There Aren't Enough Oreos

[@Joel-Haver]

You sound insane

[@TrentLenkarski]

okay

[@goluckyarrow9076]

“Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane” -Philip K Dick

[@ThiccJesusGaming]

He has never made more sense than now.

[@joshmbrown42]

Insane-o style, though, right?

[@walrusArmageddon]

He's a man with a vision

[@ZackarySmigel]

This video made me sad because I know Nabisco is going to hire Trent after seeing this, and he'll leave us for bigger and better cookie-related things.

[@TrentLenkarski]

But then I could market my customizable cookies, were people could add whatever image they want on to the Oreo face

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

@@TrentLenkarski Just make sure you do Lego Oreos/Oreo Lincoln Logs

[@RevanHimself]

This video made me sad because the guy talking about cookies in the video seems really dumb.

[@D-03181]

​@@TrentLenkarskiPORN! and BOOBS! add PORN and BOOBS on the OREO

[@nightsong81]

@@ShadowRubberDuck Actual genius idea

[@greyman419]

These free MIT online courses are amazing

[@mglouise97]

You've forgotten one key variable. The length. 36 cookie units could be 3 giant cookie parts spanning the entire length of the package. A cookie footlong.

[@TrentLenkarski]

That's a really good point! My original thinking was that Oreo could keep using the original packaging they were already making. But the possibilities would be infinite if worries about producing new packaging were off the table.

[@Blutzen]

@@TrentLenkarski If you're tasking them with new cookie shapes, like triangles or fish, then they're gonna need new packaging anyway. So we might as well.

[@nightsong81]

@@TrentLenkarski Assuming you're going to assemble the cookie yourself, the packaging wouldn't even need to change.

[@zazenwind]

Where are the consumer grade oreo presses?​@@nightsong81

[@alvaromoe]

That's insane.

[@iquemedia]

picture this: [COOKIE] = 36cu [FILLING] = 36cu [COOKIE] = 36 cu each taking up an entire row

[@A.Guy10000]

Some assembly required

[@gayMath]

it's like ikea

[@aegisrunestone5573]

You can slide them together like 2 decks of cards

[@iquemedia]

i am going to post a video of me making this a reality will edit original post with youtube jibberish once it's up thanks for the motivation everyone

[@Burritobib]

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@pizzarune5]

Trent, as someone who has measured it, a double stuff is actually 3.66 (repeating) cookie units. They only give us 2/3 extra cream, not a full extra cookie unit of cream. What I really want is a true, actual, double stuff Oreo.

[@jasperwong2970]

Why stop there? The sky's the limit I say. I want a skyscraper Oreo.

[@RibusPQR]

How about Mega stuf?

[@vincevvn]

They have that already. It’s called mega stuffed

[@victorkreig6089]

just take a second cookie and remove the bottoms from each them lick each cream side and smoosh it together I call them mega stuffs

[@iquemedia]

this is the science we need

[@KevinFeeley_KHF]

Moreos.

[@k1ng_chicken]

Yes!!

[@walrusArmageddon]

Oh my

[@RamenDenominator]

No worries, you did not sound completely insane, only like 40% insane

[@timtamslam28]

Probably like 3 cookie units insane I’d say

[@skrawpie]

This is the antithesis of Brennan's Oreo CEO video.

[@cameronroman9271]

Wennan Wee Wulligan cosplay goes hard

[@DungeonSoup]

You know I was on board with the 16/10/10cu idea but triangle oreos I will not stand for. They're Ore-o's not Ore-△'s!

[@zergling50]

I love your stuff. Great to see you appreciate this oreo man’s genius, even with his heretical triangle cookies.

[@RunstarHomer]

△re△s

[@orijimi]

Triangles and squares tesselate, man! Think about how much stupid plastic could be cut out of the manufacturing here.

[@Joe-kh2ih]

There ought to be square Oreos to maximize Cookie Units Per Package (CUPP)

[@olivialashley8247]

□RE□

[@mathew2214]

i want a single oreo that comes in a pringles can, and takes up the entire length,.

[@theonlyron]

the creM is on the oustide .

[@Gambsmoore]

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERING the possibility of making WIDER cookies, of course that would be bordering onto ice cream sandwich territory depending on how wide we go... But honestly, that's a war I'd like to see.

[@Fauna_CR]

That's not a half bad idea honestly, having what is basically a room temperature ice cream sandwich that's just one big Oreo pretty much... 🤔

[@Maccycheez]

This is giving high school gym teacher having to teach science but just doing his own thing instead

[@LiquidDemocracyNH]

Oreo Chaos: and it's just like a bunch of completely different flavors scrambled together. Like, they make a bunch of different varieties already, just give us a scramble of them for variety sake

[@brendanwhite6954]

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS!!! More that I just want a double cookie Oreo What a wonderful video I could not agree more, I actually know someone in Oreos advertising through a friend I’m going to send them this video

[@TrentLenkarski]

No way!! Let me know what they say!

[@brendanwhite6954]

@ so uhh.. my friend likes the idea but said Oreo is rlly focused on what’s popular rn which is stuff like Swedish fish, sour patch kids and nerds clusters, and my friend doesn’t have the influence I had hoped😂 pretty bummed but wanted you to know

[@KalixtoGuy]

Thank fuck you had the whiteboard, my brain isn't ready to comprehend cookie units

[@nakenmil]

666 might be the number of the Beast, but 108 is the number of the Feast.

[@theonlyron]

Zero is the number of the least (I ate all the Oreos)

[@Raggart]

7 cu oreos sound great, I could certainly go for an oreo dumbbell right now

[@eely225]

Not only does Oreo need to get their stuff together, they need to get their double stuf together (into more variations of thickness)

[@Goat-on-a-Stick]

So you're suggesting an oooreooo, or even an oorereoo? Brilliant!

[@Raggart]

Honestly, the customization is a really great idea! And it certainly made me forget for a moment about you possibly being a serial killer

[@timtamslam28]

Loved this Trent, never change!

[@tracychallice1099]

the way my eyes widened at the concept of a 7 cu Oreo

[@Dcsulli]

Never thought we'd get a cameo of the whiteboard from The Text

[@andyizawsome]

The golden thin oreos just can't be beat, sorry

[@jomrus]

There’s the truth, and then there’s thing you said.

[@k1ng_chicken]

But.. what if there were two.. stacked on top of each other… something to think about..

[@victorkreig6089]

birthday cake oreos beg to differ

[@raxdflipnote]

If they started making DIY oreo making kits where you could assemble them however you wanted I would actually go wild

[@MD-wi8ht]

If they sold the cookies and the cream rounds separately, the customization possibilities would be CRAZY!

[@mikeymccafferty5339]

4:43 this is why I subscribe to the Trent Lenkarski youtube channel. A good youtuber doesn't make promises they won't keep.

[@samuelstermer6437]

This is important

[@CCMinis]

You're doing the lords work, Trent - thank you for this important video

[@ActualEggnog]

The thing is, the filling cookie units have to go between the cookie cookie units. They're the glue. Without the glue, the whole cookie crumbles.

[@7rich79]

This is how I imagine the product development meetings at cookie factories go.

[@yizzardpalmero]

This is genuibely one of my favorite trent videos ever. Idk why but this was hilarious. Fantastic job Trent

[@TrentLenkarski]

Thank you!!

[@CompleteAnimation]

I just feel bad for the mechanics in the Oreo factory after this. Could you imagine having to maintain twenty different cookie machines?

[@hendrix24]

I agree wholeheartedly. Nobody does cool stuff anymore. Everyone wants to play it safe. We need real innovation. Take risks. We need more cool stuff like this. Great video.

[@syzl___]

I was expecting a joke video when i clicked on it but i actually agree with this. Very good job 👍

[@OnTheRun_DontTellEm]

Thank you for the class! I'm hoping to graduate top of Cookie College, and I think this will greatly help in my goal! Trent is really the best Cookie professor.

[@szibble]

I Cannot wait to show this to my 5 year old. He'll be the first in line to be in your army when the Oreo revolution begins

[@adamdeardak6123]

Swedish fish oreos? Look man im all down for swedish fish and oreos but as soon as you mash that together you should be put in a padded room.

[@zaneberry]

4:58 I feel edged hearing the words "double" and "cookie" so many times next to each other without getting a doublechoclateychunkcooKIEEE

[@Rubbly]

I can't believe how POWERFUL they must be to stop us from having triangle Oreos!! 😮

[@jacksonhiatt4174]

In all seriousness though, they could have the outer rows be all cookies, and the middle be all filling that you could spread at your discretion. It'd be the same amount of both as in a regular package, with the unlimited combinations fully at your disposal. Win win!

[@sissypissyrapper23]

I can't handle all this college, Costal Elite cookie mathematics. Can I please just have a couple little cookies?

[@k1ng_chicken]

Over the garden wall, Kirbo, *art*, Trent (whoops, said art already, my bad), and Oreos. perfection.

[@unbentcrayfish]

Erasing Catman at the beginning was a crime. JUSTICE FOR CATMAN!!!!

[@TrentLenkarski]

I needed the room!! I felt bad doing it : (

[@pluhformybruh]

I like this new scientific side of you Trent. Keep up the good work

[@BradAhrens]

7. Unit. Oreos. Think about it. You walk into a store, you see 3-Unit Oreos sittin' there, there's 7-Unit Oreos right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

[@Topcatyo.]

Your delivery of "allow me to explain on this whiteboard" made me absolutely cackle out of nowhere. I am in favor of any and all varieties of Oreo and will be happy to try every single one

[@Glimmerling]

Heart. Shaped. Oreos!

[@Marijnzor]

You're on to something here. Bear with me: Double stuffed thin oreos. 2 cookie units. So it's like the cookies of the thin oreo, but with the stuffing of a regular oreo Or what if we took 2 different stuffings in the same cookie. So a double stuffed oreo, but one of the stuffings is classic and the other one is mint chocolate chip. Hell, we can mix and match different cookie flavors too!

[@nullandvoid7881]

Wonderful to hear another Trent-Alice collaboration!! And I think you sounded tooootally sane, and logical! Been going back and relistening to the Dream Team podcast you guys made. I hope you're both doing well:D

[@MrBluePowers808]

The Oreo brick! 🧱 Layered chunks of cookie! 🍪

[@MattH039]

Thank you Professor Trent for the enlightening lesson in Cookiometry!

[@MFORYD]

could not hear anything over the dreamy color grading making your eyes sparkle... whatever you say, beautiful...

[@shay8502]

I'm so glad you quoted the bowling thing, that's one of my favourite quotes.

[@tsirooooo]

This is so wise! It also makes me imagine some kind of Lunchables situation where you can buy a package of Cookies and Fillings and arrage them however you want. DIY Oreos! They always talk about twisting the cookies apart but perhaps: twisting them together...? 🤔

[@stilescd7213]

Need to hire the worlds best architects to create famous building replica Oreos.

[@tallskeleton]

TRENT NEEDS MORE FUCKING OREOS !!!!!!

[@zaneberry]

for whatever its worth Smore oreos (or as I call them, s'moreos) are my favorite oreo and I think could dethrone the chocolate and cream one as the default. think vanilla-lemons are a strong second.

[@The-official-grindel]

This is genuinely the topic I’ve always been waiting for you to discuss all of my life

[@VultureVideos]

Get your SHIT together Oreo company! Please!

[@vsalt69]

In which a comedian stumbles upon the knapsack problem.

[@AramilsMusic]

Damn, I need some snacks now. I wish I had a snack-consultant like you Trent.

[@kzgames3023]

No way this doesn’t happen in the next 10 years

[@steubenbreunden]

Ahh...this really brings me back to university. I remember we had to break out into labs and prove that there were 3 CUs in a standard Oreo. Now that I'm in grad school, my thesis on Forensic Oreo CU Sciences (FOCUS) honestly looks quite similar to yours.

[@ezrathecool]

I fucking lost it after the cookie unit speal when he said 3 cookies and 1 frosting and 3 more cookies

[@Taltinus]

I'll take your word for it. Funded.

[@ledrid6956]

I think it's insane that your first example of customization was 6 cookies and 1 layer of frosting.

[@pokemon1895]

This is such a brilliant idea. We really need to get this rolling.

[@AerogardLM]

Imagine a package of Oreos, but its a pack of just the cookies with a separate pack of filling, like Dunkaroos or cannoli dip.

[@will56773]

What if they did open faced Oreos? Think about how many cookie units that would open up.

[@rrigamondi]

You could also squish the whole row together and eat a 18x18 layered oreo, or the whole packet for a 54x54 layered oreo

[@matthewrivera3664]

no joke at all this is so real i appreciate ur existence and thoughts Trent

[@Adomew]

so true bestie

[@alex.g7317]

i want an oreo fractal where it has ♾️ cookie units in all directions continuously reoccuring no matter how small your microscope can see.

[@conquestor]

Trent, imagine a box of oreos where the cookies and fillings are separated and you get to choose which filling layer you want to use. You could make fudge covered swedish fish double stuffed oreos.

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

I agree why can’t we have Lego Oreo brick where I can build a building and just devour it like I’m Godzilla?

[@timtamslam28]

Then I’d finally feel powerful!!

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

@ or Lincoln logs

[@DertMcDerty]

Thank you Trent for enlightening me on this subject. Good to know there's still people out there fighting for whats right and good for our societal health

[@nolanbrewermusic]

Thank you for the video professor

[@InsterNameHere]

Thank you for doing the publics work for us, you heard our outcry for customization and are advocating our need, noble of you. The only thing I clarification I need here, Big Pappa T Dawg, is that the cost per cu may not be equivalent per section of the cookie, which may give you some issues working with their financial department. Like is the 'frosting/cream' cu same cost of production as the cookie cu? Something to consider for Part II. Because if I want, idk lets say like 106 cu of cream and 2cu of cookie, would that cost more or less? What if I want 108cu of cookie and do custom fillings like toothpaste, laundry pods, etc. (the classics)

[@SudoYETI]

Each column could also be different sizes. 1 thin, 1 regular, 1 double. Different flavors in each sleeve or whatever.

[@vatostacos4lyfe300]

Me when I forget my Tuesday medications and now its THE WEEKEND BABY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@joshuacharette993]

Honestly, this is pretty profound. I'm with you on this.

[@bp56789]

When your physics teacher is bad, but you have to keep listening:

[@derrigible5364]

With 108cu in a pack of oreos, that means 108! permutations, or 1.324642e+174 possible cookie combinations. That's more than there are stars in the universe.

[@cadenpink316]

This is uncharted scientific territory. But are there not 2^108 combinations? 108! is the number of combinations of an ordered set of 108 distinct elements. The oreo box is an ordered set of boolean (cookie/creme) values.

[@FellowHuman137]

You can only talk when you've been to the oreo factory

[@mbillard]

Yes! What I want is a double width orea (or more) like a very large cookie.

[@RayCotolo]

beautiful hypothesis, trent. one vital piece you are missing though is the calculation for cookie entropy (ce), as we are unsure whether certain ratios of creme to cookie can stay chemically stable once bonded. this could lead to an outcome such as an explosion when you finally peel that little plastic back and expose the cookie to air (as a result of endless built-up energy finally releasing). i believe ce is also responsible for that wacky thing that happened in indiana jones when they opened the ark of the covenant (just a package of oreo cookies inside, unknown cookie to creme ratio). this of course is still up for peer review study but is important as we tread deeper and deeper into the unknowns of cookie technology

[@LukieLuke5]

The reason they don't make different shaped Oreos is the manufacturing process. It's very easy to just put some new ingredients in a cookie, but making and fitting new molds is much more expensive.

[@EleanorDahlia]

i went to show this to someone and was relieved it wasn't a weird dream and is indeed a real video.

[@bradseeker]

can't wait for some maths channel to get ahold of this and present some well-considered optimizations, or potentially even a new packing form that might lead to more choices

[@Evadooker]

7:04 Oreo needs to get their DOUBLE stuff together

[@Clemm-Fandango]

Came for the click bate, Stayed for the laughs, well played Trent.

[@SyncrisisVideos]

I know this video is funny haha and all, but there is one thing OREO's could actually do to improve: Put the damned cookies into a round tube like Pringles does with their chips. A round tube would be so much less wasted space. Plus, they could probably sell it with less overall cookie units than the plastic stuff they usually use, but still charge the same price. Win for us because we have a oreos in a nice round tube. Win for them because they make more money per Oreo. WIn-Win.

[@cuteraptor42]

A box of Oreo can be written as [SCB], a standard cookie box

[@harmoen]

He presents this like a Tenured Professor

[@mr.honeycomb]

I asked them to make banana creme pie oreos, but they never got back to me.

[@seaoftranquility7228]

Listen buddy, I don’t know who the hell you are but you’ve just stepped into a legal nightmare. Expect a call from my lawyers very soon.

[@josephroxursox]

Trent stole my idea! Now I'll never get credited for this pitch that I've been giving Oreo for decades!

[@doughboywhine]

I think at some point they should just sell the frosting and the cookie wafers separately. That way the filling can be left to the consumers, and then they can focus on innovating the wafers. sell them in sleeves like ritz, or maybe loafs like bread. Perhaps they could even make cookie flatbreads that we can use to make pizza-os (like pizza but made out of oreo ingredients)

[@balloonboxer5436]

i think they should do something akin to the lunchables cracker, ham, and cheese lunch where you can pick and choose where the filling and cookies go as well as the amount of each ingredient. it would be very customizable.