*rant* Don't tell me it tastes like...

cassblue21

I am sick and tired of hearing that "this tastes like pie" or "you can't even tell the difference between them"... ok I am all about eating healthier, but don't try and push that health products "taste like the real thing" because it NEVER does! I am tired of hearing about people also drinking their calories to try and lose weight "oh it tastes like pie!". We all know it does not and you have to be pretty far into your delusion of thinking that it really does taste like pie to try and defend it. Besides, I would much rather have a lunch/dinner replacement taste like dinner! When they start making a roast beef smoothie "so good it tastes like the real thing" I will try it. I do not want sweets for my meals!

On that note, the Pure Protein Revolution Peanut Caramel Bars DO.NOT.TASTE.LIKE.A.SNICKERS. I do enjoy my pure protein stuff, but don't sell it as something it isn't.

Rant over.

JMarigold

LOL

I feel this way about Yoplait ads in particular. They show a scrumptious piece of Cheesecake and then say hey have this cheesecake "flavored" tub of yogurt. It's just as good!

WHAT??????

I don't care what you do to it! It's not Cheesecake and it can't even approach it in being delicious!

And I like yogurt. They just don't compare.

ElementalEscapee

B-b-but vanilla soymilk tastes like vanilla ice cream to me! Lol but I guess I know what you mean...but still a lot of the stuff DOES tastes almost exactly the same. It's the texture that's majorly different.

trinitrate

Somebody needs a hug

cassblue21

I hate yogurt, but I have always attempted to try the ones that are "like pie"! lol And I have never liked them because as you said, it still tastes like yogurt! lol

cassblue21

B-b-but vanilla soymilk tastes like vanilla ice cream to me! Lol but I guess I know what you mean...but still a lot of the stuff DOES tastes almost exactly the same. It's the texture that's majorly different.

After all the stuff I have tried that is supposed to be similar or the same, it NEVER is! It may have the same components, but it is never close enough that you would EVER mistake it for the real deal! Its like Fiber Ones brownies, they are good, but they are no real brownie!

juliekaiser1988

Well, hate to break it to you, but I perfected a concoction with a certain brand of chocolate milkshake flavored protein powder, with some other stuff, to make a shake that I swear (and so does my teenage son) is exactly like a Frosty at Wendy's. I can't tell you how serious I am on that. Crazy identical, down to the consistancy. Nom Nom Nom!!

ejohndrow

I was going to post about this on my wall. I've decided I don't like the Extra dessert flavored gum. It's good and all, but all it does is make me want a real piece of pie afterward.

Jellyphant

Well, hate to break it to you, but I perfected a concoction with a certain brand of chocolate milkshake flavored protein powder, with some other stuff, to make a shake that I swear (and so does my teenage son) is exactly like a Frosty at Wendy's. I can't tell you how serious I am on that. Crazy identical, down to the consistancy. Nom Nom Nom!!

I want that recipe, damnit!

cassblue21

Well, hate to break it to you, but I perfected a concoction with a certain brand of chocolate milkshake flavored protein powder, with some other stuff, to make a shake that I swear (and so does my teenage son) is exactly like a Frosty at Wendy's. I can't tell you how serious I am on that. Crazy identical, down to the consistancy. Nom Nom Nom!!

I would LOVE to try this! Wendys is not my favorite ice cream, but it is delicious! I would try this with a very open...stomach! :P

SwimKitty

Bump on the 'Frosty'

sphinxdust

You're right, butter and cream have no substitute (as my german chef friend tells me) but you have to love the food that is healthy, otherwise it will be torture. I have turned it around 180 degrees, so now foods with sugar and butter and cream and white bread are torturous to me.

TheFunBun

It may not taste like pie, but it totally tastes like a pie flavored milkshake. Mm-mm-mm.

juliekaiser1988

Wendy's Frosty Protein Shake:
6 ounces fat free milk
2 ounces sugar free chocolate syrup (not Hershey's syrup.. it's the syrup you find in the coffee isle. My brand is Torani)

2 scoops of the Chocolate Milkshake protein powder from Premier Nutrition (I buy mine at Sam's club. Tastes way better than regular old chocolate protein powder!!)

LOTS of ice= at least 8 cubes.

Pulse all ingredients until right consistancy.

dvisser1

It doesn't taste like pie...only pie tastes like pie.

Yogurt doesn't taste like cheesecake. Yogurts that need to be dressed up like they are cake or pie aren't real yogurt and generally aren't worth eating IMO. Yoplait greek yogurt is really plain Yoplait yogurt with cornstarch to thicken it instead of straining the yogurt to naturally thicken it like real greek yogurt. Check out the ingredients list of a Chobani yogurt and a yoplait greek thing.

You have to be able to appreciate different food for that they are. If there was a healthy, protein shake that tasted and gave the same sensation as eating a greasy cheesesteak, the inventor would be a multi millionaire in a week! Stuff like that doesn't exist.

If you want a piece of pie, have a piece of pie. Account for it in your daily calorie intake and enjoy.

123Linz

I was looking at a low fat 'pie' recipe yesterday, the only problem with it being.......you guessed it, there wasn't actually any pie there!

The definition of a pie includes pastry, so how can they call it a pie? How about a pile of fruit in a bowl.

SweetSammie

I do, however, make a nice fruit crisp. It is NOT pie, and it is not zero calorie, but it IS tasty in it's own right and it is LOWER calorie. Think Dutch apple pie without the bottom crust, only the top struesel part.

Personally, I really like butter. So I eat butter. I eat kerrygold butter, which I measure in 1/2 tablespoon servings, and it is delicious. There is NO replacement for butter in my world.

Jackieb301

Wendy's Frosty Protein Shake:
6 ounces fat free milk
2 ounces sugar free chocolate syrup (not Hershey's syrup.. it's the syrup you find in the coffee isle. My brand is Torani)

2 scoops of the Chocolate Milkshake protein powder from Premier Nutrition (I buy mine at Sam's club. Tastes way better than regular old chocolate protein powder!!)

LOTS of ice= at least 8 cubes.

Pulse all ingredients until right consistancy.

stormieweather

It doesn't taste like pie...only pie tastes like pie.

Yogurt doesn't taste like cheesecake. Yogurts that need to be dressed up like they are cake or pie aren't real yogurt and generally aren't worth eating IMO. Yoplait greek yogurt is really plain Yoplait yogurt with cornstarch to thicken it instead of straining the yogurt to naturally thicken it like real greek yogurt. Check out the ingredients list of a Chobani yogurt and a yoplait greek thing.

You have to be able to appreciate different food for that they are. If there was a healthy, protein shake that tasted and gave the same sensation as eating a greasy cheesesteak, the inventor would be a multi millionaire in a week! Stuff like that doesn't exist.

If you want a piece of pie, have a piece of pie. Account for it in your daily calorie intake and enjoy.

^^ This right here. Stop trying to find substitutes for the high calories yummies we like. Greek yogurt (real greek yogurt) is delicious and creamy, but it is NOT key lime pie. Veggie burgers are tasty but they are NOT hamburgers. If you want key lime pie or a hamburger, then fit the REAL thing into your calories. And enjoy greek yogurt because it's delicious greek yogurt and nothing more.

neanderthin

I was under the impression everything tastes like chicken.:happy:

usedasbrandnew

I had moonshine in South Carolina a few weeks ago, that honest to god tasted like apple pie. Not similar, but spot on. Got myself into a mess of trouble. O.o

I get where you're coming from though... I would rather have one tablespoon of key lime pie than an entire carton of key lime pie yogurt...

cassblue21

I was under the impression everything tastes like chicken.:happy:

Oh yeah thats right! :P

diinva

bump

susannamarie

I had moonshine in South Carolina a few weeks ago, that honest to god tasted like apple pie. Not similar, but spot on. Got myself into a mess of trouble. O.o

That stuff is WICKED. And yes it DOES taste like apple pie.

cassblue21

I do eat as healthy as I can most of the time, and I do love veggies so that is a good thing, but I just think that people and companies that try and push things that are not even close to being as good as the real thing need to just flat out stop lying about it. I know there are things that you can do to make super yummy fatty things into almost as yummy healthier versions. I have just been bombarded lately with the Body By Vi stuff and then on here there are people pushing protein bars that taste like candy bars. In fact I have tried the Snickers Marathon bars a long time ago, and I did not like them AT ALL! There are definitely some companies that can get it wrong! Like what was said about Yoplait earlier.

Personally I love desserts and do what I can to eat what I want and I think JELLO Temptations has done the best just making super small pie like snacks. I love the Key Lime one. Still not the real thing, but it is yummy and will satisfy a craving!

cassblue21

I had moonshine in South Carolina a few weeks ago, that honest to god tasted like apple pie. Not similar, but spot on. Got myself into a mess of trouble. O.o
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That would make for a fun mess though I am sure! lol

blandwriter

The only thing that tastes like pie is pie. On the other hand, Atkins makes a chocolate caramel nut roll that is as close to a Baby Ruth as you can get.

nnylee

Skinny cow ice cream tastes EXACTLY like ice cream.

Edit: If I closed my eyes and had to compare, I wouldn't be able to tell.

slhtree

With all the icky stuff they put in that Yoplait ....you are better off having a real piece of pie! Life is too short, eat the pie and go for a bike ride :0) Yogurt is so good for you but alot of people dont like it, I get that. But if you have yogurt,definitely go for the Chobani,or Liberte' brands. Stonyfield farms has some yummy ones too...no artificial icky stuff. And the ricotta cheese with splenda and chocolate cocoa is NOT like chocolate mousse lol! Splenda is not that great for you either....

tabulator32

I had moonshine in South Carolina a few weeks ago, that honest to god tasted like apple pie. Not similar, but spot on. Got myself into a mess of trouble. O.o

Having grown up in South Carolina, I have to add that enough moonshine can result in one believing they can taste/see/hear/feel/accomplish just about anything.

:bigsmile:

c8linmarie

On that note, the Pure Protein Revolution Peanut Caramel Bars DO.NOT.TASTE.LIKE.A.SNICKERS. I do enjoy my pure protein stuff, but don't sell it as something it isn't.

Rant over.

WOW. PMS much?

No one is trying to push anything on you. Just because it tastes like something to them (but does not to you) does not mean they are trying to peddle that product. Did it ever occur to you that maybe it was just the best way to describe something to someone else that can be used as a point of reference?

I like the "flavor" of strawberries. If I tasted something that tastes "like" strawberries, I wouldn't tell someone it tastes like chocolate, it wouldn't be a close COMPARISON, would it?

Of course that yogurt isn't apple pie! Apple pie is apple pie. The yogurt just has the (artificial) flavor of apple pie.