Morning Update: Oreos introduce Red Velvet Oreos for Valentine’s Day

AdWeek: Red Velvet Oreos Are a Delightfully Awkward Aphrodisiac in Quirky Valentine Cartoons

If regular Oreos don’t already put you in the mood for love, maybe try the cookie’s new Red Velvet flavor. The limited-edition Valentine’s Day product stars in a new animated campaign from 360i, and is presented as an awkward aphrodisiac for strangers.

The effects of Red Velvet Oreos might include a woman who looks kind of like a middle-aged Daria sliding her grip up a bus pole to touch the hand of the rocker hunk next to her. (In fact, the whole aesthetic seems inspired by ’90s MTV cartoons.) And let’s just say the dude is not moving his mitt away, either.

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