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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Oreo Doughnuts (Tesco)

Having enjoyed my peanut butter Oreo ice creams the other day, the Oreo cravings lingered and I decided it was high time to try an Oreo doughnut. I've been eyeing them up for quite a while, especially since they're now stocked in our local co-op as well as the Tesco supermarket. The trouble is, defrosted doughnuts never taste anywhere near as good as freshly baked versions. It seemed that as fate was on my side though for the very afternoon I decided to buy them at last, I found them reduced to just 25p (normally £1). Bargain!

"Chocolate Doughnut with Vanilla Flavour Creme Filling (16%), White Icing (9%) and small Oreo Cocoa Cookie Pieces."

As with Tesco's toffee cream filled doughnuts, one was much more generously decorated than the other. How does this happen? Is it a test to find out who is the greediest in your household*? Apologies for my latent paranoia.

 *Me by the way, obviously 😉.

The doughnuts had a very, um, sturdy base that wasn't as soft as I'd have liked. I hoped to discover an ample creme filling when slicing into my one, but instead found a sorry looking white sauce that was barely visible against the dark dough surround. The icing was in generous supply however, so I guess that was one bonus.

The dough itself had a strong cocoa flavour, but was extremely dry. To be honest it was easily the most un-doughnut-ty doughnut I've ever had. I mean it tasted more like overcooked long-life supermarket chocolate cake than the bouncy and light doughnut I was hoping for. I think even the out of date imported Oreo brownie I reviewed last year was better. As for the creme, there wasn't enough of it to really taste it, let alone even start to moisten the doughnut.

 Easily the best part was the sweet and sticky topping. The cookie pieces were soft and tasted again more like cake (a better cake than the actually doughnut too I might add). They were OK though, and provided the only enjoyment in this pretty pants 'treat'.

 Have any of you tried these Oreo doughnuts? If so what do you think of them?

 4/10

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9 comments:

  1. Katie27 January 2017 at 10:13

    I tried these a little while back (like yours, they were discounted!) I agree that the topping was unevenly distributed, and I would have loved more of the cookie bits on top. I'd buy them again if they were discounted, but definitely not at full price.

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    1. Unknown30 January 2017 at 09:01

      Thanks Katie! Glad to know that you had the same issues with the inconsistency. There's definitely nicer doughnuts out there!

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  2. danielle27 January 2017 at 10:25

    hmm i had one last year and I think I quite liked it, they were better than I expected as sometimes oreo stuff is a bit hit and miss. maybe I had fresher ones, altho I would be more likely to buy them reduced too :-)

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    1. Unknown30 January 2017 at 09:03

      Quite possibly! I'm not sure how long the dates are on them. Which Oreo products are you not keen on? I love their ice creams.. I only wish they still did the double chocolate cones ☹️

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    2. danielle5 February 2017 at 21:53

      The chocolate that had it in I'm not that fussed by. The oreo cones I find a bit blah but love the ic cream sandwich ones. Not big on peanut butter so avoid that usually. I saw the strawberry cheese cake ones in b&m so wonder if they haven't done too well. Love the mint for sure. I have some green tea ones yet to try and some mango and something from china town. Ive tried lemon, birthday cake and cinnamon bun which I like, but wasn't so keen on watermelon and cupcake.

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  3. danielle5 February 2017 at 22:07

    The cinnamon bun ones I got from American fizz on clearance for silly. Price - it's worth checking their clearance as most of the stuff is fine past date and a much more reasonable price! https://americanfizz.co.uk/clearance-zone?page=5

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    1. Unknown5 February 2017 at 23:09

      I bought them from AF reduced at the same time as these: http://newtreats.blogspot.my/2016/10/birthday-cake-oreos-american-fizz.html?m=1 but they were so soft that they were inedible!

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    2. danielle7 February 2017 at 17:11

      Really? Mine were OK as far as I remember I think. I've had the birthday cake ones but I bought them in the states and they were only soft as I hoarded them for too long :-) (a good reason for me to open the green tea ones!)

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    3. Unknown11 February 2017 at 09:19

      Green tea Oreos?! Ooh I've not even seen pics of them! Enjoy Danielle xx

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