WHAT: belVita Breakfast Sandwiches
STATS: Vary slightly by flavor. The chocolate version contains 230 calories and 9 fat, 36 carbohydrate, 3 fiber, 12 sugar and 3 protein grams. We found them at Target, 420 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Visit belvitabreakfast.com.
THE SKINNY: Not Velveeta sandwiches. belVita sandwiches. Nabisco, which makes the packaged crunchy breakfast biscuits, has introduced a sandwich version.
Each pack (there are five per box) contains two sandwich cookies in Dark Chocolate Creme and Peanut Butter versions. We can't back up the box claim that they provide "four hours of nutritious steady energy." In fact, eating them seems to make us hungrier than not eating. But they're convenient to grab in a pinch, and they're tasty -- more appealing than the plain belVita biscuits with the same calories.
And the Peanut Butter, which makes us feel like we're eating Nabisco's Nutter Butters for breakfast, is definitely the "butter" flavor of the two.
-- Jennifer Christman
Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods. Email:
jchristman@arkansasonline.com
ActiveStyle on 07/11/2016