{"id":5734,"date":"2018-02-08T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:00:55","slug":"day-eight-oreos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=5734","title":{"rendered":"Day 8: Oreos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I was a kid, one of the men at church did a children\u2019s lesson using Oreos as the illustration. \u201cThese two cookies are like two people,\u201d he said, \u201cAnd the frosting between is the love that holds them together.\u201d I\u2019m not sure exactly what point he was trying to impress on our eight-year-old minds, but I\u2019ve never forgotten that Oreos mean love. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years I had some friends with whom I would trade packs of Oreos on special occasions, reminding each other of the love that held us together. Double stuff meant double the love! Granted, I didn\u2019t need a Sunday school lesson to teach me to love Oreos, but it never hurts to have another reason to love your favorite thing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although everyone\u2019s method of eating them differs (I prefer mine dipped in milk, not taken apart), I\u2019ve hardly met anyone who doesn\u2019t love some form of Oreos. Are you a fan? And how do you eat them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P.S. Public service announcements: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you tried s\u2019moreos, made with mint Oreos instead of graham crackers and chocolate?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And did you know that Oreo has come out with a cookie butter version? You\u2019re welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>A year ago:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a kid, one of the men at church did a children\u2019s lesson using Oreos as the illustration. \u201cThese two cookies are like two people,\u201d he said, \u201cAnd the frosting between is the love that holds them together.\u201d I\u2019m not sure exactly what point he was trying to impress on our eight-year-old minds, but I\u2019ve never forgotten that Oreos mean love. For years I had some friends with whom I would trade packs of Oreos on special occasions,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=5734\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88],"tags":[134],"class_list":["post-5734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-month-of-posting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/oreos-1350632_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8A8kG-1uu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8724,"url":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=8724","url_meta":{"origin":5734,"position":0},"title":"Happy National Oreo Day","author":"Rachel","date":"March 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Oreos, the desire of my eyes and the light of my life. 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