Posted in Desserts on February 25, 2025
Ever since the first OREO Cookie was created in 1912 at a Chelsea Market bakery in Manhattan, OREO has delighted generations of snack and dessert lovers with the world’s most twistable, lickable, dunkable and downright scrumptious cookie.
More popular than ever, the world’s #1 cookie brand1 inspires endless iterations—hello, OREO Thins!—and hits the sweet spot as a trusted, time-honored source of snack and dessert innovation. No surprise that “OREO Cookie” is the most popular term on dessert menus in the Northeast U.S., and the third most popular in the Southern U.S.2
This year, as OREO celebrates its 113th birthday, the beloved classic cookie will continue to inspire chefs and foodservice operators across the globe as a go-to ingredient for luscious dessert concepts. In fact, an estimated 169,367 restaurants worldwide will offer OREO products on their menus in 2025, reports Tastewise, an AI platform for food market insights.3
OREO is such a nostalgic, widely-loved favorite, the research firm Technomic often ranks desserts with OREO products among its top 10 limited-time offers. Last year, an OREO Cheesecake was cited as number 2.4
Smart Cookie: Business-Boosting OREO Dessert Concepts
Like recent OREO-infused LTOs, including OREO Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich at The Sugar Factory and OREO Fudge Brownie Blizzard Treat at Dairy Queen, this year’s variety is sure to tempt taste buds and help feed the bottom line.
The acclaimed chefs at Mondelēz Foodservice have created an array of fun and flavor-packed, go-to recipes that operators can put their own spin on to celebrate OREO’s 113th birthday:
Frozen Hot Chocolate: A delectable dessert drink—rich, smooth, and topped with whipped cream and OREO cookie pieces for extra lusciousness.
Dessert Pizza: Made with hazelnut spread, chocolate chips and OREO cookie pieces for a scrumptious delight that’s a slice above the rest.
Cookies ‘n’ Creme Hand Pies: Pastry cream made with OREO cookie pieces makes these flaky dark chocolate treats especially delicious.
Celebration Sandwich Made with OREO Wafers: Vanilla ice cream covered in colorful sprinkles and sandwiched between two OREO wafers–need we say more?
Celebration Milkshake made with OREO Cookie Pieces: A creamy concoction swirled with OREO cookie pieces and topped with sprinkle-covered whipped cream.
Celebration Cake made with OREO Cookies: The perfect birthday cake, coated with OREO cookie crumbles, topped with colorful sprinkles, and ringed with OREO cookies.
High demand and the sheer versatility of OREO are sure to inspire many other unique dessert concepts throughout 2025. As Keegan Gerhard, Chef and Co-Owner of D Bar Denver, put it: “OREO Cookies can serve as the inspiration for a complete dessert or a perfect way to fortify flavor. The best part of using OREO Cookies in your desserts – if you include ‘OREO Cookies’ on the menu, you know it will sell!"
For more about America’s most iconic cookie, past, present and future, be sure to visit Discover the World of OREO. Hungry for more OREO inspo for your segment? Dig into our brand page. And here’s a sweet idea: Get creative with OREO Corporate Gifting and treat staff members and business associates to OREO cookies custom-made just for them.
1 Mondelez International, Our Brands:Oreo
2 Datassential, Cookies Inspiration, February 2024
3 Tastewise, Oreo trends—consumption and analysis 2025 report, 2024
4 Technomic, How to Leverage Trends to Create Sustained Menu Success, 2024
