[identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vintageads
Let's talk about that pale imitator, Hydrox.  ;)


Sunshine Hydrox Cookies, 1956

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Someone's been eating them?  Really?

Feel free to proclaim your HydroxLove in the comments.

Date: 2012-03-08 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cheesygirl.livejournal.com
I think Hydrox's big problem wasn't the cookies themselves. It's the name. "Hydrox" sounds like it should be a toilet cleaner or laundry booster. "Use Hydrox for whiter whites!"

Date: 2012-03-08 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emmram.livejournal.com
MTE. It's the most unappetising name ever.

Date: 2012-03-08 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kip-w.livejournal.com
I used to say it was because you could hide rocks in 'em.

Date: 2012-03-08 06:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angstzeit.livejournal.com
Just what I was thinking of.

Date: 2012-03-08 07:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cheesygirl.livejournal.com
Wacky Packages! \o/ My brother and I loved those things when we were kids. I had a T-shirt with the "Gadzooka" one on it.

Date: 2012-03-08 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fickletastictot.livejournal.com
Or a chemical peel. :T

Date: 2012-03-08 05:01 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-08 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thornwolf.livejournal.com
Completely agreed. I actually didn't know what Hydrox was until recently, I'd just always assumed it was like Purex and left it at that.

Date: 2012-03-08 06:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etinterrapax.livejournal.com
I was just going to say this. Stripped of its cookie associations, Oreo is no less weird, but stripped of cookie associations, Oreo is nothing. Brand-wise, that's right where you want to be.

Date: 2012-03-08 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kip-w.livejournal.com
This would be Hydrox's 104th birthday. I liked them a little better, but what I like best are Lance's "Choc-o-Lunch" cookies, which are a bit smaller and don't dump in so damned much filling. But then I like gas station snacks, always have.

Date: 2012-03-08 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kip-w.livejournal.com
No, but they're a bit much of a muchness. I didn't realize I felt that way until I bought a giant double-stuff Oreo, thinking it would be a treat.

(Heh! I did say "damned," didn't I?)
Edited Date: 2012-03-08 05:44 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-08 06:36 pm (UTC)
bradygirl_12: (bear (picnic table))
From: [personal profile] bradygirl_12
Aww, poor bear!

Date: 2012-03-08 11:52 pm (UTC)
ext_41593: (Behead)
From: [identity profile] tudorlady.livejournal.com
Hydrox beat hell out of Oreos.

Just sayin'.

Date: 2012-03-09 02:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meezergal.livejournal.com
Hydrox beat hell out of Oreos.

+1,000,000

Date: 2012-03-09 02:14 am (UTC)
dandyads: (start)
From: [personal profile] dandyads
Team Oreo all the way.

Date: 2012-03-09 02:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meezergal.livejournal.com
Get outta my way, ya upstart! *hits you with her cane*

Date: 2012-03-09 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meezergal.livejournal.com
I'm just that way. ;)

Date: 2012-03-09 02:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ejia-arath03.livejournal.com
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Oreos AND the Jell-O contest, I made these Cookies & Cream pudding pops. (http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/cookies-creme-pudding-pops-92075.aspx) Mmmmm.

Date: 2012-03-09 03:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glass-houses.livejournal.com
The original can't imitate...

Date: 2012-03-09 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beetle-breath.livejournal.com
Hydrox came before oreo

I liked them better

Date: 2012-12-12 10:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ccdesan.livejournal.com
I grew up in NYC in the 50's. Hydrox were not as common as Oreos but they were still available most everywhere. I enjoyed the tang and the fact that they didn't go soggy when dunked. Miss Hydrox. Image

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