Jolly Time Healthy Pop Caramel Apple Popcorn

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Apr 30, 2007

I really enjoy popcorn, but as you should know by now, popcorn is one of the best ways to get in saturated and trans fat - plus loads of calories, into your diet. My favorite way of reducing the calories, is to buy the fat free ones and add a little of my own microwave melted margarine and salt if necessary. I have also never been a big fan of the 'sweet' popcorns, like caramel etc., because in my mind, popcorn is supposed to be salty. But on the recommendation of a friend, I tried Jolly Time Healthy Pop Caramel Apple 94% Fat Free Popcorn and was pretty glad I did.

The taste is not overwhelmingly sweet at all - more like a light caramel flavored popcorn. This might be disappointing to some, but really, you know the sweeter it is, the more calories. It wasn't the best tasting popcorn I have ever had, but I do think it is the best tasting lower calorie /fat one that I have had to date.

The Healthy Pop Caramel Apple Microwave Pop Corn has only 240 calories for the entire bag, 2 grams of fat (3% of the recommended daily amount), no saturated or trans fat, 11% of the RDA for sodium (260 mg), 4 grams of protein and 23 grams of total carbohydrates, which includes 27% of the RDA for fiber and less than 1 grams of sugar. Compare this to Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Butter Popcorn Light which has 300 calories [read the review].

This popcorn is sweetened with Splenda brand sweetener and a box with 3 packs was $2.39. I liked it and would buy it again. As an option to eating the whole bag, try adding a cup to your lunch bag as a snack by itself ar an post-lunch treat.

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