Oreo’s markets itself as “America’s Favorite Cookie”, and that’s no exaggeration. For years, it has been the bestselling cookie in the country. However, its start was less than stellar. Oreo’s cookies were actually created as a knock-off of Hydrox, a sandwich cookie that was introduced to the market in 1908. Unfortunately for Hydrox, their popular sandwich cookies earned a reputation as a copycat of Oreo’s cookies several years after Oreo’s 1912 launch. Cookie sales saw a decline, and Hydrox would never recover.
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