100 Calorie Snacks

Who would have thought the Dollar Tree would jump on the 100 calorie snack band wagon? At a price of $1, we couldn’t pass up this box of fudge shortbread cookies. They didn’t taste half bad, but they’re no Keeblers either. The chocolate isn’t very rich and the shortbread isn’t very buttery. Still, if you want to save money as well as calories, they’re worth a try. Think of them as the poor man’s (or woman’s) 100 calorie pack.

I’ve always had a soft spot for Lorna Doone, as well as for actress Laura Dern. Laura Dern had a tender heart for the triceratops in Jurassic Park, while Lorna Doone shortbread cookies are tender and tasty. For its 100 calorie packs, Nabisco has changed the DNA in these cookies, making for teeny, tiny versions of the original. They still have big taste, though, and melt sweetly in your mouth. The only downside: Like the scant few total minutes of on-screen dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, the package of cookies was over too fast.

Nabisco doesn’t just use tinier versions of its classic Chips Ahoy cookies for these 100 calorie packs; these are a different product. They are, as the package implies, crispy. If you’re hoping for a chewy cookie, this is not for you. But the crisps taste great, with plenty of chocolate taste. I’d buy them again, for myself or to give my kids a take-along treat.

While some 100 calorie packs are simply the full-size product crammed into a tiny package for more money per ounce, in the case of Nabisco’s Oreo Thin Crisps, they really are offering a product unique to the 100 calorie line. The crisps really do taste like Oreos, and not just the outside cookie part. They’ve somehow stuffed creamy filling flavor in there, too. They taste light and airy, but substantial enough to make a worthy snack.