From Dunk to Drunk: Three L.A. Chefs ‘Hack’ the Oreo

Just when you were warming up to the idea of bacon-flavored martinis, three chefs from Los Angeles are throwing you a few new ones. The “Oreo Snack Hacks” appeared in a  New York Daily News video posted April 9th to introduce, among other things, the Oreo Shandy, which fuses the after school-snack classic with light beer, sugar and water, as well as a recipe for Oreo-flavored tortilla chips, and even cookie-crusted chicken tenders.

Sound gross enough to be delicious? According to food truck-artisan Roy Choi, you won’t know until you try it.

“A snack hack is turning the Oreo into something you’ve never imagined it could be,” he said. “I was thinking you could put it on dental floss and then have it roll down the dental floss into your mouth.”

Watch Choi, along with Michael Voltaggio, the winner of season six of Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Nguyen Tran of the L.A. hotspot, Starry Kitchen demonstrate a few disgustingly-delicious takes on the Oreo via Gawker, who has since jumped on the bandwagon.

And if you want to take a stab at making them yourselves this weekend:

Michael Voltaggio’s Oreo Shandy

9 Lemon Oreo cookies
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
24 ounces of light beer

Nguyen Tran’s Oreo Bread Pudding

5 Oreo cookies
1 snack-sized bag of peanuts
1 snack-sized slice of pound cake
½ cup diet cherry so

Roy Choi’s Chicken Tenders

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded to about ¼ inch thickness
1 cup (15) golden Oreo cookies, wafers only
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten with 1 tbsp water added
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 cup chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
About 2 cups of vegetable oil for frying1.Pulse cookies (wafer only) in a food processor until fine

Michael Voltaggio’s Oreo Tortilla Chips

36 Oreo cookies
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup water
¼ cup powdered sugar for garnish

Video courtesy of YouTube.com, via the Oreo Snack Hacks.