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4 | March 12, 2020 | the new lenox patriot news
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Library celebrates National Oreo Day with taste tests
Sean Hastings, Editor
While the Oreos that
most are used to — classic
and golden — remained
the favorites among the
teens participating in the
taste-testing event, some
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non-traditional Oreos
snuck their way toward the
top.
The New Lenox Public
Library held an Oreo tastetesting
event on Friday,
March 6 for teens. Teen
coordinator Melissa Leggero
had to turn to Amazon
to track down extra
flavors that she could not
find in store.
“I did something similar
before. It was a pizzatasting
contest, but this
was the first time with
Oreos,” Leggero said. “I
wasn’t sure how this was
going to go. I had things
planned, but I think some
kids didn’t know that, so
they just came and went,
but that worked too. For
a teen program, this was a
Lincoln-Way students (from left) Jaclyn Duske, Rachel Tremble, Philip Levey,
Julianna Haugh and Melanie Pivnti pose for a photo as they try different flavors of
Oreos. Photos by Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media
good crowd.”
The flavors included
chocolate peanut butter
pie, dark chocolate, lemon,
peanut butter cream, classic,
mint cream, chocolate
marshmallow, carrot cake,
birthday cake, caramel coconut
and golden. There
are even more that she did
not get. A majority of the
teens and Leggero did not
know that some of the flavors
existed.
“These were just the
ones I could get a hold of,”
Leggero said. “I think this
was enough. This is a good
representation.”
Two of the attendees
were sisters, Ryan, a seventh-grader
at Liberty Jr.
High, and Jaden Williams,
a fifth-grader at Oakview.
Ryan said her favorite
was mint cream, and Jaden
said her favorite was birthday
cake, though the two
both agreed that classic
and golden still top the list.
Mint cream and carrot
cake received the secondmost
votes, and caramel
coconut received the least.
Though it was not a
Pictured are some of the different Oreos the teens tried
during the library's event.
group favorite, Leggero’s
favorite was lemon.
“It might sound odd,
but I love lemon-flavored
things,” she said. “It’s different.
You don’t think it’s
going to taste like a lemon
when you’re eating an
Oreo. It’s unique.”
Attendees were also put
into a raffle to take home
a pack of their choice of
Oreos. It was not part of
the taste testing, but the
pistachio flavor drew positive
attention as an option
to take home.
Moving forward, Leggero
hopes to have more
taste-testing events and
even try to combine to
have a teen and adult
event.
“Teens like food, and
that usually draws them in,
but I think adults do, too,”
Leggero said. “Especially
free food that is available.
Over the summer is World
Chocolate Day, so I want
to try and get different
types of chocolate. These
are pretty successful programs.”