Diet Food Reviews
Skinny Cow Vanilla & Mint Skinny Dippers
By: | Sep 17, 2008
I simply cannot do without ice cream in my life. I love it, but I know that I need to keep my needs inder control. That's pretty hard to do if you love it as much as I do, so thank goodness for ice cream bars - they are perfect for portion control. So, when I saw these Skinny Cow CHOCOLATE Covered Ice Cream Bars (aka Skinny Dippers) I was especially excited, since I am already in love with the Skinny Cow Low Fat Ice Cream Sandwiches.
I tried the Vanilla & Mint flavors, and when I took out my first bar, it looked quite promising since ¾ of the bar was covered in chocolate. The chocolate tasted like chocolate should (really yummy) in both bars, but for the Vanilla flavor, the vanilla "ice cream" was a weak watered down version. It was almost like eating soft snow covered in chocolate. The Mint version was slightly better, but the overall flavor was still bland and I was not very impressed.
Overall, one Skinny Dipper has 80 calories, 3 grams of total fat and 2 grams of saturated fat (5% and 10% of the RDA), 1% of the RDA for sodium (30 mg), 2 grams of protein and 11 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 2 grams of fiber and 7 grams of sugar. A box of 6 bars cost $4.99 from my local grocery store.
Although the nutrition facts are quite satisfactory, for me, the bland taste is not worth the 80 calories, since for 20 calories more, I could have been eating a Healthy Choice Fudge Bar (and those are AMAZINGLY delicious).
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I totally agree! When you get done with the chocolate part, it's not as good.
I tried the caramel and vanilla ones and thought they were pretty good, but tooooooo small for me (esp. for almost 100 calories.
Bummer! I like their ice cream sandwiches, so I expected this to be pretty good. :(
I have to agree, these did not satisfy a sweet craving for me at all. Their cones are MUCH better (and since you tend to end up eating two of these anyway, equal calorie load).
i love the healthy choice fudge bars! they pack a lot of fiber which is awesome, plus they have an 80 calorie version that comes in fudge and mocha fudge.
Thank you so much for reviewing these. I was just at the grocery today wondering if they were worth getting, now I know not to bother. Thanks :)