BTS Oreo Hotteok Flavor Sets June Launch With Purple Wafers and 13 Designs

Limited Edition OREO & BTS Cookies will introduce a hotteok-inspired brown sugar pancake flavor in June 2026, making the BTS Oreo collaboration a global food launch centered on a Korean dessert. Mondelez International announced the product on May 26, with presale scheduled to begin June 1, 2026, followed by a retail rollout from June 8 while supplies last.¹

The cookie is described as a brown sugar pancake flavored Oreo inspired by hotteok, a Korean pancake commonly associated with a sweet brown sugar filling. The release is planned for more than 80 markets and features what Mondelez identifies as Oreo’s first purple wafers, along with 13 embossments designed by BTS for the group’s 13th anniversary.¹

BTS Oreo Hotteok Flavor: Confirmed Product Details

The new cookie pairs purple wafers with a white-and-tan creme formulated to evoke hotteok, the Associated Press reported. Mondelez chief marketing and sales officer Martin Renaud told AP that the flavor took about two years to develop and was selected after the company narrowed three options.²

In the official announcement, BTS said, “OREO is helping us share a taste of home with the world.”¹ The line reflects the product’s stated connection to hotteok, while the release positions the collaboration as a global rollout rather than a single-market edition.

CNN Newsource, via ABC17NEWS, reported that the purple wafer refers to BTS and ARMY, the group’s fan community. The same report said the 13 engraved designs include member names and a BTS light stick, expanding the product beyond flavor into collectible cookie details.³

Mondelez has framed the launch as a limited-edition collaboration. Matt Foley, vice president of marketing for Oreo, described it as “much bigger than a US activation,” CNN reported, matching the company’s stated plan to release the cookies across more than 80 markets.³

Launch Timing and Market Availability

Online presale is set for June 1, 2026, with in-store availability beginning June 8, 2026, in participating markets while supplies last.¹ The Independent also summarized the launch as beginning online June 1 and reaching stores June 8 across more than 80 markets, describing it as Oreo’s largest global collaboration to date.⁴

The available source material does not list every participating country, retailer, pack size, or price. It also does not provide a market-by-market restock plan. Readers looking for exact local availability will need to rely on official retail listings or local Oreo channels when presale and store rollout begin.

The collaboration arrives as entertainment and consumer brands continue to use limited-edition food releases as global fan products. CNN framed the BTS Oreo launch as part of Oreo’s broader limited-edition collaboration strategy and connected it to BTS’s return to the global stage.³ E! News also reported the product as a limited-edition brown-sugar pancake flavor inspired by hotteok and noted preorder availability from June 1 and retail rollout from June 8.⁵

Why Hotteok Is Central to the Collaboration

The selected flavor is the clearest distinguishing feature of the launch. Rather than using a standard chocolate, vanilla, or fruit profile, the product is built around hotteok, a Korean pancake flavor described in the source material as brown sugar-based and, in CNN’s wording, tied to a brown sugar-stuffed pancake popular in South Korea.³

That flavor choice gives the BTS Oreo product a specific cultural reference point while remaining within Oreo’s limited-edition format. The purple wafers, BTS-related embossments, and anniversary-linked set of 13 designs add visual markers that connect the cookie to the group and its fan base without changing the core announcement: a limited global Oreo release built around hotteok flavor.

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