Worst Snacks
These snacks are high in calories with little or no nutritional value.
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The Deception of Honey Maid Grahamfuls
A new snack has arrived from Nabisco, Honey Maid grahamfuls. They are in a blue box that features fluffy clouds and grass....
A 530 Calorie Drink That Is Everywhere You Look
Anyone else notice the ad campaign that happens as McDonald’s rolls out a new beverage or food item?...
What You Need To Know About Veggie Chips
Snack Girl gets asked about food like "veggie chips" a lot. And, I never want to answer the e-mails...
Watch Out For This Faux Food At The Grocery Store
Snack Girl leaves the black and white photography for the very worst food she finds. Did it make her sad to find "guacamole" in this category?...
Can You Guess The Food Product In the Photo?
What? As much fiber as a bowl of oatmeal and as much Vitamin C as a cup of blueberries?...
A Culinary Creation That Baffles The Human Mind
The taco salad is a relatively new invention which is Mexican inspired, but, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the great cuisine of Mexico. How could we go so wrong?....
Five Reasons To Avoid A Lunchable
Snack Girl makes frequent visits to her local supermarket to check up on the latest. Guess what I found in the shampoo aisle?....
Think Choosing Subway Is A Healthy Choice? Check This Out
What is wrong with this picture? Anyone?.... Bueller?......
Don't Be Fooled By This Popsicle Marketing Trick
Snack Girl has a bone to pick with Edy's Fruit Bars and every other frozen popsicle manufacturer who uses the word "fruit".
McDonald's Frozen Strawberry Lemonade: Don't Believe The Hype
Snack Girl couldn't help but notice a coupon for a FREE cup of frozen strawberry lemonade from the Golden Arches in her newspaper....
This Yogurt Has More Grams of Sugar Per Ounce Than In Coca Cola
Recently, Snack Girl went to the yogurt aisle and tried Yoplait Greek yogurt and wrote this award winning review: Three Reasons To Avoid Yoplait Greek Yogurt ....
Denny's Maple Bacon Sundae
Last week, I featured a healthy bacon recipe - Who Else Wants Bacon? and read comments about a maple bacon sundae at Denny's.
The Latest In Snack Food Hype: Beware
Covering the snack food industry is such fun! Snack Girl so enjoys reading the latest stories on what wonderful, healthy snacks that arrive on the market....
Do You Recognize This Bag? Bet You Can't Guess The Source
Snack Girl is consistently amazed at the power of marketing. More specifically, the power of food marketing....
The Truth About Energy Shots
You know, I could really use some wings right now. These legs are just not working for me....
Rethinking The Egg McMuffin
The McDonald's Egg McMuffin is on Snack Girl's radar. After reviewing, McDonald's Oatmeal she got a bunch of questions on the iconic McMuffin....
The Worst Snack of 2010
It was a difficult decision. Snack Girl has made her choice.
Check Out This Cookie (Scary)
Snack Girl has a problem she wants to share....
Are High Fiber Pop-Tarts a Healthy Choice?
Lately, Snack Girl has been deluged by requests about toaster pastries and frozen waffles. So, I decided to take a walk down the cereal aisle....
Is This A Healthy Snack Food?
There is an entire portion of an aisle in your supermarket devoted to "fruit snacks". If you don't have kids, you might have missed it....
560 Calories For Your Rapid Consumption From McDonald's
How do you get 560 calories into a 16 ounce drink? That takes the talent of a major global corporation: McDonald's (of course)....
You Can De-Ice an Aircraft With This New WORST Drink Winner
When you buy a slushy, ice-cold, blue, sugary drink, you KNOW you aren't making a healthy choice. The famous "Slurpee" machine at the 7-Eleven spews out colorful sludge for hot people....
This Blueberry Muffin Has a Dark Secret
This blueberry muffin seems like an innocuous food. But, lurking in its floury depths lies a painful truth....
The Worst Snack You Can Drink
The largest market for energy drinks, such as RockStar, RedBull, and Monster is between the ages of 12 and 24 years old. These drinks feature caffeine and sugar.
This "Juice" Has HFCS and More Sugar Per Serving Than Soda
The inspiration for Snack-Girl was a bottle of juice. That juice was one that my 3 year old daughter chose from a cooler in a convenience store...
What Everyone Needs to Know About Tostitos
Every once in a while, I read an article that reflects my grumpiness about food marketing...
A Dangerous Combination, Like Teenagers and Alcohol
The results of this duo are not unprotected sex, but unwanted pounds. This terrifying image will probably haunt you all day long...
Candy or Breakfast? Evaluate Your Cereal
The longest aisle in the supermarket is the breakfast cereal aisle. It seems to stretch forever with boxes of so many colors and sizes. How is a person to choose the healthy option?...
How to Snack Well (Hint: Avoid SnackWell's)
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....
3 Reasons to Avoid Ritz Crackers
I'm locking my doors tonight in case the people from Nabsico try to take their revenge. Why, Snack-Girl, do you need to mess with an American icon?...
The Worst Pizza on the Planet
What evil mind came up with this pizza combination? Was it the corporate folks at Domino's? Or some neighborhood pizzeria trying to change the world?...
A Habit That May Be Costing You 500 Calories per Day
Warm milk, sugar, and a little coffee mixed together is a definition of bliss. In the afternoon, when you are flagging at your desk, a visit to Starbucks keeps you going in a dreamlike state so your day goes faster....
What You Should Know About Snack Wraps
McDonald's is not somewhere I would usually go for a snack. But, sometimes, you are stuck. Because I write about snacks, I was curious about the McDonald's Snack Wrap and I was hopeful that it was a healthier alternative to their usual menu....
What is the First Piece of Advice Doctors give Dieters?
If you drink soda, you could lose over 15 pounds by just giving it up. Any doctor will tell that giving up soda cold turkey will lead to a dramatic reduction in your weight....
Which Favorite Snack has 35 Ingredients?
There is a snack that earns Frito-Lay around $600 million a year. The multiple flavors of this chip and colors of the packages are incredibly enticing....
What Everybody Ought to Know about Chips Ahoy
They look so delicious floating in the air. They are the perfect cookie. They have lots of chips, and they are symmetrically round. BUT...
Artificial sweetener marketed to kids
Rewarding your child with a treat is a wonderful thing to do. A parent usually assumes that something that has a rabbit on a label is safe for their child....
Cheesy and cheery to make you chunky
Are Cheetos nutritious? No, the cheese part does not make them nutritious. They are filled with salt, processed cheese, and corn...
The worst snack in America?
What would it take to be the worst snack in America? There are facts - calories, ingredients, etc. - then there is the more subjective factor: taste....
Would you like an order of fat with your burger?
Onion rings are another delicious fast food. I love the soft oniony inside and the crunchy batter outside. Unfortunately, the deep frying part renders these puppies into a very fatty snack....
America's Favorite Vegetable
The average American eats 30 pounds of french fries a year. I found this statistic on a website devoted to the history of french fries. French fries are a much loved staple for us Americans. We probably out do the Belgians who consider them a national treasure.
Corn, oil, and salt combined to fill you up
Hey, wait a minute! Almost 600 calories in a bag of Fritos??!! That is ludicrous. Yeah, it is. Maybe YOU will be able to stop yourself from eating the entire bag.
Mechanically separated meat is not good for you
The stick of jerky photographed here is actually not beef. I was shocked to discover that I had purchased a stick of jerky made with pork and something called "mechanically separated chicken". Okayyy.
Would you like chemicals with your cupcakes?
The Hostess website claims that there is a person in Florida who eats 4 Hostess cupcakes a day. So, at 680 calories, I hope she is replacing a meal with them (cupcakes for breakfast anyone?)....
The poster child for junk food
What can I say that hasn't been said? These little snack cakes are the definition of junk food. They are so hard not to love. And they sell 500 million of them a year.
What is the vegetable in these chips? Potatoes
It sounds so great doesn't it? Veggie Chips! I can have vegetables AND chips. Woo-hoo! Yeah....
Doughnut - stick it on your thigh
I love donuts so much that a friend once suggested that I become a police officer. I realize this is a slander against police officers, and I apologize to them, but the connection has to do with staying up all night and getting a snack from the only place that is open at 3 AM...
Where's the food?
I don't think anyone can hide from the fact that snack cakes are junk food. I wish it wasn't true because they can be truly tasty.
Snickers satisfies the need for sugar
"Snickers Really Satisfies" goes their marketing jingle. I think that the company that makes them (Mars Bars) wants to remind you that they have peanuts in them, and that they will stop your hunger.
Full of salt and lacking in nutrients
Is this a snack or a meal? Well, I think many people would still feel hungry if you had just a cup of noodles for lunch, so I think it is a snack....
Whopping full of calories
When I go the movie theater, I am always enticed by the candy in the brightly lit case. Now that I have kids, I see how their low position makes it almost impossible to avoid buying a package of candy for $3.75. Ouch.....
