SLIM PICKINGS

Special K Pastry Crisps, Red Velvet and Nature Valley Biscuits with Almond Butter or Peanut Butter.
Special K Pastry Crisps, Red Velvet and Nature Valley Biscuits with Almond Butter or Peanut Butter.

Spotted: New flavors of some of our go-to brands on grocery shelves. We found them at Wal-Mart Supercenter, 2700 S. Shackleford Road, Little Rock.

Special K Pastry Crisps, Red Velvet (100 calories and 2 fat, 19 carbohydrate, zero fiber, 7 sugar and 1 protein grams per pouch): Somehow this airy Red Velvet Pop Tart-esque pastry drizzled with a sweet white coating manages to be light yet taste rich. Sold in boxes of five pouches (two crisps per pouch). Other flavors are blueberry, brown sugar cinnamon, Chocolatey Delight, strawberry, Chocolatey Caramel, Cookies & Creme and Berry Streusel. More information at specialk.com.

Nature Valley Biscuits with Almond Butter or Peanut Butter (the almond butter flavor has 190 calories and 10 fat, 23 carbohydrate, 3 fiber, 11 sugar and 3 protein grams per pouch): Unlike other Nature Valley Breakfast Biscuits, which come with four crunchy cookies per pack (in blueberry, honey and lemon poppy seed), this version features packs of two crisp cookies with a layer of almond butter or peanut butter in between. These biscuits are more interesting with fewer calories, but eaten as a sandwich, they disappear more quickly.

-- Jennifer Christman

Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods. Email:

jchristman@arkansasonline.com

ActiveStyle on 01/25/2016

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