Reviews Filed Under 'Three Stars'
Price: $3.50 per package
Serving: 3 cookies, 1.1oz.
Calories: 160 per serving
Fat: 14%, 9g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 4%, 95mg
Protein: 2g
Carbohydrates: 6%, 19g
Fiber: 4%, 1g
Sugars: 8g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 Per Serving
Pepperidge Farm says: Journey into the texture of a Geneva cookie. An enchangtingly textured collage of indulgent delight. This beautifully decorated cookie is accompanied by a smooth chocolate later with crunchy pecans. An adventure in texture.
Abi says: Did Pepperidge Farm trademark Geneva? How does Lake Geneva feel about that? And the actual Swiss city of Geneva? Does it just refer to cookies? Could I create a line of Geneva crackers and get away with it?
Geneva cookies are seemingly exotic, European, and chocolatey. In reality, they are a ghetto cookie. The actual cookie part is not nearly as delicious as the biscuit found in Pepperidge Farm Milanos and the pecans (which are not a European nut at all, but rather a member of the North American hickory family) are merely shabby, palate-grating studs. Sure, the dark chocolate is good, but that’s certainly not the bulk of this cookie.
I’d prefer Godiva’s version of the Petit Ecolier anytime.
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Posted on October 24, 2007
Categories: All Natural, Vegetarian, Contains Nuts, Three Points, Chocolate, Three Stars, Pepperidge Farm, Cookies
Price: €1.50 for 1 small bag
Serving: 2/3 bag, 25 grams
Calories: 130 per serving
Fat: 13%, 8gg
Sodium: 13%, 300mg
Protein: 1.8g
Carbohydrates: 4%, 12.8g
Fiber: 4%, 1g
Sugar: 0g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 per serving
Nabisco says: Su crujiente textura y su exceptional sabor son fruto de la perfecta union entre el aceite de oliva y la sabiduria de nuestros expertos.
Abi says: If you don’t speak Spanish, here is my crude translation of the product blurb:
These crispy, flavorful chips are the product of the perfect union between olive oil and our expert chip-makers.
I purchased these Olive Oil chips in Spain, so everything on the package is in Spanish. I enjoy that because it gives me a chance to practice my language skills. Also, it is fun to imagine how the text could be translated literally by a non-English speaker.
But this review isn’t about learning a second language. No, this review is about Olive Oil potato chips. That’s right, brilliantly yellow, thick, crunchy, salty chips that pretty much leap from the bag and into your mouth. Okay, so they aren’t that fantastic. They are an olive oil version of a kettle chip: a bit more heft than your average Lay’s chip. And while the Olive Oil taste is interesting, it certainly isn’t the essential, nutty, grassyness of truly fantastic olive oil. One can’t eat a lot of these chips (a selling point perhaps?) and they definitely lack the light airiness of a standard, sunflower-oil friend potato chip.
I think that America will continue to operate just fine without the Olive Oil chip. Or this olive oil chip, but foodies may be up in arms. How else will they be able to produce Ferran Adria’s Egg and Potato Chip Tortilla?
Yeah, the answer would be ‘go to Spain and get some chips’ but once you’re in Spain, fantastic tortillas de patata abound and the reason for these crisps becomes null. What a conundrum!
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Posted on October 2, 2007
Categories: Vegan, Vegetarian, High Fructose Corn Syrup Free, Frito Lay, Three Stars, Potato Chips
Price: $2.99 for 6
Serving: 1 bar, 1.2 ounces
Calories: 140 per bar
Fat: 8%, 5gg
Sodium: 5%, 115mg
Protein: 7g
Carbohydrates: 6%, 19g
Fiber: 15%, 4g
Sugar: 5g
Weight Watchers Points: 2 per Bar
Kashi says: With whole, roasted almonds, a healthy sprinkling of flax seeds and a touch of wildflower honey, our Honey Almond Flax granola bars have 4g of Fiber, 7g of Protein and 300mg Omega-3s.
We say: Kashi’s Almond Flax Granola Bars taste healthy. And by that we mean that they don’t taste particularly fantastic. They don’t taste bad, but they do bear a resemblance to something you’d find in a health store in the 80’s. So if you’re in the mood for martyrdom, Kashi’s got you covered.
These consist of assorted grains and nuts, with red winter wheat being the main contender. There’s also an occasional whole almond. Oh, and jaw-cracking hardness. In an effort to remedy this situation, we left a box of the bars in a hot car for a few hours. This did nothing to alleviate the hardness issue, leaving us stuck with a box of super-hot and still-hard granola bars.
If you’re desperate for something fiberrific and protein-containing, then you could eat these. Or, you could have a Nature Valley granola bar plus some fruit leather. Those snacks combined would be significantly more satisfying than one of these bars and you won’t have to worry about cracking a tooth.
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Posted on September 4, 2007
Categories: Two Points, Kashi, Granola Bars, Almond, Three Stars
Price: $0.99
Serving: 1oz., 20 chips
Servings Per Container: About 2
Calories: 150 per serving
Fat: 14%, 9g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 4%, 100mg
Protein: 2g
Carbohydrates: 5%, 15g
Fiber: 4%, 1g
Sugar: 2g
Weight Watchers Points: 4 per serving
Utz says: Utz’s Smokin’ Sweet BBQ Potato Chip is the newest addition to our hugely popular Kettle Classic potato chip family. Flavored with a combination of spices and sweetness, our Classics are kettle-cooked in 100% Peanut Oil to give them that true Pennsylvania Dutch Tradition of extra crunchy potato chips. We at Utz like to describe them as “Spicy heat with a kiss of sweet!”
We say: We purchased these potato chips because we thought that they would be awful. We were expecting the chip version of Dannon’s Light and Fit Smoothie: egregiously colored and loaded with artificial flavors.
Thank God we were wrong. Sure, these chips have too much sweet and not enough spice, but at least the bright red color comes from tomato powder, not carmine. You can tell we’ve had some bad snack experiences when we praise tomato powder.
Our favorite ingredients in this chip include parsley, paprika, turmeric, and natural hickory flavor. Now if only there was a bit more paprika, a dab of cayenne, and a lighter hand with the sugar. We’re looking for a chip that truly displays spicy heat and just a touch of sweet. Let us know if you find one.
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Posted on August 28, 2007
Categories: Four Points, Three Stars, Sweet and Spicy, Utz, Potato Chips
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