Special K Fruit Crisps Review

Special K has added to their arsenal of products with strawberry and blueberry fruit crisps.
special k strawberry fruit crisp

They are shaped like a cereal bar but have a crispy outer shell and fruity filling that is similar to the Pop tarts I loved as a kid.

On the plus side:
- each foil wrapped packet of 2 crisps is 100 calories – an okay calorie count for a snack or for a light dessert
- there’s no high fructose corn syrup in them (I personally think high fructose corn syrup is horribly bad for us)
- they’re an easy-to-eat “on the go” snack
- the filling is tasty and there’s a decent amount of it

On the minus side:
- while the filling tastes good, the crispy outer shell is kind of bland
- they are not filling (less than 1 gram of fiber and only 1 gram of protein in each serving) so I don’t recommend eating them if you’re really hungry.
- there’s not much nutritional value in them (the aforementioned pitiful 1 gram of protein per serving and only 2 percent of the recommended daily allowance of iron)
special k blueberry fruit crisp

They come in two flavors: strawberry and blueberry.
While I think the bars aren’t a great nutritional choice, they hit the spot when I’m looking for a little something sweet which would be obvious to you if you saw me right now since I’m writing this review while looking at the empty box.

Will I buy them again? Yeah, probably even though they’re not exactly healthy and nutritious. I love to have a little something sweet at night and it takes me a lot longer to eat these than it does to shovel in 100 calories worth of chocolate.

If you want to try them, print out this coupon first. You’ll save $1 off one package of either the strawberry or blueberry flavor. But don’t procrastinate! The coupon is only good until April 21, 2010.

What are your thoughts on the Special K fruit crisps? Have you tried them yet? If you did, did you like them? Will you buy them again?

Skinny Cow Truffle Bars Review

Skinny Cow Truffle Bars are a scrumpdillyicious ice cream treat!  They’re 100 calories each and are so good I could eat the whole box; not just over the course of a week or two; but in an hour or two!

That makes them not so “skinny” for me but if  I could learn to control myself just a little bit then it will be safe for me to keep them in the house for an ice cream treat that’s not several hundred calories (a.k.a. Ben and Jerry’s triple caramel which is 290 calories for a 1/2 cup or about 3 bites!).

Skinny Cow Truffle Bars come in 4 flavors:

French Vanilla

Chocolate

Caramel

White Mint

I’m a vanilla kind of girl so the French Vanilla Truffle Bars are my favorite, but they’re all good. skinny cow truffle bar

If you want to try them but aren’t sure what stores in your area carry them, use Skinny Cow’s handy product finder guide and you’ll know exactly where to go find them (jog, walk, or bike there; or run around the parking lot for a while after driving there so you’ve burned at least 100 calories by the time you buy them so you can immediately eat one guilt free!).

I’ve saved the best news for last – it’s a coupon for a $1 off your favorite flavor of Skinny Cow Truffle Bars!  Just fill out a simple form (takes about a minute) on the Skinny Cow website and the coupon is yours!

http://www.skinnycow.com/myproducts/bars.php?myflavor=truffle_vanilla