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Unhealthy Chocolate Cookies with Cream Filling

Nutritional Information for Oreo Cookies Without the Cream

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Milo Dakota

Some 490 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since Nabisco introduced the sandwich cookie to the world in 1912.(See Reference 4) That adds up to nearly 2 trillion sugar and fat-laden calories consumed by fans who love to dunk, twist or simply much the popular cream-filled cookies.

Since 2005, Milo Dakota has ghostwritten articles and book manuscripts for doctors, lawyers, psychologists, nutritionists, diet experts, fitness instructors, acupuncturists, chiropractors and others in the medical and health profession. Her work for others has appeared in the "Journal of the American Medical Society" and earned accolades in "The New York Times." She holds a Master of Art in journalism from the University of Michigan.