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kaygold wrote: »

oocdc2 wrote: »

For those who make the protein cakes with the Kodiak mixes: I substituted pumpkin puree for the unsweetened applesauce this morning. Tasted just as good, 5 less calories, 5g less sugar (which is a big deal for me). I think I'll be using pumpkin from now on...

Do you have a recipe for these protein cakes? sounds like something I def need to try!

Sure, though this is cribbed from the Lil' Buff Bakery cake recipe, which are awesome in their own right:

60 g Kodiak Flapjack Mix of your choice
75 g Unsweetened applesauce or pumpkin puree
3 T egg whites
2 T almond milk (I use unsweetened)

Mix well and either microwave for 2:40 or bake in a rice cooker (no kidding). People make frostings out of yogurt and cream cheese and other stuff, but I just pour a slightly-watered-down tablespoon of All Fruit over the cake for a topping. Here's the general breakdown:

Calories 307
Total Fat 5 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg 0 %
Sodium 565 mg
Potassium 178 mg
Total Carbohydrate 46 g
Dietary Fiber 7 g
Sugars 7 g
Protein 19 g

Just tried the pumpkin flavored fit joy and for the first time I'm very very disappointed and didn't enjoy it at all. Very waxy, perfumey candle taste. Artificial tasting and too heavy on the spice. Didn't taste like pumpkin, only a candle jar

I love Wegmans, I really do. I've been looking several years now for this pumpkin kefir! Also been looking and failing trying to find these pumpkin donut flavor Laffy taffys! Wegmans has them out for you to choose individual flavors rather than a pack so I was very selective I tried one in the car home and love it! So much better than that fit joy bar! Not as nutritious, sure, but so perfect.

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

Just got all of these reviews to come

WHERE did you get these? Haven't even heard of them before!!!

Tried the cinnamon tonight. WOW SOOOOOO GOOD!!! They had nice sugar topping that I didn't expect. I warmed one up and had the other regular. It was so soft and light, like a coffee cake but SUPER light. I liked the cold one better because once warmed up it felt super airy and even lighter. It felt a bit denser when cold. I mean I had low expectations because of the calorie count, but I was pretty happy with how good they were for those calories. I mean obviously not as good as a little debbie coffee cake, but a good treat. They would be really good for breakfast.

I would buy these a lot if they weren't so expensive. @hgycta I came across them on amazon actually! Based on my searches below I saw "you might like these" and it was their smart buns and I was curious so went to the website and saw all of these.

I cant wait to try the other flavors and the buns. Only 73 calories for a whole bun?! And the reviews I read were all fantastic.

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

Tried the cinnamon tonight. WOW SOOOOOO GOOD!!! They had nice sugar topping that I didn't expect. I warmed one up and had the other regular. It was so soft and light, like a coffee cake but SUPER light. I liked the cold one better because once warmed up it felt super airy and even lighter. It felt a bit denser when cold. I mean I had low expectations because of the calorie count, but I was pretty happy with how good they were for those calories. I mean obviously not as good as a little debbie coffee cake, but a good treat. They would be really good for breakfast.

I would buy these a lot if they weren't so expensive. @hgycta I came across them on amazon actually! Based on my searches below I saw "you might like these" and it was their smart buns and I was curious so went to the website and saw all of these.

I cant wait to try the other flavors and the buns. Only 73 calories for a whole bun?! And the reviews I read were all fantastic.

They actually look very similar to Simply Scrumptous' cinnamon coffee cakes which I usually get and is sooo sweet and satisfying! I'm curious now how they compare, I might have to splurge eventually but right now I'm trying to take it easy since I bought all those protein doughnuts and goods from wegmans, and those smart cakes are certainly not cheap! Although, they do look a little more reasonable on their website (http://smart-baking.com/) since you aren't forced into buying so many at once. I noticed they used erythritol, which I seem to be a glutton for (and Simply Scrumptous uses that, really, they seem so so so similar). However, Simply Scrumptous claims a low calorie count too, but I always notice when I keep my diet the same and eat one of theirs (even adding calories to account for larger portions) I seem to gain weight, not sure why...


Also, even though I said I wasn't going to I picked up Kodiak's unleashed granola. Giant had it on sale for $1.25 (but didn't have the chocolate pumpkin cakes go figure) so I decided to go for it.
I used more milk than it suggested (2/3 cup instead of 1/2 cup), and used silk's unsweetened almond then warmed it up for about 45 seconds and found this really enhanced the flavor since the milk absorbed some of its flavors and sweetness.
I'm very, very impressed actually!!! A lot of depth and just sweet enough to be satisfying without over doing it. As much as I said I don't do granola or oatmeal, I'll probably be getting this again. Loved it.

Francl27 wrote: »

CooCooPuff wrote: »

The Halo Top store locator says it's at my local Kroger. I've never seen it, but according to Instagram, it was the first chain to roll out the new flavors. I'll check on Tuesday

I'm confused, one of the sites I follow on Twitter claimed that the official announcement for the new flavors would be on Oct 10th, so I doubt it's in stores already.

It's just what I saw from Junk Banter

Francl27 wrote: »

CooCooPuff wrote: »

The Halo Top store locator says it's at my local Kroger. I've never seen it, but according to Instagram, it was the first chain to roll out the new flavors. I'll check on Tuesday

I'm confused, one of the sites I follow on Twitter claimed that the official announcement for the new flavors would be on Oct 10th, so I doubt it's in stores already.

I can actually second that I've seen some posts (on Facebook) about people finding it in stores already. This being said, wegmans didn't have it when I went although they did have a full inventory of every other flavor.

Also, pumpkin spice kefir is actually my favorite kind so far! Highly recommend it!

Ohhh @hgycta I have seen good reviews about that new mix!! Also I love erythritol
as a sweetener. I am picky about my sweeteners because there are some I just cant stand. (suclarose, etc) Hmm have you ever weighed the simply scrumptious? I've ordered from them before but never ate them consistently to see if I actually believed their counts. I believed them for these cakes though they were very light and airy.

Not new, but never tried before...
Really good. I loved them. I am a sucker for chocolate/yogurt/whitechoc covered pretzels so these were delicious. The pumpkin flavor complemented the pretzel flavor nicely.