WEBOreo was one of three cookies introduced by Nabisco on April 2, 1912, with the other two—the Mother Goose biscuit and the Veronese biscuit—now lost to history. Oreo, which the company
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WEBAn English biscuit with a little sunshine—how Hydrox was born. In the 1870s, a Kansas man named Jacob Loose got his start in building out a food empire. Opening up a dry-goods business in Chetopa, Kansas, he slowly gained influence as an entrepreneur. After quitting dry goods, he bought a biscuit and candy company in 1882, and with his
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WEBLeaf Brands, which reintroduced Hydrox in 2015, throws not-so-subtle shade toward Oreos on its website, saying, "don't eat a knock-off," and pointing out that its cookies are darker chocolate and crunchier, with a less-sweet filling.The company also calls attention to using real cane sugar (Oreos contain high-fructose corn syrup), plus a "cleaner label," sans …
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WEBHydrox cookies are back, pretty exciting for the few who remember them. They look like Oreos, but were actually first. Launched in 1908, Hydrox was the original two-chocolate-wafers-with-white
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WEBMaking a cookie sound like an antiseptic obviously put Sunshine Biscuit at a severe disadvantage. By the time Keebler took the reins in the 1990s, the brand had fallen so far behind that consumers assumed that the Hydrox originals were wannabe Oreos.And based on their sales, Hydrox probably did wanna be Oreo. In 1998, Oreos netted $374 million, …
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WEBHydrox is a creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie currently owned and manufactured by Leaf Brands.It debuted in the United States in 1908, and was manufactured by Sunshine Biscuits for over 90 years. Hydrox was largely discontinued in 1999, three years after Sunshine was acquired by Keebler, which was later acquired by Kellogg's which in turn …
WEBAlongside the store-brand knockoffs, you may have also spotted an incredibly similar-looking cookie called Hydrox, which, at first glance, seems to be an Oreo in all but its name.
WEBHydrox® is the original creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie! It debuted in 1908 and was manufactured by Sunshine® Biscuits. Sunshine Biscuits was purchased by Keebler® in 1996, and in 1999, Keebler® replaced Hydrox® with a similar but reformulated product named Droxies®. Keebler® was later acquired by Kellogg's® in 2001.
WEBAccording to taste testers and fans of both cookies, the difference can be found in both the cookie and the cream. The Hydrox cookie is more crunchy with a stronger chocolate taste, while Oreo
WEBFor the uninitiated, a Hydrox cookie, like an Oreo, is two chocolate cookies held together by a sweet, white creme filling. Hydrox debuted in 1908, four years before Oreo. “It was the original
WEBExcept it wasn’t a knock-off, because the Hydrox was actually invented four years before the Oreo, in 1908. But basically, for all intents and purposes, Hydrox was the creme-filled Oreo look-a
WEBSo it seems like back then, Hydrox didn't necessarily sound like a cleaning product to people. It just sounded science-y. And Hydrox cookies were a hit-- lots of ads for them in newspapers, shops promising hundreds of pounds of Hydrox cookies in stock. And the Loose-Wiles company was doing great.
WEBAfter years of dormancy, Hydrox cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies are coming back. The cookies, which predate Oreo, could challenge its former rival and are available only via pre-order on Amazon.com. Hydrox is scheduled for release Sept. 25. When they’ll appear in grocery stores is an open question. Kassoff said major national grocery
WEBBy 1998, two years after Keebler bought Hydrox cookies from Sunshine Biscuits, it was estimated that the original creme-filled sandwich cookies had brought in $16 million in sales. Not terrible, but a far cry from the $374 million in sales Oreo managed during that same year. Keebler, an iconic brand with a history of making cookies since 1853
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