Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world today. But few people remember the product that Nabisco blatantly ripped off: Hydrox. A creation of Kansas City’s Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, Hydrox ...

MARTIN: And both of these cookies, Hydrox and Oreo, can be traced back to one man - Jacob Loose. In Kansas City, you'd recognize that name from an iconic park named after him.

They were similar to the Hydrox cookies, which came out in 1908. However, Oreo's popularity quickly surpassed Hydrox's. Since 2014, Oreo has been the highest-selling cookie in the world.

They were similar to the Hydrox cookies, which came out in 1908. However, Oreo's popularity quickly surpassed Hydrox's. Since 2014, Oreo has been the highest-selling cookie in the world.

MARTIN: And both of these cookies, Hydrox and Oreo, can be traced back to one man - Jacob Loose. In Kansas City, you'd recognize that name from an iconic park named after him.

The Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. But it was originally a knock-off of another cookie: the Hydrox. A new podcast investigates.

The Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. But it was originally a knock-off of another cookie: the Hydrox. A new podcast investigates.