What cookie is over one hundred years old, has a National Day, socks, and a street named for it? According to author Catherine Gilbert Murdock, “Heaven is paved with Oreos.” Impressive for a cookie that began as a knock-off. In 1908, Sunshine Biscuits introduced the Hydrox sandwich cookie. It was a hit. Looming in the background was a group of bakery companies who formed the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco). Sound familiar? They introduced Barnum’s Animal Crackers in a small colorful box designed to look like a circus. Each cookie was shaped like an animal and the box had a handle. Today forty million boxes of animal crackers are sold each year. In 1912, Nabisco “reimagined” the Hydrox cookie and called it Oreo. They were produced
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