What They Are: A line of larger bars, called Meal Bars, and a line of smaller bars, called Snack Bars.
What We Think of 'Em: Yikes! Special K, we love you. And we REALLY love your Snack Bites, but these new bars really miss the mark. The 190-calorie meal bars aren't large enough to be an actual meal substitute. They're also way too sweet, crumbly, and with that dry low-carb flavor (even though they aren't low-carb), these bars are just not good. There's not a flavor in the bunch we like. The snack bars taste a bit better, but are basically chewy candy bars (very tiny ones!) that we feel aren't worth the 110- calorie price tag they come with. Don't get us wrong, 110 calories isn't a lot for a snack, it's just that these things are so tiny they're simply not worth it. And the fact that they're trying to pass themselves off as "healthy" disturbs us even more. We predict a VERY sad, short life for these bars.
Overall Score: 3. Special K...we still love you, but we will never EVER partake in these items again.
What They Are: Little bottles of low-cal, spray-on salad dressing in three flavors -- Red Wine Mist Cabernet Vinaigrette, Balsamic Breeze Vinaigrette, and Italian Vinaigrette. 10 sprays for 10 calories. Woohoo!
What We Think of 'Em: No gimmicks here. What you see is what you get, peeps. Each generous 10-spray serving packs in tons of flavor and a lot of dressing -- for just 10 measly calories. Spray-on salad dressing is a no-brainer. Who needs all the extra glop smothering your defenseless lettuce, anyway? Wish-Bone, you ROCK, bigtime! HUGETIME. All of the flavors are great, but we like the Italian Vinaigrette the most. We hear there are new flavors on the way, and we can't wait.
Overall Score: 10. 10 sprays for 10 calories?! It's INSANE!
What It Is: Unsweetened non-dairy chocolate milk made from almonds?!
What We Think of It: We were so excited to see chocolate (or any!) milk that has just 45 calories per 8 ounces that it could taste like motor oil and we'd be excited. The good news is, it DOESN'T taste like motor oil. The bad news is, it doesn't taste good straight from the container. We added Splenda to it, which made it pretty good, but this stuff is definitely best-suited for fancy low-cal lattes and things of that nature. In fact, we made some pretty friggin' INSANE 25-calorie chocolate lattes with this stuff and now we're hooked. We can't wait to try the other flavors.
Overall Score: 9. But remember, don't drink it straight. It's definitely more of an ingredient than a beverage.
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The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
Santa Fe Farms Fat-Free Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chip Chip Hooray!
If you'd given up hope on finding guilt-free chocolate cookies, today is going to be a good day for you. We've sniffed out what could possibly be the world's most delicious 20-calorie cookie. These soft, fudgy things are so moist and chewy, you'll SWEAR they're brownies (really!). And, not only do they rate well in the taste department, they're cute, too (so cuddly!). Four of these choco-rific critters are just 80 calories -- and let's not forget they're FAT-FREE! If you're into healthy, all-natural stuff, here's an added bonus -- they contain no artificial sweeteners. Instead, honey, cocoa and fruit juices are used to flavor 'em. HG Warning! These cookies are so good, it may be hard to put the bag down. Uh-oh... Pssst...these are available online or at a natural foods store near you.
Serving Size: 4 cookies
Calories: 80
Fat: 0g Sodium: 70mg
Carbs: 18g
Fiber: 3g
Sugars: 8g
Protein: 2g
* 1 Point!
Newmans Own Champion Chip Cookies, Choc. Choc. Chip
Chips 4 Chumps
What are the Newman's Own folks thinking? Their tiny little organic chocolate chocolate chip cookies are sorta pathetic. Not only are they hard and crumbly, they also fall to pieces when you bite into 'em and don't even taste that good. While the Santa Fe Farms cookies are moist little nuggets of chocolatey goodness, Newman's are dry and icky. And were not sure how, but these silly little excuses for cookies manage to pack in TWICE as many calories as Santa Fe Farms. Newmans also proudly boosts omitting butter from their recipe (in favor of palm fruit oil), but that didnt save these suckers from containing two grams of fat per itty-bitty cookie! Hey, Paul, do you know the way to Santa Fe ?
Serving Size: 4 cookies
Calories: 160
Fat: 8g Sodium: 70mg
Carbs: 20g
Fiber: 1g
Sugars: 11g
Protein: 2g
* 4 Points!
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The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17