets elected, and nothing makes sense any more. _ **Pringles in a bag?** _” ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/63 "2025-05-21T21:02:47Z")
Here’s a fun one. Cookies and Cream filled Oreos. Or put differently, _Oreo-flavored Oreos_. Did not see that one coming. [![](https://i.ibb.co/8gY7Hq92/oreo.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/8gY7Hq92/oreo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/64 "2025-05-21T21:28:34Z")
That’s like how Kit Kats are made of crushed Kit Kats. Serious. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/65 "2025-05-21T21:35:18Z")
Although to go full circle, you _could_ crush those cookies to make cookies & creme ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/66 "2025-05-21T21:46:17Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > They’re a touch crunchier and have an elevated Maillard flavor. They aren’t bad and they’re my first choice after the original. But not my first preference. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > And it’s really hard to find a regular-sized box of original Cheez-Its, too. That too. Normal size, family size, pantry size, party size, and the 2-bag box also bloat out the shelf space and make a normal original-size box harder to find. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/67 "2025-05-21T23:17:56Z")
Sure. But weren’t the Reese’s eggs of which you speak still peanut butter and chocolate? That’s not many miles from the original. I don’t put jam on my sandwiches and for me, adding fruit flavour would likely make a great combination less so. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/68 "2025-05-21T23:20:41Z")
I think the eggs have a slightly higher peanut butter to chocolate ratio. Also, IIRC, the chocolate is a little softer than the traditional cups. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/69 "2025-05-21T23:23:40Z")
I’m okay with different amounts of the main normal flavour combo. I wanted a big bag of Reese’s thins, which have more chocolate to peanut butter, like I bought at Costco last month. If they had any chocolate and peanut butter mix which did _not_ add strawberry, caramel or animal crackers than I would have cared less they sold extensions too. It’s when they have the extensions, but none of the original flavour (allowing minimal variants). ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/70 "2025-05-21T23:41:36Z")
Oreoception! ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/71 "2025-05-23T21:17:34Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > I was a huge Dr Pepper fan back in the day. I remember that they used to say it was a proprietary blend of 23 flavors. I could never imagine 23 flavors but to me cherry always dominated. When I was in high school my best friend made fun of me for drinking Dr Pepper. He said it was carbonated prune juice, the worst insult he could imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/72 "2025-05-23T21:31:40Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Oreoception! The crushed cookie filling almost certainly already comes from defective Oreos that were cracked, chipped, etc. and unsuitable for packaging (one wonders if the entire product is just a means of making use of defective cookies). Since the assembly line feeds into itself, there’s actually infinite levels of recursion here, though it becomes unlikely that there’s a single original Oreo molecule left once you get past a handful of levels. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/73 "2025-05-23T22:06:27Z")
I think it’s interesting that everyone is writing about soda, savory cracker-like snacks, or sweet cookie-like or candy-like dessert snacks. Speaking just to me, I largely gave that kind of stuff up 10-15 years go before the brand extension craze really got going. So if I was to buy Triscuits or Reeses or whatever, it’d pretty well certainly be the traditional original flavor and ideally in a small-ish package. Not gonna waste a precious nostalgia cheat on some wacky modern variation of an old standby. I wonder what else besides this sort of patentable food gets brand-extended? Harley Davidson the motorcycle company now does a brisk business in HD-branded clothing. Amazon of course is extending their brand in every direction at once. Amazon pharmacy being the latest innovation I’ve noticed. Virgin Records has of course spawned an airline or two, a cruise ship line, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/74 "2025-05-23T22:12:56Z")
I’ve read that at least in old-fashioned bakeries, bear claws were filled with chopped-up pastries that didn’t sell the day before. I have never been a big fan of those; maybe that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/75 "2025-05-23T22:17:54Z")
There’s also the ancient perpetual stew: > **[Perpetual stew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew)** > > A perpetual stew, also known as forever soup, hunter's pot, or hunter's stew, is a pot into which foodstuffs are placed and cooked, continuously. The pot is never or rarely emptied all the way, and ingredients and liquid are replenished as necessary. Such foods can continue cooking for decades or longer if properly maintained. The concept is often a common element in descriptions of medieval inns. Foods prepared in a perpetual stew have been described as being flavorful due to the man Perpetual s... Though it’s not quite as bad as it sounds. If you have 5 kg of stew, and every day you eat half and refill, after ~90 days there’s nothing left of the original (assuming you mix well). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/76 "2025-05-24T00:21:03Z")
KISS branded kaskets > **[The Kiss Kasket, a Nashville Casket Sales Exclusive](https://www.nashvillecasketsales.com/kisskasket.htm)** > > Ultimate piece of memorabilia to complete any Kiss cave or collection, ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/77 "2025-05-24T18:30:11Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > That’s where you and I differ. To me the regular stuffing is the best and double too much of a good thing. Triple is right out. Years ago, I had a bag of mini-Oreos that were not very well put together. The result was that I could take one cookie off, then remove the Stuff intact from the other cookie. I eventually assembled a quattuordecuple-Stuff mini Oreo. As far as I’m aware, that record still stands. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/78 "2025-05-24T18:37:50Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’ve read that at least in old-fashioned bakeries, bear claws were filled with chopped-up pastries that didn’t sell the day before. They should be filled with marzipan. A friend of my sister’s worked in the local Winchells. They kept a big cardboard box in the back where they dumped defective or stale donuts. They were eventually ground up to make the cinnamon crumb for that variety of donut. She said the box was usually crawling with roaches. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/79 "2025-05-24T18:48:12Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > it becomes unlikely that there’s a single original Oreo molecule left once you get past a handful of levels. _New!_ Homeopathy-flavored Oreos. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > As far as I’m aware, that record still stands. With an asterisk. \*Mini-size ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544/80 "2025-05-24T18:55:39Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > They kept a big cardboard box in the back where they dumped defective or stale donuts. What makes a defective donut, two holes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-brand-extensions/1018544.md?page=5)