Oreo Dropped New Flavors and One Might Surprise Vegans

Oreo just did something they’ve never done before. Instead of dropping one new flavor and hoping for the best, they released three at once, Banana Pudding, Deep Fried, and Chicken & Waffles, and they’re letting shoppers decide which one earns a spot back on shelves in 2027.

It’s called the Twist, Lick, Vote campaign, and here’s how it works. All three flavors hit presale on Oreo.com starting August 17, then roll out to grocery stores nationwide on August 24 for a limited run. Every pack has a QR code that takes you to a vote. Cast your pick between August 17 and October 12, and the winning flavor gets crowned on October 13 and returns as part of the 2027 lineup. Every vote also enters you into a sweepstakes for a year’s supply of original Oreos, so there’s a little something in it for you too.

The flavor lineup

Banana Pudding brings a dual layer banana and vanilla pudding creme sandwiched between vanilla wafer cookies, basically banana pudding in cookie form.

Deep Fried leans into that golden fried dough flavor you’d get from a fair food stand, baked right into the cookie itself.

Chicken & Waffles is the one everyone’s talking about. It’s the first sweet and savory Oreo, with a dual layer fried chicken and maple syrup creme inside a waffle embossed cookie.

What vegans should know about the Chicken and Waffles flavor

Here’s the scoop on the seemingly non-vegan chicken and waffles flavor. Sporked did the digging most outlets wouldn’t bother with and confirmed directly with Oreo that the Chicken & Waffles cookie flavor is actually meat free. No real chicken and no animal derived flavoring hiding in the natural flavors it seems. That matters because plenty of products lean on those to sneak in meat based ingredients without most shoppers ever noticing.

Since milk and egg are both required allergens under FDA labeling rules, you can check any Oreo ingredient panel for a “Contains” statement to confirm whether dairy or egg made it into the recipe. If it’s not listed, it’s not in there. Standard Oreo cookies and cremes have long skipped dairy and egg in their base recipe, and that holds true across this new trio, which seems to make all three of these limited flavors vegan-friendly. We have no reason to suspect other non allergen animal ingredients like confectioners glaze or honey would be in these new flavors, but until Oreo posts full ingredient lists for all three or I spot them on shelves, that is unconfirmed. Here’s hoping there are no surprises but I will update if there are.

One more thing worth knowing

If the ethics side of this matters to you as much as the ingredients do, I covered some good news on that front earlier this year. Mondelēz, Oreo’s parent company, officially ended their animal testing practices, a shift that came after years of pressure. I broke down exactly what that policy change covers and what it doesn’t in this post, worth a read if you’ve been holding back on Oreos over that issue.

Three bold new flavors, one very unexpected vegan-friendly cookie, and you actually get a say in what sticks around. Go vote, and let me know which one you’re trying first.