Dieters beware!. This will sabotage your diet!!!
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Vanillarose

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 11:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just discovered a new product that is oh-so-yummy!!! Has anyone else tried Oreos Double Delight Mint and Cream???? Yum!!!! I'm not a big fan of Oreos, but these are such a great idea!!!

Oregonfire

Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 11:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yes I have and they are very yummy thank you

Ocean_Islands

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 04:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sure they're very nice but I don't go down that aisle.

Rabernet

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 01:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh my! Are these good or WHAT? I love them! I think I'm on my 4th pack of them. Don't care for the Peanut Butter and Chocolate variety. Wished I had gotten an extra mint/cream version instead. The peanut butter part is too "gritty" for me! LOL

Needmylifeback

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 04:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They're o.k.- but, the fudge covered oreo bars are to die for (but they only come in 6 to a pack and I can't afford them as a daily treat...so I only buy them once in a while!... which I am sure my waistline thanks me!)

Sia

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Are they anything like the Girl Scouts' Thin Mints? I just love those, but there are no Girl Scouts living nearby--lucky for my HIPS! The new Oreos sound delicious. I may look for them for my son to take in his lunchbucket. He is so THIN that the doctor wants me to bring him in this December to see if he's gained any weight. He's six and skinny like his Dad.

True story: when my son was about two or three, I was advised by a nurse to "sneak butter or mayonnaise into as much of his food as possible." I refused to do this. Can you imagine that a health-care professional would tell me to set my son up for high cholesterol via a fatty diet--not to mention altering the taste of foods for him. I was dismayed by this pearl of wisdom.

Needmylifeback

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia - they're not like Thin-Mints they are elongated Oreo cookies dipped in fudge....Yummmm... they come in a box and they are individually wrapped...but only 6 to a box!

I've got a very skinny son as well - he's following in his dad's footsteps (and probably will also look like a 7th grader when he's in college!) He's close to 61 pounds (He's 12 years old!) - but, he's following the curve just the lower part of it! As long as your son is following the height/weight curve even if it is the 3 percentile, he's doing just fine!~

The "funny" thing with my son is that he (in accordance with the Arizona laws) should have been in a "booster" seat up until his 12th Birthday because of his weight...and if they went only by weight, he still should be in one!{80pounds} (There was NO way I was doing that to my son - he would have been soooo embarrassed....so we kept him belted [with a belt adjuster] in the back seat and most times in the middle seat)

Sia

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi, NeedMLB. I have seen ads for those long Oreos. They sound very tempting; I have a weakness for all carbohydrates, & sweets are a particular favorite of mine. ("Sugar is BAD!" has become my mantra!)

I'm glad you mentioned the car seat/booster issue. My son just turned 6 & is still in the booster. It doesn't look like a baby car-seat, luckily, & he doesn't mind sitting in it. He weighs just over 40 lbs & is in the 50th %ile for height but just the 10th %ile for weight. I mean, he doesn't look like the running-gears of a katy-did, but he IS thin (photo in my folder). So far he hasn't protested, & we've always discussed it as a necessity for his safety.

I read a magazine article years ago about a child of slight build who slid under the regular lap/shoulder belt & was abraded to the BONE on the highway when he was ejected from the car. I think the article was in "Parents" magazine, but I don't have it any more. It made a huge impact on me, & I've always insisted that my kids use their car seats.

As long as it isn't a bone of contention between us, I'll keep him in the booster. If it becomes problematic (friends teasing or something), I guess I'll look for the seatbelt adjuster you mentioned. What brand do you use/recommend? I've heard of them but have never seen one for sale. My daughter is just now old enough/heavy enough for a booster, but she still fits comfortably in her car seat. It has the 5-pt strap that pulls down over head, not the bar that comes down.

Isn't it always something? Whenever I think I've bought everything we could have to have, there's some other item that we really should buy. Kids ARE expensive--but they're worth it!

Needmylifeback

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 04:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia,

My son lasted in a booster till almost 7 - but then that was going into 1st grade and none of his friends were in a booster. So we got the seatbelt adjuster (it is a padded sleeve that slips on to the seat belt and [squeezes - for lack of a better word] the shoulder strap slightly so it doesn't hit the body wrong. I am quite sure we got ours through the Right Start catalog (but, that was ...5 years ago!). I bet they have them in children stores...

We always stressed that since he was in the seatbelt vs. booster that the belt be correctly fastened (we have seatbelts on our school busses and I am amazed at some of the kids on field trips just wearing them as loose as they can! - It makes me think that they do that in their family cars as well!)

Backhome

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Back to the cookies -- the Fudge-covered Mint Oreos are good but Mystic Mints are better. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them in stores for quite some time.

And I'm with you, Sia -- Thin Mints are wonderful -- but I also suffer (benefit??) from the local lack of Girl Scouts!!

Sia

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 08:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I got the "stretchy" Oreos tonight (my kids' term for anything long) & felt horribly guilty eating one (it was good, but I really wanted the mint kind), but figured I'd shot my low-carb plan tonight anyway after spending the evening with my family at a local festival. Between the four of us, we ate deep-fried onions, mushrooms & green peppers, a funnel cake and an elephant ear, then had birthday cake at my Mom's & fried chicken at home. Urp! Good thing this is only an annual event.

Myjohnhenry

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 08:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand"

Weinermr

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sounds good to me, MJH!

I'm going to try something again. I asked this question last year, but no one remembered my all time favorite cookie.

Does anyone remember a cookie called "Cup Custards"? They were made by Sunshine, and they were a cream filled cookie in which the cookie part had kind of a vanilla flavor and the cream filling had a butterscotch flavor.

They aren't made anymore and I miss them. Does anyone remember Cup Custards?

Myjohnhenry

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I do not remember them at all...sorry Weiner

Weinermr

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks MJH. I've given up hope, but I thought I'd ask just in case someone else remembered them.

Myjohnhenry

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You got me curious so I went googling and couldn't find a thing. I hate that!

Kady

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Oreo mint cookies also taste very good if you crumble them up in some vanilla icecream. :)

Weinermr

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know!!! I've tried searching many times, and have never found anything about them. Just my memories. Ah, those memories!

Sia

Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've never seent those, Weiner. I will try to research it, LOL, but I'm not as fast at researching things on the 'net as other post-ers here are; someone always comes up with an answer while I'm still hunting!

Needmylifeback

Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 10:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll find my recipe for Thin Mint Pie and post it in the recipies tomorrow!