Orville Redenbacher's Caramel Mini Smart Cakes

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Apr 18, 2008
5 stars

Quaker Caramel Mini Smart Cakes
The search for a low calorie, sweet snack is OVER! Orville Redenbacher's Caramel Mini Smart Cakes is a wonderfully tasty, deliciously sweet, crispy snack that smells and taste like caramel popcorn, but without being overly sweet and sticky. I also really liked the shape. Each "mini smart cake" is a small disc shaped oval, about 1.5 inches in diameter - the size of a potato chip.

What's so Smart about these? 60 calories for a serving of 9 -10 mini-cakes!
What's even smarter? The ingredients list is short and simple - and surprisingly contains no artificial sweeteners.

In addition to having only 60 calories, each serving of Orville Redenbacher's Caramel Mini Smart Cakes has no fat, 1% of the RDA for sodium (35 mg), 1 gram of protein and 13 grams of total carbohydrate, which includes 4 grams of sugar and 4% of the RDA for fiber (1 gram). The ingredients list says "popcorn, sugar, less than 2% of caramel, color, salt, partially hydrognated oils etc. In this case, there probably is only a trace amount of trans fat if any - since this product is fat free.

A huge 7 ounce bag with 13 servings costs $2.32 at the time of purchase, which is a bargain. Are you still reading this review? Go get it now!

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Comments

Fri: April 18, 2008
Linh said:

I loved this snack, it was so good! I tried it out a few months ago, and it was delicious. But I personally I prefer the Quaker Quakes a little better, since the ones by Quaker are puffier, and about the same width. One serving of the Quaker Quakes Caramel Corn flavor is 7 cakes, and it's 60 calories. But, comparing the two's prices, Orville is usually cheaper per bag.

Fri: April 18, 2008
Aaron said:

But the fact that they had to include hydrogenated oils in the ingredients means there are some trans fats in there and the ingredients aren't that wholesome :(

Tue: April 22, 2008
keyalus said:

I didn't think these tasted that great. I tried the chocolate flavor though, maybe caramel is better. In chocolate, I prefer the taste of mini Quaker rice cakes to these. You get a few less per serving, but they are a little bigger.

Tue: April 29, 2008
Omie said:

NOT FOR ME! I Rate It Dull! **
Quaker's Quakes are far better. I like the Ranch w/a sweet drink and the caramel are okay but would prefer them to be sweeter.