Oreo releases 'first-ever' gingerbread-flavored cookie for holiday season

Instead of sugar cookies, maybe offer Santa Claus some Oreos

Peeps may have put the kibosh on its holiday offerings, but Oreo is fully committing to its Christmas treats.

In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, the sandwich cookie brand has rolled out a brand new limited-edition flavor: gingerbread.

According to a spokesperson for Oreo, the specialty gingerbread flavor has already hit shelves – so those looking for an excuse to start holiday shopping early, here it is.

Oreo has released its first-ever gingerbread-flavored sandwich cookie just in time for the holiday season. (Oreo)

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The new treat features two gingerbread-flavored cookie sandwiched around Oreo’s original crème filling, swirled with “crunchy sugar crystals,” the package shares. Each cookie also comes in five “festive designs.”

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The spicy cookie is the “first-ever” gingerbread offering from Oreo.

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The cookies are available nationwide while supplies last.

This newest release must be a special surprise for Oreo lovers, after their dreams were dashed when a representative for the brand confirmed to Fox News that an Oreo taquito cannoli was not in the works.

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