Crazy Food Dude

Review: Health Valley Organic Blueberry Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bars

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Are you familiar with the expression "tiptoeing through the tulips"? Well, I'm remind of that as I once again decide to tiptoe through the Health Valley with my second review of one of their bottom shelf products. This time I bent down to pick up this box of six Health Valley Organic Blueberry Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bars at Kroger for $2.00. Each bar is 1.3 ounces and has 130 calories and two grams of protein. It's organic and multigrain, so I guess that is what Health Valley is using as a selling point to differentiate this from the typical cereal bar.

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Review: thinkThin Crunch Caramel Chocolate Dipped Mixed Nuts Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

I like to think about being thin, don't you? Well apparently someone likes to think about it so much that they decided to manufacture bars with that name. So, after the worst two opening sentences in this blog's history, I'm led to another thinkThin review with this thinkThin Crunch Caramel Chocolate Dipped Mixed Nuts Bar. I picked this up at Kroger on sale for $1.00 and it has 190 calories and nine grams of protein. It's got a clear wrapper too, so there's not a lot of mystery to this bar.

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Review: Chobani Bite Raspberry with Dark Chocolate Chips Greek Yogurt

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:34:00 +0000

Maybe it's just me that feels this way, but it seems to me that I've been doing a lot of "throwback" reviews recently. What I mean by "throwback" review is that there were a certain group of product manufacturers that I hammered really hard at the outset of this blog and then have only really sporadically touched on over the past year or so. Chobani is one of those manufacturers that falls into this review list. So, today's review is of a new product offering from them with these Chobani Bite Raspberry with Dark Chocolate Chips Greek Yogurt cups. These come in a nifty little four pack of 3.5 ounce cups that I picked up on sale for $2.00 at Meijer. Each cup is 100 calories and eight grams of protein.

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Review: Detour Lower Sugar Chocolate Chip Caramel Whey Protein Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:43:00 +0000

As I was walking through the office, I came to a big cluster of people and knew that I had to take a detour to get away, thus today's review. Okay, that was perhaps the cheesiest and worst opening line I've ever written in blog history and that's saying something because I've written some truly AWFUL introductions. My awful introduction notwithstanding, today's review of this Detour Lower Sugar Chocolate Chip Caramel Whey Protein Bar is the first Detour product that I've taken a look at here on the blog. I grabbed this at office snack time, so it was free to me, but I have seen these at the store in the $2.00ish range, I believe. This bar itself is of the lower sugar variety (50% less sugar than a normal bar) and is 170 calories with fifteen grams of protein.

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Review: Haagen-Dazs Rum Raisin Ice Cream

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:41:00 +0000

If you read this blog regularly, you can tell that I'm a big fan of ice cream. What you may not know is that I'm also a big fan of drinking alcohol, so when those two paths cross, it's a dream come true for me. In fact, the morning that I typed up this review, I actually homemade a batch of White Russian ice cream, so that's how much I love intersecting the two things. As I previously mentioned in my Haagen-Dazs posts, I picked up three containers of their ice cream in a buy two, get one free sale and this Haagen-Dazs Rum Raisin Ice Cream is the final container from that splurge. This is one of Haagen-Dazs' traditional flavors and humorously enough, it's also all natural. Each container is fourteen ounces and has 3.5 half-cup servings. Each serving is an economical (for Haagen-Dazs) 260 calories.

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Review: Life Choice Chocolate Fudge Brownie Energy Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:43:00 +0000

Snack time is a wonderful and entertaining time at the office for me. My desk is near the break room, so when 3:00 p.m. rolls around, I'm always amused by the stampede of people that go rushing in there to get their afternoon fill of food. Now, I'm not going to lie and pretend that I am above that have never partaken because that would be a total lie. Several of those snacks have led to reviews on this blog and another one of those snacks leads to today's review of Life Choice Chocolate Fudge Brownie Energy Bar. This is a bar that I had never seen before (it's a Walmart exclusive), so I definitely snatched one up for review purposes. This comes in at 1.94 ounces, has 230 calories and also eight grams of protein.

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Review: Health Valley Organic Apple Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bars

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

I'm no giant, but being that I'm six feet tall, there's a bit of distance between me and the bottom shelf at the grocery store. Add to that the fact that most stores try to put the most purchased products at eye level for the average American and well, lets just say I don't get down to the bottom much. On a recent trip to Kroger, I must have been feeling a little frisky because I meandered through the health foods section, I came across this box of Health Valley Organic Apple Cobbler Multigrain Cereal Bars, which I had never seen before. There were three different flavors available, so I grabbed all three and you'll see those reviews in the future. Anyway, back to the task at hand...a box of six of these bars was on sale for $2.00 and each bar comes in at 1.3 ounces and has 130 calories and two grams of protein.

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Review: Rickland Orchards Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Flavored Greek Yogurt Coated Granola Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:26:00 +0000

I know I've said this before, but I'll regurgitate it anyway. It just cracks me up how Greek yogurt products are all the rage now. Bars, yogurt cups, frozen yogurts, etc. I've touched on Rickland Orchards Greek yogurt bars before, but recently at office snack time, I saw a product from them that I've never seen before and that leads me to this Rickland Orchards Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Flavored Greek Yogurt Coated Granola Bar. Yeah, try that name on for size. Anyway, this is new to me because while I've seen there bars before, I've never seen them attempt dark chocolate yogurt. Imagine the health benefits...Greek yogurt AND dark chocolate. It's like you are adding seconds onto your life just by eating this! Joking aside, this bar is 1.41 ounces and has 170 calories with ten grams of protein.

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Review: Kemp's Low Fat Black Jack Cherry Frozen Yogurt

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:31:00 +0000

A long ago on the blog, I reviewed a Kemp's frozen yogurt product. Being that I was incredibly unimpressed by its taste and the fact that I was also unimpressed by its cost, I was in no hurry to pick up another container. Recently though, I was going through my Sunday paper and saw a coupon for Kemp's in the coupon insert in the paper and since coupons cure all ill will in my mind, I was ready to take another dive into reviewing a Kemp's product on the blog. It certainly didn't help that Kroger had this Kemp's Low Fat Black Jack Cherry Frozen Yogurt on sale for $3.50 for a 1.5 quart container, so after my coupon, I got it for a bargain basement cost of $2.50. You really can't beat that, so I excitedly grabbed it out of the freezer case. Each half-cup serving in this container (there are twelve) is only 110 calories, so it's very, very economical on that front too. Sale price, coupon and low calorie...score one for the Crazy Food Dude!

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Review: Walden Farms Russian Salad Dressing

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:42:00 +0000

A comment on a past Haagen-Dazs post mocked me for complaining about the cost of Haagen-Dazs products and yet ignoring the fact that my "beloved" (their word) Walden Farms products are sometimes equally or more expensive. True, guilty as charged as I've clearly done a lot of Walden Farms reviews and only rarely have complained about the cost. Since I do love Walden Farms for some absurd reason, I'm led to review another one of their products with this Walden Farms Russian Salad Dressing review. I picked up this twelve ounce bottle at Marsh for $3.50 and as always, it's sugar free, calorie free, etc.

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Review: YoCrunch Yopa! Black Cherries with Whole Grain Granola Greek Yogurt

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

In my previous YoCrunch Yopa! review, I was struck by how YoCrunch had done such a fine job taking a simple flavor combination and making it quite tasty. Since I had that positive experience, the next time I saw Yopa! Greek yogurts on sale at Meijer, I grabbed a few more flavors to try out and that leads to today's review of this YoCrunch Yopa! Black Cherries with Whole Grain Granola Greek Yogurt. This was on sale for $1.00 and clocks in at 100 calories for the yogurt alone and then adding the whole grain granola in ups this to 180 calories. It also has thirteen grams of protein packed into 5.3 ounces of fun.

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Review: Kashi Ripe Strawberry Soft-Baked Cereal Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

I love company snack time. Not because I need a snack, but because I love picking up free stuff to review. Snack time and my propensity for free stuff leads me to another Kashi review with this review of the Kashi Ripe Strawberry Soft-Baked Cereal Bar. Each bar is 1.2 ounces with 130 calories and two grams of protein. Since I got this gratis, I couldn't tell you exactly how much this is, but I'd guess a box of five or six of these carries a regular price at your local grocery store of around $4.00.

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Review: Honey P. Nutty Chunky PB Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Sat, 04 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

There are no secrets on this blog...at least when it comes to peanut butter. I love it, I would bathe in it, it's one of my favorite things in the world. It's especially my favorite when its chunky peanut butter and being that I'm doing another Honey P. Nutty review on just that, I'm beyond excited. With that, I got this Honey P. Nutty Chunky PB Bar directly from the manufacturer and it's 1.8 ounces, 251 calories and has seven grams of protein.

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Review: Klondike Heath Ice Cream Bars

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

The old commercial tagline for Klondike Bars was "What would you do for a Klondike bar?" Klondike bars are fine, but I wouldn't even buy them unless they were on sale. So, in response to the commercial, my answer is that I wouldn't do much. That said, they were on sale recently as I mentioned in a prior review, so I picked up two different flavors and this Klondike Heath Ice Cream Bar is that second flavor. I picked these up at Meijer on sale for $2.50 for a box of six and each bar in the box is 230 calories and roughly four ounces per bar. Obviously modeled after HEATH bars, it's milk chocolate English toffee in ice cream bar form (the tagline is "Kind of like a HEATH bar, only ice creamier"; cute). I can't remember if I've mentioned this in prior toffee flavored product reviews, but toffee is something that I never really developed a craving for until later in life. HEATH bars were fine as I was growing up, but they weren't anything that I actively pursued. It wasn't until later in life when my uncle showed up at Christmas with a brick of toffee from a sweets shop that I developed an intense craving for it. That stuff was so incredible that it sold me on toffee for life.

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Review: Larabar Chocolate Chip Cherry Torte Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:35:00 +0000

Larabars have gotten mixed reviews on this blog. Some of them have been abysmal failures, while others have been ringing successes. Because of that, I never know what to expect when taking my first bite, so that unexpectedness always makes these reviews kind of fun. It's that air of uncertainty that leads me to try out another flavor in this Larabar Chocolate Chip Cherry Torte Bar. I picked this up on sale at Kroger for $0.99 and it's 1.6 ounces with 190 calories and three grams of protein.

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Review: Fiber One Protein Coconut Almond Chewy Bars

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Who doesn't need a little protein or fiber in their life? Apparently General Mills caught onto that and decided to put out a line of bars that would cover you on both with these Fiber One Protein bars, some of which I've reviewed previously. I like having both of these things in my life, so due to that, I'm led to this review of the Fiber One Protein Coconut Almond Chewy Bars. I picked up a box of five of these on sale at Marsh for $2.99 and each bar in the box is 1.17 ounces and has 140 calories and six grams of protein, which is not a ton for something that bills itself as a protein bar. This bar does have twenty percent of your daily fiber allowance though, so that is a lot.

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Review: Haagen-Dazs Cappuccino Gelato

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:37:00 +0000

First things first, coffee...good. Coffe-flavored ice cream...the jury is still out on that one. In my continuing quest to have to buy an entire new wardrobe due to eating ice cream, I'm led to yet another Haagen-Dazs gelato review with this review of their Haagen-Dazs Cappuccino Gelato. After taking a look at that link to their site, I came to the humorous recognition that I've reviewed nearly every single flavor they have after this review (as of this writing; that flavor list could and will probably grow in the future). Knowing that, I was eager to dive into this fourteen ounce container that I picked up on sale at Kroger for $2.49. Each container contains the customary 3.5 half-cup servings and each serving clocks in at an economical (for Haagen-Dazs) 230 calories.

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Review: Kashi Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Office snack time hit up the Kashi bars again, so it's time for another Kashi review. It's getting to be a broken record at the office...one day Kashi bars and the next day is popcorn. It continues in that endless loop for ever and yes, I am whining about free snacks. Yes, I am aware that I really need to get a life. Anyway, a recent snack time opened my eyes to the Kashi Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bar. This bar comes in at 1.2 ounces and has 140 calories and six grams of protein. It's also all natural and is primarily made up of Kashi's seven whole grains mix mixed with whatever the add-ins of choice are and since this is a bar based on trail mix, there's a plethora of them.

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Review: Kashi Blackberry Graham Soft-Baked Cereal Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:56:00 +0000

Money doesn't grow on trees and neither do reviews, so any time that I'm able to pick up a new food for a review at my company's daily snack time, my wallet certainly appreciates it. With that, I'm led to another Kashi review with this snack time inspired review of this Kashi Blackberry Graham Soft-Baked Cereal Bar. This all natural bar comes in at 1.2 ounces and has 120 calories with a teensy two grams of protein.

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Review: Nature's Bakery Stone Ground Whole Wheat Raspberry Fig Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0000

After my last Nature's Bakery review, Nature's Bakery itself responded via my Twitter feed that I need to try out their vanilla raspberry bar and while this Nature's Bakery Stone Ground Whole Wheat Raspberry Fig Bar isn't exactly that, it is close and here we are with another review of one of their products. Actually, I had already purchased this, so I planned on trying another flavor anyway, but it was nice of them to interact via Twitter and give me a (biased) recommendation. This package, just like the last, is made up of two separate fig bars and the entire contents have a combined weight of 2.0 ounces. Each bar in the package is 110 calories and has two grams of protein.

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Review: MorningStar Farms Mediterranean Chickpea Veggie Burgers

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0000

I've eaten my fair share of MorningStar Farms products for the blog, but the funny thing is that I rarely think to purchase them when I am at the store, so I don't eat them at all except when I do reviews. I guess I don't get them often because they are at the opposite end of the freezer case (let's call it the Netherworld) from where I usually frequent. Recently, I just happened to be strolling thought the Netherworld and I glanced in and saw the "NEW" label on these MorningStar Farms Mediterranean Chickpea Veggie Burgers and being that I'm a sucker for new stuff, I hurriedly reached in and grabbed a box. This box set me back $2.99 at Kroger and each box contains four frozen veggie burgers. Each burger is 2.36 ounces and has 110 calories with 10 grams of protein.

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Review: Turkey Hill All Natural Salted Caramel Ice Cream

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:38:00 +0000

It has been a while since I've taken a look at a Turkey Hill product. I guess it's because their recent limited edition flavors haven't really piqued my curiosity much. One thing that has piqued my curiosity but I have been late in getting to a review is their introduction of their All Natural line of ice creams which has happened within the past few months. This ice cream is All Natural because, well, it uses all natural ingredients and it also uses a limited number of ingredients. Once I've finally gotten off my rear and stopped being lazy (I will admit have a $1.00 off coupon kind of "coached" me to it), I grapped a 1.5 quart container of this Turkey Hill All Natural Salted Caramel Ice Cream at Kroger on sale for $3.99. Each container has twelve half-cup sized servings and each serving is an economical 160 calories. Before I go into the review, I have a bit of an aside about Turkey Hill...while some of their flavors are misses, they have a good catalog of flavors overall. Also, once thing I very much appreciate is that they keep their calorie counts down to reasonable levels and if you devour ice cream in a moronic fashion like I do, that is a good thing.

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Review: thinkThin Crunch White Chocolate Dipped Mixed Nuts Bar

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:38:00 +0000

Previously on the blog (Did that read like a television show intro to "Lost" or something like that? That's the way it sounded in my head.), I've tried a couple of thinkThin bars and found them to be average or boring and was in no rush to review some of the other favors in my local Kroger. But on a recent visit, I saw an entire new product line named "Crunch" and based on appearance alone, these looked right up my alley as they were filled with nuts, thus Crunch (DUH!). My love of crunch caused me to snatch a couple of these up for reviews and that leads to this review of the thinkThin Crunch White Chocolate Dipped Mixed Nuts Bar. This was $1.25, 1.41 ounces, 190 calories and had eight grams of protein. The wrapper dubbed this as "Wholesome Abundance", which means it was heavy on fiber, etc.

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Review: YoCrunch Yopa! Vanilla Toasted Almonds Greek Yogurt

noreply@blogger.com (IndianapolisEater) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0000

All I've ever seen at my stores from YoCrunch are yogurt cups that either have fruit, nuts or candy mixed in with regular yogurt. On a recent trip to Kroger, I saw something different with their new Yopa! line of products as they are now messing with their traditional formula as they are now incorporating Greek yogurt as the base to go along with the nuts. I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened though since Greek yogurt is taking over the world. The Greek economy, on the other hand, that's a different story. Anyway, this 5.3 ounce cup of YoCrunch Yopa! Vanilla Toasted Almonds Greek Yogurt was on sale for $1.00. Each cup is made up of 110 calories of Greek yogurt and 90 calories of toasted almonds. The total package is a hefty fifteen grams of protein.

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