Friday, March 7, 2008

thinkOrganic chocolate coconut

thinkOrganic chocolate coconut ($1.25, whole foods)
1.4 oz / 40g

Ingredients: organic dates, organic cashews, organic unsweetened coconut, organic cocoa, organic unsweetened chocolate, pectin, organic almonds.

calories: 160
calories from fat: 80
fat: 9g (14%)
sat. fat: 2.5g (13%)
potassium: 330mg (9%)
total carb: 21g (7%)
fiber: 3g (12%)
sugar: 13g
protein: 4g

I had a salad at the office for lunch today, so I thought I'd eat this for dessert. Looking at the ingredients list, I thought this would be another 'compressed-date brownie' and lo-and-behold I was right. This one was pretty much equivalent to the last one: a bit on the dry side, nutty, evokes the memory of the little debbie brownie but with the righteous self-satisfaction of being organic and made of dates (2 servings of fruit, but tastes like a brownie! being healthy never had it so good!!!1!). I liked the addition of coconut - this might contribute to the fact that I didn't really notice any date taste - I actually sort of like dates but if you're going to pretend to be a brownie you'd better do a good job of it, you know?

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