M&M's - Pretzel

I remember when I thought sweet and salty really should stay separate... until I tried chocolate covered pretzels. 

Oh yeah, that was a game changer.

Chocolate covered anything is pretty much a good thing, but chocolate covered pretzels are made of nothing but yum and snackgasmness.

So while at the drugstore picking up some sinus congestion meds (it's officially Springtime - 'tis the season), I came across some new M&M's. 

Seriously... pretzel M&M's?  They are perfect travel portions of salty chocolate satisfaction.  It's like a bag of pretzels and a vat of chocolate mated and shat out little balls of joy.  (Welcome to my mind, people.)

A serving size is one bag which is 150 calories (45 fat calories, 5 grams of fat, 150 mg of sodium...), but really, who looks for nutritional facts when eating M&fucking-M's?

These little balls of sweet, crunchy pleasure are totally worth it  Fuck the fact that the back of the package says "30% less fat".  They are M&M's. 

You want healthy, eat some carrots or celery or something. 

You want some chocolate joy?  Eat some pretzel M&M's.

Would I ever try this again?: How many ways can I say "Duh?!"

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Planters Big Nut Bar: Double Peanut

One day while heading out on errands, I was in need of a snack.  I was going to be having dinner later with some friends, so I opted to just grab a drink (I was extremely thirsty) and was in need of something to tide me over until mealtime with friends.

I got a bottle of iced tea, and at the counter was the familiar Planters monocle guy so of course it caught my eye.

In a little promotional box at the mini-mart I had stopped at were a bunch of BIG NUT BARS.  Of the choices I had (which were not many), I had decided to keep it simple and chose the double peanut bar.  (Also I had been craving peanut butter a lot around that time.)

Back in the privacy of my car, I uncapped my tea, pulled the wrapper back on my peanut bar, and drove out of the parking lot.

Holy tasty awesomeness!

I'm only assuming you already can imagine what it tasted like, but for some strange reason you can't, let me break it down for you.

You've got the salt from the nuts which lay on a layer of creamy peanut butter deliciousness.  This bar is a woman's answer to PMS.  Hallelujah!

The bar itself is 1.62 oz which in total equals 220 calories.  Now the amount of calories in this small snack doesn't surprise me since it's rather sweet.  In no way is this a pure healthy treat, but I would say it is better for you than a Snickers bar (but I still love me some Snickers).

Fat calories from the 220 are 110.  Total fat grams are 13.  Total carbs are 22 grams.  Protein - 7 grams.

Oh, for those that need to know, the back of the package below the ingredients says...

CONTAINS: PEANUTS, WHEAT, MILK, SOY.

MANUFACTURED ON EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESSES EGG, SESAME SEED, TREE NUTS.

Now with that out of the way...

Would I ever try this again?: Oh yeah.  I love me some peanut buttery goodness, and in my later years, I crave me the salty sweet instead of just the sweet.  I'm also interested in trying the other flavors.

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Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Northfield, IL 60093-2753
USA

(Product of Canada)

http://www.planters.com/bignutbar/

Figamajigs - Dark Chocolate Covered Fig Bar with Almonds

I love figs.  I remember going on walks with my mother and passing the fig trees near our neighborhood.  She'd pick them and peel them and hand them to me.

Yummy fresh figs.

I think that was the first time I ever had a fig.

I guess you could say my mother took my fig cherry.  LOL!

In any case, since that time, I have grown to love figs, but I don't eat them as much as I used to when I was younger.  I don't see them as much in stores... or at least so prominently advertised like mangos and cranberries and other fruits.

And then there was the day that figs met chocolate.

Helloooooooooo nurse!

Now I used to not enjoy in partaking in the fruits covered in chocolate.  I usually (as a child) enjoyed them separately.  As I got older, I saw the error of my ways and embraced the heavenly chocolate covered cherry.

The rest, they say, is history.

So while at healthy food stores, I have seen chocolate covered fig confections that make me say, "Ah yes, come to me my pretties and have a party in my mouth."

Recently at one of these stores, I happened into the candy aisle (yeah, accidentally on purpose), and saw chocolate covered fig bars.

You guessed it - the aforementioned "Figamjigs".

I have to admit that the name caught my attention first since I thought it was a cute play on words.  Then I saw it had to do with figs, and I grew curiouser.

The front of the package boasts "all natural" as well as "low fat", "high in fiber", and "high in anti-oxidants".

What else?  Well, included in this 1.41 oz of this yummy snack is 4 grams of fiber, 28 grams of carbs, 20 mg of sodium and 2 grams protein.  (Must block out jokes about protein.)

There is also 6% calcium as well as 2% iron.

But really... are we caring about any of this at all?  Sure, the bar itself is 150 calories, but how does it taste?

In my opinion, the car is yummy.  (I really need to find another word to use when I like how things taste.)  But really, the Figamajigs bar is rather good.  I think it's the appropriate size for the sweetness of the bar itself.  There's just enough bar to satisfy you without overloading your tastebuds.

Would I ever try this again?: Of course I would though it is not something I have any dire craving for. Still, I was curious about the other flavors they had at the store as well as the other stuff on their site.

Figamajigs is a registered trademark of Melzy Enterprises Inc. Sonoma, CA.

http://figamajigs.com/