Reviews Filed Under 'Healthy Snacks'
Price: $2.49
Serving: 1 pouch, .78oz
Calories: 80 per serving
Calories from Fat: 0
Fat: 0%, 0g
Saturated Fat: 0%, 0g
Trans Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 0mg
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 7%, 20g
Fiber: 12%, 3g
Sugar: 16g
Weight Watchers Points: 1 Point
SonomaCrisps says: Natural and Baked Slowly Cooked Crunchy Apple
Abi says: I’m a sucker for these baked fruit snacks. They’re stupidly expensive and yet I cannot stop eating them. I could get an ounce of caviar for less than this! Okay, maybe not an ounce of caviar, but certainly an ounce of other things.
Like chocolate.
Each crisp is like an old, under-developed french fry. You know – the ones that you find under the car seat when you decide to undertake that once-yearly vehicle vacuuming session. Yes, these fries crisps aren’t rock-hard and gross. They’re dry and crunchy, but not scary-dry, suck-all-the-spit-from-your-mouth dry like the . The cinnamon adds a bit of spice without overpowering the sweetness of the apple. If you’re rich and you really, really want to eat a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, but you’re also on a diet, give these crispy apple straws a try.
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Posted on December 9, 2008
Categories: All Natural, Cholesterol Free, Dried Fruit, Fat Free, Freeze Dried Fruit, Healthy Snacks, No Added Sugar, No Coloring, One Point, Saturated Fat Free, Sodium Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Price: $1.39
Serving: 1 bar, 1.7oz.
Info below for entire bag
Calories: 210 per bar
Fat: 19%, 12g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 0mg
Protein: 6g
Carbs: 8%, 23g
Fiber: 12%, 3g
Sugar: 14g
Weight Watchers Points: 5 per bar
Lara says: Two ingredients, one incredible flavor! The unprocessed, creamy cashews are rich in iron, zinc and B Vitamins. The chewy dates have more potassium than bananas. Together they form a bar rich in fiber with 2 grams of heart-healthy Omega-6 fatty acids and 15 essential vitamins and minerals. So much sustaining nourishment in such a simple recipe.
Abi says: The energy bar section of Trader Joe’s is always good for an interesting snack or two. Tired of searching for the elusive Fiberful Bar and refusing to toss half a package of Fiberful ends and pieces, I decided to take a chance on the Larabar.
After scanning the shelves and seeing the words “Cashew” and “Cookie” I knew I’d found my perfect energy bar match.
Or had I?
Initially looks were promising: the bar was studded with cashew pieces and featured a distinctly cookie-like appearance and texture. Mmmmm, cookies. But looks aren’t everything. I’d learned that lesson the hard way in Italy, realizing that while Italian bakers made some pretty incredible tarts, they uniformly sucked at producing delicious cookies.
But this isn’t a cookie, it is a energy bar masquerading under the name ‘cookie’. I’m used to it by now, the bars with ‘cookie’ and ‘pie’ in the names. I’m just waiting for Belgian Waffle and New York Cheesecake flavored bars. They probably already make those flavors and carry them at my local GNC alongside enormous tubs of what amount to legal steroids. And I avoid GNC like the plague.
SnackLounge.com isn’t about body building or poorly informed supplement salesmen. Rather, we are all about helping you avoid about an energy bar that tastes like an old brown couch. You know, one of those dismal ones in a Craigslist ad that is updated every day for two weeks before the owner realizes that nobody is going to buy that couch and finally it appears in the free section.
My mouth was not happy. First, this bar contains only dates and cashews. While I like those things and understand that they can be part of a delicious and healthy energy bar, on their own they DO NOT EQUAL CASHEW COOKIE. In fact, they’re sort of like those no-bake cookies that you make once in awhile because you forget that they’re just not that great. Yeah, like that but with even less flavor. I suppose that if the folks at Larabar added a dash of salt and a drop of vanilla to this snack then it would finally approach flavorful cookiedom. Until then, we’re sticking with Clif Chocolate Chip Cookie ZBars when we want an actual, cookie-like energy bar.
P.S. We have since then tried a couple of other LARABARs that are tasty and delicious (and not boring, like this one) and we’ll report on those in November.
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Posted on October 25, 2007
Categories: All Natural, Cashew, Contains Nuts, Dried Fruit, Energy Bars, Five Points, Healthy Snacks, Larabar, Two Stars, Vegan, Vegetarian
Price: $1.00
Serving: 2.4oz., 1 pouch
All information below for apples only
Calories: 35
Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 0mg
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 3%, 8g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: 6g
Weight Watchers Points: 1 point for 2 pouches
McDonalds says: A bag of delicious sliced and peeled apples.
Abi says: Yeah, yeah, we’re featuring a refrigerated item from McDonalds. But you know what? Apple slices rock. Yeah, yeah, they aren’t as good as a perfectly crisp Gala or Jonagold, but when you’re a mile from a grocery store and you’ve got a 30 minute lunch break, those fancy schmancy apples will have to wait. And yeah, yeah this snack is a bit expensive. But they’re still fabulous.
Why are these apple slices awesome? First, they do not require washing. Second, you won’t end up with apple skin stuck between your teeth. Third, they are somewhat good for you.
Okay, maybe they aren’t really good for you at all. A glance at the nutrition information conveys that the only thing in this bag is a crunchy combination of carbs and sugar. What it doesn’t tell you is that two (Yes, two) bags of apple slices are the ideal fry-eating deterrent. Sure, you could add caramel and call it a dessert, but I prefer to think of these guys as the perfect way to de-guilt a 6 piece box of Chicken Nuggets.
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Posted on October 1, 2007
Categories: All Natural, Fat Free, Four Stars, Gluten Free, Healthy Snacks, McDonalds, Vegan, Vegetarian
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