Product Review: Fruttare Fruit Bars

Last week I tried the Fruttare Fruit & Milk bars.  While at the grocery store recently, I saw Fruttare also had a fruit-only bar.  I tried the mango flavor, although they also come in Strawberry, Lime and Orange.  At 60 calories and 0 g. fat per bar, I thought they would make a good low calorie summer treat.  I'm not always a fan of frozen fruit bars, but I was pleasantly surprised with these.  They were smooth and creamy, almost like a frozen sorbet on a stick.  They had a "fresh" mango taste and weren't "icy" as many frozen fruit bars are.  I'd probably try them again. They weren't filling at all and were kind of small, but it was a nice treat while sitting outside on the patio. 

Product Review: Fruttare Fruit & Milk Bars

I'm still on my ice cream and frozen treats kick!  I've seen a lot of commercials and ads for these new Fruttare fruit bars and I thought they might be a nice, healthier treat to try out for the blog.  So far, I've tried the banana & milk flavor, which come in at 120 calories / 3.5g. fat per bar. A box of four bars cost $3.99 at my local Krogers.  It was a creamy fruit bar, with chunks of banana in it.  I did like them and they're a nice treat for a warm, summer day.  However, it did have a bit of a "fake" banana taste to it. Those who are not a fan of banana-flavored treats would probably not like these.  I'd potentially try this flavor again and would definitely give their other fruit and milk bars a try.

Product Review: Magnum Mini Gold

Continuing with my ice cream and frozen treat reviews, this week brings a review of the Magnum Mini Gold bars.  I've seen commercial after commercial about these bars and I thought it was about time I try them out!  I'm not one to eat an almost 400 calorie ice cream bar, so I was quite pleased to see they come in "mini" form.  At 170 calories and 12g fat per bar, it's a much more reasonable splurge in my mind.   However, they don't lie when they say "mini." As you can see from the picture below, they're pretty small, although it's "real" ice cream so a little goes a long way for me.  I'm not sure my husband would be satisfied after one, but I was.

The box describes the bars as "vanilla bean ice cream with a sea salt caramel swirl dipped in a golden chocolaty coating." I definitely liked the thick chocolate coating, which had a nice crunch.  The coating had a bit of butterscotch flavor, which I'm not sure was intended or not, but I enjoyed this either way.  There was a slight caramel swirl through the vanilla ice cream, although I don't know if I'd really consider it a "sea salt caramel" flavor as they stated.  It didn't have that typical salty caramel taste that so many other salted caramel treats have.  I still enjoyed it though and would be willing to try out some of their other "mini" flavors.

Product Review: Yoplait Frozen Yogurt

Since trying out Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt a few weeks ago, I've been on a little bit of an ice cream and frozen yogurt kick.  While at the grocery store a while ago, I saw this Yoplait frozen yogurt and thought I should probably try it out... as research for the blog, you know?  I've tried both strawberry banana and peach flavors now.  They are definitely not Ben & Jerry's Greek frozen yogurt, but then again, they're half the calories and fat (around 100 calories / 2 grams fat per 1/2 cup serving).  The texture was a little more "icy" than Ben & Jerry's or even Edy's slow churned versions and they definitely needs to sit on the counter for a few minutes to soften up before scooping. 

The strawberry banana has much more strawberry taste than banana, so if you are a big fan of strawberry-banana, this is not the flavor for you. I thought the peach had a nice fresh peach taste though, even if the peach chucks were a bit frozen.  I definitely enjoyed the peach much more than strawberry-banana.  If I wanted a low calorie strawberry ice cream/frozen yogurt, I would probably buy the Edy's slow churned version as it's larger and around the same price, although I might try the peach again or one of their other flavors.   If you don't want a whole quart of low calorie / frozen yogurt at home to tempt you, this smaller Yoplait version could definitely do the trick. 

Product Review: Ben & Jerry's Frozen Greek Yogurt

 

 

To all of my friends who know me, I LOVE ice cream. I honestly used to have a scoop of Edy's slow churned ice cream on a daily basis.  I've since tried to become a little healthier and now refrain from this daily indulgence. However, I still feel a scoop of ice cream or frozen yogurt every once in a while does a body good! 

 

A friend recently told me about this Ben & Jerry's greek frozen yogurt.  I always like to try new food products and thought I'd give this one a whirl.  I've so far tried three of their flavors: peanut butter & banana, strawberry shortbread and vanilla honey caramel.  The peanut butter & banana wins hands down, but then again, I am somewhat obsessed with anything peanut butter and banana!  The other two flavors I've tried were good runners-up.  The calories and fat content comes in somewhere between Edy's slow churned ice cream and Ben & Jerry's (full fat) ice cream flavors - between 180-210 calories and 5-8 grams fat per 1/2 cup serving.  The flavors have a slight yogurt "twang," similiar to some of the new yogurt shops popping up all over the place lately. The peanut butter and banana had a salty and crunchy peanut butter trail going through the banana yogurt and to me it was absolute heaven.  I've only been able to find that flavor at our local Target though.  The strawberry had decent sized strawberry chunks in a strawberry yogurt and small shortbread pieces running throughout.  The vanilla tasted a lot more like a traditional, fuller fat ice cream than the Edy's low fat version and had a  nice ribbon of caramel and honey running through it.  Vanilla might seem too plain to some, but I thought it had a really nice, clean vanilla flavor. 

 

Overall, for about $4.99/pint and a few hundred calories, I'd say this new product by Ben and Jerry's is a winner!  Considering this new greek yogurt and frozen yogurt trend, I think it'll be around for a while to come.  I know I'll be a repeat customer!

 

xoxo Melissa