Reviews Filed Under 'Four Stars'
Price: $2.99
Serving: 1oz., 5 cookies
Servings Per Container: About 8
Calories: 140 per serving
Fat: 9%, 6g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 5%, 110mg
Protein: 1g
Carbohydrates: 7%, 21g
Fiber: 4%, 1g
Sugar: 12g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 Points Per Serving
Trader Joe’s says: Our Trader Joe’s Ginger Snaps are made with all natural ingredients and have that crispy, crunchy texture one would expect from these spicy little cookies. They’ve been sweetened with just the right blend of sugar and molasses, and ofcourse we’ve made sure to mix in generous amounts of ground ginger to achieve that nice ginger-y bite that ginger fans know and love.
Abi says: It is always a shame when gluten-free friends come out for dinner and forego buns and cake because of dietary restrictions. And while it is easy enough to produce gluten-free meals at home, desserts are sometimes a challenge. That’s why I like to make pumpkin spice cheesecake and use these gluten free ginger snaps for the crust.
These aren’t the gingersnaps you’re used to seeing on supermarket shelves. Those ones are overpowered by molasses and lack the tang of non-powdered ginger. These ginger snaps from Trader Joe’s are a bit crumblier than other gluten-containing varieties, but they pack a lot more flavor into each little cookie.
Perfect for a late night snack with a glass of milk or making a flavorful crust for your next Millionaire Pie.
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Posted on March 2, 2008
Categories: Gluten Free, Ginger, Trader Joe's, Three Points, Four Stars, Cookies
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: Vegan, McDonalds, Vegetarian, High Fructose Corn Syrup Free, Gluten Free, All Natural, Fat Free, Four Stars
Price: $0.59
Serving: 0.7oz., 1 bar
Calories: 60 per serving
Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 10mg
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 4%, 13g
Fiber: 14%, 3g
Sugar: 6g
Weight Watchers Points: 1 point per bar
Trader Joe’s says: Trader Joe's 100% Pineapple Fruit Bar contains nothing other than 100% sweet, ripe pineapple which is ground into a paste and made into a delicious dried fruit treat. No flavors or fillers of any kind have been added.
We say: Trader Joe’s 100% All Fruit Pineapple Fruit Bar is a good snack. It isn’t super filling, but it provides plenty of flavor. It tastes more like canned pineapple than fresh pineapple, but I like canned pineapple. It is surprisingly tart and makes me gleek on my keyboard at least once every time I eat one. (Gleeking is accidental spitting. I’m not sure how well known this word is, but it is on Wikipedia, so I am going to use it even though the spell check says it doesn’t exist.) I appreciate that the fruit bar is 100% fruit and preservative free. Rather than reaching for a peanut butter cup out of my colleagues’ snack drawer, I’m going to try to stick to fruit bars.
Abi just informed me that it is only one Weight Watchers point. This means that if I was on the Weight Watchers program I could eat 20 of them a day (and nothing else). I don’t think that would satisfy me, but I’m not sure that any 20 Weight Watchers points would satisfy me, so I won’t dock any points for this.
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Posted on September 25, 2007
Categories: Pineapple, Trader Joe's, One Point, Four Stars, Dried Fruit
Price: $1.80 (on sale)
Serving: 1.2oz., 4 biscuits
Servings Per Container: 1
Calories: 170 per serving
Fat: 14%, 9g
Cholesterol: 1%, <5mg
Sodium: 2%, 40mg
Protein: 2g
Carbohydrates: 7%, 20g
Fiber: 3%, <1g
Sugar: 10g
Weight Watchers Points: 4 per box
Godiva says: Meltingly rich, a traditional European biscuit is topped with a signature imprinted tablet of sinfully smooth milk chocolate.
We say: Sad but true: In the year 2000, we worked at a Seattle Godiva shop. It was the standard retail experience: jaded, ex-ballerina boss with a penchant for putting down collegiate-based aspirations; fun and wacky coworkers with a sense of fairness and enormous generosity when it came to the free chocolates box; cutthroat competition to make sales quotas; and lots of chocolate tasting.
When you work at Godiva, your job is to eat chocolates, well eat and sell chocolates. Also, to dip strawberries in chocolate while tourists take photos of you.
2000 was also the year that Godiva introduced Biscuits and Coffees (they may have also introduced hot chocolate at that time, but we can’t remember). During that summer, we made coffee every day and placed biscuits out for sampling every day. People freaking loved Godiva biscuits. I was not so keen; we didn’t get them for free and they didn’t seem to be any better than cheaper cookies available at the grocery store.
Some aspects of that cookie philosophy hold true. Godiva Signature Biscuits aren’t free and the cookie parts aren’t any more delicious than regular cookies: the Godiva chocolate that makes all of the difference. You could go and purchase the LU version, hoping that your Petit Ecolier will stand up to the scrumptiousness that is Godiva chocolate. Perhaps you enjoy setting yourself up for failure.
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Posted on September 5, 2007
Categories: Godiva, Four Points, Chocolate, Four Stars, Cookies
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