How to Snack Well (Hint: Avoid SnackWell's) 
9 | Posted on February 17, 2010 ‹ newer older ›
50 calories
1
per serving
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No Bake Brownie Balls, Dark Chocolate Strawberries, Dark Chocolate Covered Raisins
Are SnackWell's the product of Satan? The cookie's name "Devil's Food cake" promises a treat of sinful proportions. AND, they are going to pull it off without fat, cholesterol or sodium.
Satan didn't make these cookies, Nabisco did. I believe Satan would have done a better job.
The first ingredient listed on the box is sugar. If you are going to give up fat, you have to replace it with something. Later in the ingredients list is high fructose corn syrup (another form of sugar).
This is the worst cookie I have ever tasted. I have done MANY tastings for this website and I found these to be inedible.
It would be so great if there was a cookie that tasted like chocolate and only had 50 calories, but it just isn't possible. Cookies need to have butter, sugar, and chocolate to taste good.
Actually, if you eat real Oreos, you will eat about 55 calories for one cookie. Oreos taste much better, so if you are forced to choose go with Oreos.
Or, try the chocolate VitaTops. If you eat 1/2 it is only 50 calories and it tastes so much more delicious.
I want to like these just like I wanted to like 100 Calorie Packs. Food manufacturers who promise you a low calorie treat need to deliver on the TREAT part.
The snack needs to be delicious if I going to spend the calories. Remember No Bake Brownie Balls are 77 calories! And, trust me, they taste SO much better than a SnackWell's cookie, AND they are healthy.
The calories you consume on a daily basis need to be nutritious. It is not good enough to just cut calories and eat substitutes for high calorie foods. You need to eat foods that satisfy your taste buds and your organs.
What do you think of SnackWell's? Please share below.
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9 Comments:
I thing those are horrible too!!
Jacqui on February 17, 2010
i never liked themm they lie just to get sales blah ur brownie balls or bites are soooooooooo good ty
cindy on February 17, 2010
Snackwell's are gross! I'd rather have a nice homemade cookie before any processed stuff. None of it is worth the calories in my opinion.
Candice on February 17, 2010
these cookies and everything else are just gross. don't eat that "fake" stuff. those 100 calorie packs of anything (cookies, etc), never taste like the real thing. snack girl you are so right, eat the real oreo...if you have the desire...
disco dotty on February 17, 2010
I hate to disagree with everyone, but I LOVE these cookies! My mother and I use to eat them all of the time. Oh well, I guess I'm just wierd.
Ann on February 17, 2010
I've never tried Snackwells. Never intersted me. I did try the 100 calorie pack of Milano cookies. Basically Pepridge Farm took the MIlano cookies and packaged them into 100 calories which is 2 cookies. Hard to find but really good. There are some of the 100 calorie packs that I like, mostly the chips.
Margarett Downie on February 17, 2010
I actually like the SnackWells, too. I don't know if they still make the Devil's Food with mint, but I thought they were great. But they are rather expensive, and I stopped eating them because of the extra-high sugar content.
Chritre on February 20, 2010
I absolutely love devils food cookies..
mandysueva on April 20, 2011
Devil's food should not be this consistency. I do not understand what the wax layer is for between the chocolate shell and the cake. Should I have peeled a rind off like a Mini BabyBel prior to consuming? I wish I had read this prior to buying these "cookies."
Bex on September 19, 2011
