Taste Test Tuesday: Klondike Slim a Bear 100 Calorie Bars
Summer is here and for many of us that means time to have some light, low calorie frozen treats in the freezer! On a hot day or night, a little something something from the freezer just hits the spot, doesn't it?
One of the new low calorie options comes from Klondike and the Slim a Bear line - 100 calorie bars. The 8 bar box contains both English Toffee Bars and French Vanilla Bars.
I'll warn you straight up - these bars are smaller than your typical Eskimo pie or Nestle Crunch bar. But what do we expect for 100 calories? These bars still have that milk chocolate flavored coating with contains a vegetable oil blend of coconut and soybean oil, sugar and whole milk powder, as the first three ingredients. The first three ingredients for both flavors of the ice cream filling are nonfat milk, sugar, and polydextrose.
They contain more saturated fat than I wish they did, with each bar contributing 6 grams of total fat (54% calories from fat) and 4.5 grams of saturated fat. Each bar also contains 8 grams of sugar (9 grams for the French Vanilla flavor) with the English Toffee bar also containing 1 gram of Sugar Alcohol.
Each little bar also brings 2 grams of fiber most likely from three sources of soluble fiber listed further down in the ingredient list--cellulose gum, locust bean gum, and guar gum. And each bar adds a total of 12 grams of total carbohydrate per bar.
Here's the bottom line on these bars...My whole family liked both flavors of these bars and they can be a nice way to enjoy a 100 calorie frozen dessert. But while I loved that the bars contain 2 grams of fiber and zero grams of trans fat, the fact remains that they each also contain 4.5 grams of saturated fat (something we are all trying to eat less of as well.)
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One of the new low calorie options comes from Klondike and the Slim a Bear line - 100 calorie bars. The 8 bar box contains both English Toffee Bars and French Vanilla Bars.
I'll warn you straight up - these bars are smaller than your typical Eskimo pie or Nestle Crunch bar. But what do we expect for 100 calories? These bars still have that milk chocolate flavored coating with contains a vegetable oil blend of coconut and soybean oil, sugar and whole milk powder, as the first three ingredients. The first three ingredients for both flavors of the ice cream filling are nonfat milk, sugar, and polydextrose.
They contain more saturated fat than I wish they did, with each bar contributing 6 grams of total fat (54% calories from fat) and 4.5 grams of saturated fat. Each bar also contains 8 grams of sugar (9 grams for the French Vanilla flavor) with the English Toffee bar also containing 1 gram of Sugar Alcohol.
Each little bar also brings 2 grams of fiber most likely from three sources of soluble fiber listed further down in the ingredient list--cellulose gum, locust bean gum, and guar gum. And each bar adds a total of 12 grams of total carbohydrate per bar.
Here's the bottom line on these bars...My whole family liked both flavors of these bars and they can be a nice way to enjoy a 100 calorie frozen dessert. But while I loved that the bars contain 2 grams of fiber and zero grams of trans fat, the fact remains that they each also contain 4.5 grams of saturated fat (something we are all trying to eat less of as well.)
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Taste Test Tuesday, Klondike bars, Slim a Bear, healthy diet
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