Taste Test Tuesday: Pillsbury Doughboy Goes Sugar-Free
They're a bit pricey (over 4 dollars for 12 "ready to bake" pre-formed cookies) but the words SUGAR FREE caught my eye.
Was it my imagination or was the Pillsbury Doughboy looking trimmer? If he still had that fun-to-poke belly, it was hiding behind that Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookie he was holding.
In order to get the complete "tasting" experience of this new cookie, I had no choice but to taste some of the raw cookie dough. Although the dough wasn't as good as other cookie dough I've tasted (light and regular), it did taste like it had some potential. I baked the tray of cookies in my toaster oven and the family dug in. The last few cookies are still sitting on the kitchen counter the next day (which tells you something).
How did they taste?
They tasted "okay". The texture was similar to what you would expect but the flavor was kind of a let down. My daughter said it tasted like oatmeal with dark chocolate in it. Strangely, I can see why she said that. This might be a helpful treat to someone with diabetes because it looks like these cookies are completely sugar free - even the chocolate chips.
What's In There?
There are 16 grams of carbohydrate per cookie and 0 grams of sugar. In addition to Splenda, each cookie contains 6 grams of sugar alcohol per (maltitol powder is the second ingredient for the dough and lactitol is used to sweeten the chocolate chips) and remember that sugar alcohols can have a laxative effect in larger doses (they can have an effect in smaller amounts in some people with IBS).
There are 90 calories per cookie and 4 grams of fat, 1 grams of which is saturated and 1 gram of which is trans fat. The big surprise for me was the 3 grams of fiber per cookie.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Sugar Fix, Cookies for Breakfast
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Was it my imagination or was the Pillsbury Doughboy looking trimmer? If he still had that fun-to-poke belly, it was hiding behind that Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookie he was holding.
In order to get the complete "tasting" experience of this new cookie, I had no choice but to taste some of the raw cookie dough. Although the dough wasn't as good as other cookie dough I've tasted (light and regular), it did taste like it had some potential. I baked the tray of cookies in my toaster oven and the family dug in. The last few cookies are still sitting on the kitchen counter the next day (which tells you something).
How did they taste?
They tasted "okay". The texture was similar to what you would expect but the flavor was kind of a let down. My daughter said it tasted like oatmeal with dark chocolate in it. Strangely, I can see why she said that. This might be a helpful treat to someone with diabetes because it looks like these cookies are completely sugar free - even the chocolate chips.
What's In There?
There are 16 grams of carbohydrate per cookie and 0 grams of sugar. In addition to Splenda, each cookie contains 6 grams of sugar alcohol per (maltitol powder is the second ingredient for the dough and lactitol is used to sweeten the chocolate chips) and remember that sugar alcohols can have a laxative effect in larger doses (they can have an effect in smaller amounts in some people with IBS).
There are 90 calories per cookie and 4 grams of fat, 1 grams of which is saturated and 1 gram of which is trans fat. The big surprise for me was the 3 grams of fiber per cookie.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Sugar Fix, Cookies for Breakfast
Technorati Tags: pillsburysugarfreecookies, sugarfree, cookies, diabetes
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