I think Fig Newtons were as much a staple in our house as Saltines and Ritz and Graham Crackers. And though I would eat all of these, even binge on them at times, I was never, shall we say, "passionate" about any of them. It has now been many years since I've had a Fig Newton, and I never tried any of the alternate versions. In fact, I'm not sure I even knew about them.