Oreo sheet cake

It's probably not too surprising that Oreos are the world's best-selling cookie. After all, people have been known to rate possible friends, even marital candidates, based on whether they ate the cookie as a sandwich, or twisted off the top and licked the inside. Or whether they prefer their Oreo dunked or undunked. So here's a few facts on Oreos that we thought you might be interested in (chosen from BuzzFeed's 13 Things You Don't Know About Oreo Cookies):

  • The first Oreo was sold in Hoboken, New Jersey.
  • The cookie-to-creme ratio of an original Oreo cookie is 71% to 29%.
  • They became kosher in 1998.
  • 50% of all Oreo eaters pull apart their cookies before eating them. Also, women twist them open more often than men.

But we really wanted to write about Oreos to remind people - as they go into the long weekend at least here in the U.S. - that an Oreo cake is one of the simplest - and best - summertime recipes going. And it can easily feed a party. Here's a highly rated version from Two Peas and Their Pod, full recipe available online, that we found at the EYB libary.

Photo courtesy of Two Peas and Their Pod