Tell me why double stuffed oreos have exactly double the calories of single

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merk: May 20, 2003; ##interact

I cannot figure this out. Why do double stuffed oreos have 140 calories and single stuffed oreos have 70 calories. They both have the same number of cookies. Am I daft? This has been bothering me all day. Oreo.

# ? Jun 3, 2021 03:37

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# ? May 4, 2024 22:43

bunnyofdoom: Mar 29, 2008; I've been here the whole time, and you're not my real Dad!

Because they are cookie lies, and contain less than double the filling.

# ? Jun 3, 2021 03:40

Voodoofly: Jul 3, 2002; Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help

Embrace the mystery

# ? Jun 3, 2021 03:53

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

bunnyofdoom posted:

Because they are cookie lies, and contain less than double the filling.

More, surely? If two oreos have twice the energy of one, then if you take only the filling of the second one and add it to the first it should be less than twice the energy of the original biscuit.

# ? Jun 3, 2021 05:41

Schweinhund: Oct 23, 2004

don't believe you, sorry. need photos of the nutritional info on the packaging

# ? Jun 3, 2021 05:42

MyronMulch: Nov 12, 2006

Yes, please, take the necessary pictures and be sure there are reflective surfaces around so we can see your schlong

# ? Jun 3, 2021 17:44

Waltzing Along: Jun 14, 2008; There's only one
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It's math stupid. Double Stuf therefore double calorie. 70 x 2 = 140.

It's not cookie algebra. 2x cookie + filling = 70, therefore 2x cookie + 2 filling = 140. That's a boring name for a cookie.

# ? Jun 4, 2021 03:41

Hipster_Doofus: Dec 20, 2003; Lovin' every minute of it.

Real answer: because the filling is considerably higher in calories by weight than the wafers are.

# ? Jun 6, 2021 02:53

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

Hipster_Doofus posted:

Real answer: because the filling is considerably higher in calories by weight than the wafers are.

There still has to be more of it than in two regular oreos though, because the biscuits must account for some of the energy.

# ? Jun 6, 2021 05:28

OnceIWasAnOstrich: Jul 22, 2006

We have one standard Oreo at 160/3 = 53.3 calories while a Double Stuff Oreo is 140/2 = 70 calories.

If we assume that a double stuffed has exactly twice as much stuffing, we can construct the following series of equations:

160/3 = 2*c + f 140/2 = 2*c + 2*f

Where c is the number of calories in a single Oreo wafer and f is the number of calories in one standard Oreo filling puck. By solving this series of equations, we can calculate that each Oreo wafer would have 18.3 calories and a standard filling puck would have 16.6 calories. Assuming Oreos are truly double-stuffed, this implies that even in double-stuffed Oreos there are more calories in the wafers than in a double-stuffed sugar puck.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 18:05

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

I can't believe merk was lying to us this whole time. The entire thread, built on a foundation of sand.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 05:06

Schweinhund: Oct 23, 2004

Tiggum posted:

The entire thread, built on a foundation of sand.

too soon

# ? Jul 4, 2021 11:13

mystes: May 31, 2006

Tiggum posted:

There still has to be more of it than in two regular oreos though, because the biscuits must account for some of the energy.

Ignoring volume and just in terms of weight, fat has more than twice as many calories per gram as carbohydrates, but the filling may very well also be denser.

As you have noticed, there presumably must actually be more than twice the filling though.

# ? Jul 8, 2021 12:52

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

mystes posted:

As you have noticed, there presumably must actually be more than twice the filling though.

Actually it turned out that the person asking the question was just wrong.

# ? Jul 8, 2021 13:17

mystes: May 31, 2006

Tiggum posted:

Actually it turned out that the person asking the question was just wrong.

Do you expect me to actually read the thread or check facts?

# ? Jul 8, 2021 13:18

Kaal: May 22, 2002; through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

Nabisco posted:

"Our recipe for the Oreo Double Stuf cookie has double the Stuf, or creme filling, when compared with our base, or Original Oreo cookie."

When a high school math teacher asserted that Double Stuf Oreos had only 1.86x as much creme as a standard Oreo, Nabisco openly stated that the recipe is double. The guy teamed up with Reddit and HuffPo and BusinessInsider, and they came up with a bunch of different results between 1.8x-2.0x. My guess is that Nabisco's recipe has twice the creme mass but that the actual machine has a bit of variance and a fault limiter (it is likely considered structurally better for there to be too little creme than too much).

https://www.businessinsider.com/double-stuf-oreos-controversy-2013-8

http://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2013/03/03/oreo-original-vs-double-vs-mega/

Kaal fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Jul 8, 2021

# ? Jul 8, 2021 14:03

Buckwheat Sings: Feb 9, 2005

The cream in oreoes is basically shortening with sugar. It yummy for a reason.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 04:44

Hipster_Doofus: Dec 20, 2003; Lovin' every minute of it.

That's what I was saying. The filling has way more calories per gram than the wafers do.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 05:02

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

Golden Oreos own

# ? Jul 24, 2021 07:12

Canine Blues Arooo: Jan 7, 2008; when you think about it...i'm the first girl you ever spent the night with; Grimey Drawer

Stairmaster posted:

Golden Oreos own

Oh, so we are going to have to throw down over such terrible opinions I see.

# ? Jul 29, 2021 21:04

Hipster_Doofus: Dec 20, 2003; Lovin' every minute of it.

I liked them until I got sick of them.

# ? Jul 29, 2021 21:44

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; i hosted a great goon meet and all i got was this lousy avatar; Grimey Drawer

Stairmaster posted:

Golden Oreos own

Specifically, the ones with the chocolate cream.

# ? Jul 29, 2021 21:50

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Thanatosian posted:

Specifically, the ones with the chocolate cream.

dude those are just round e.l. fudges

# ? Jul 30, 2021 04:33

Roumba: Jun 29, 2005; Buglord

Where can I order the forbidden item: normal cookies with thin stuffing?

# ? Jul 30, 2021 13:51

Kaal: May 22, 2002; through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

Roumba posted:

Where can I order the forbidden item: normal cookies with thin stuffing?

https://www.oreo.com/oreo-cookies/oreo-thins

# ? Jul 30, 2021 14:40

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

No joke the Lidl knockoff is way better than the actual Oreos

# ? Jul 30, 2021 15:12

Kaal: May 22, 2002; through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

The best Oreos are the ones that have fun flavorings like tiramisu or dulce de leche.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/tiramisu-oreos/

# ? Jul 30, 2021 15:22

mystes: May 31, 2006

mobby_6kl posted:

No joke the Lidl knockoff is way better than the actual Oreos

I posted this in another thread recently, but I believe most knockoffs taste much better than Oreos, probably because Oreos seemingly just use black cocoa which has a slight distinctive flavor and is very black in color but doesn't really taste chocolatey at all, whereas I think the knockoffs trend to use a mix of black cocoa and normal cocoa which gives them a lot more flavor.

# ? Jul 30, 2021 16:24

Hipster_Doofus: Dec 20, 2003; Lovin' every minute of it.

Hydrox was vastly superior. Dumb name, great cookie.

Also don't waste your money on the Trader Joe's knockoff. They're pathetic, despite the filling being flavored with real vanilla and vanilla bean flecks, because the wafers are seriously weaksauce, chocolate-wise.

# ? Jul 30, 2021 17:45

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

All oreo-style biscuits are pretty mediocre. Fruit rolls, choc wheatens, and even jam fancies are all superior sweet bickies.

Tiggum fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jul 30, 2021

# ? Jul 30, 2021 17:50

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; i hosted a great goon meet and all i got was this lousy avatar; Grimey Drawer

Kaal posted:

The best Oreos are the ones that have fun flavorings like tiramisu or dulce de leche.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/tiramisu-oreos/

https://youtu.be/CMkYw4dp_NI

# ? Jul 30, 2021 18:12

Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

Tiggum posted:

All oreo-style biscuits are pretty mediocre. Fruit rolls, choc wheatens, and even jam fancies are all superior sweet bickies.

I don't know what any of these nonsense words are but I'm inclined to agree. Oreos are a disappointment every time I revisit them.

# ? Jul 31, 2021 13:04

Pewdiepie: Oct 31, 2010

OnceIWasAnOstrich posted:

We have one standard Oreo at 160/3 = 53.3 calories while a Double Stuff Oreo is 140/2 = 70 calories.

If we assume that a double stuffed has exactly twice as much stuffing, we can construct the following series of equations:

160/3 = 2*c + f 140/2 = 2*c + 2*f

Where c is the number of calories in a single Oreo wafer and f is the number of calories in one standard Oreo filling puck. By solving this series of equations, we can calculate that each Oreo wafer would have 18.3 calories and a standard filling puck would have 16.6 calories. Assuming Oreos are truly double-stuffed, this implies that even in double-stuffed Oreos there are more calories in the wafers than in a double-stuffed sugar puck.

Thanks.

# ? Oct 1, 2021 03:38

Earwicker: Jan 6, 2003

"is or contains: kosher, wheat, soy" is a really weird way of glomming things together

# ? Oct 1, 2021 06:34

Bar Ran Dun: Jan 22, 2006

Hipster_Doofus posted:

Hydrox was vastly superior. Dumb name, great cookie.

Hydrox was also the older brand. Oreos are knockoff hydrox.

# ? Oct 3, 2021 06:57

bunnyofdoom: Mar 29, 2008; I've been here the whole time, and you're not my real Dad!

Bar Ran Dun posted:

Hydrox was also the older brand. Oreos are knockoff hydrox.

Like jack Daniel and Evan Williams

# ? Oct 5, 2021 02:52

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
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perhaps if it wasn't named like i should be cleaning my floor with it

# ? Oct 5, 2021 04:13

Serjeant Buzfuz: Dec 5, 2009

Thin oreos are vastly superior since you can eat twice as many for the same number of calories

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# ? May 4, 2024 22:43

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005

Hipster_Doofus posted:

Hydrox was vastly superior. Dumb name, great cookie.

Also don't waste your money on the Trader Joe's knockoff. They're pathetic, despite the filling being flavored with real vanilla and vanilla bean flecks, because the wafers are seriously weaksauce, chocolate-wise.

Remember that oreo ad that used to play in theaters where a board room is trying to come up with a name for their new cookie and some guy with a mouth full of cookies sputters "I dunno" but it ends up sounding like oreo? I wonder what the hydrox version of that ad would look like.

# ? Oct 5, 2021 20:30

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