# Why are Oreos so addictive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oreos-so-addictive/549385>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oreos-so-addictive/549385 "2010-08-06T11:17:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oreos-so-addictive/549385/41 "2010-08-07T23:05:38Z")

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> [@corkboard](#):
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> Oreos are my all-time favorite cookie. It’s not the chocolatey-ness (if you can call it that), it’s not the filling; it’s more than the sum of its parts. It’s the user-friendliness of them, the cookie that offers so many ways to eat it, the combined flavor, the perfection of its proportions, the dunkability, the tastiness right out of the package, the unchanged-ness of the Oreo formula. It’s the perfect Saturday afternoon, walking-by-the-pantry-reach-in-for-a-snack snack.
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> I can’t eat just one, never could.

This here.  
I can’t buy a package. We’ll sit at the table with a glass of milk and eat an entire bag between the three of us.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oreos-so-addictive/549385/42 "2010-08-08T00:04:34Z")

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> [@scr4](#):
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> > [@Al\_Bundy](#):
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> > It’s the pure sugar in them.
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> And the fat.

And the crack.

This thread is very familiar.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oreos-so-addictive/549385/43 "2010-08-09T14:28:38Z")

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> [@CutterJohn](#):
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> > [@shiftless](#):
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> > As a fun exercise, try throwing an Oreo into a fire sometime (only with adult supervision!) The things burn like a candle. Empty calories indeed.
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> Pretty much any food that is mostly desiccated(as Oreos and many other snack foods are) will burn quite hot. There is a lot of energy packed away in sugars and fats. Which is what makes it a good food source.
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> [Bacon lance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9dskxN10N0&feature=related).

You ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie. Here’s a video of how ten pounds of sugar can produce enough rocket thrust to make a 200-pound Porta-John [airborne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Wb35WRVS8).

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**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-oreos-so-addictive/549385/44 "2010-08-09T17:49:50Z")

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> [@CutterJohn](#):
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> Pretty much any food that is mostly desiccated(as Oreos and many other snack foods are) will burn quite hot. There is a lot of energy packed away in sugars and fats. Which is what makes it a good food source.
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> [Bacon lance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9dskxN10N0&feature=related).

That is awesome. I thought I was being clever showing my kids the energy in food by lighting Oreos. Boy do I feel like an amateur. If you need me I’ll be in my basement working on a new top secret project.

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