Friday, August 9, 2013

Product review: Yoplait Greek Yogurt Bars

I recently got a coupon for Yoplait Greek Yogurt bars and decided to give them a shot.  They currently come in 2 different flavors - Honey Caramel and Raspberry.  I bought mine at Walmart and they were $3.98 for 6 bars.


I first tried the honey caramel.  Opening it up it is a fairly large bar - you can see the honey and caramel swirls thoughout the bar.



Now for the tasting - OH YUM!!!  The frozen yogurt is thick and creamy with a deliciously sweet taste.  The yogurt is nice and thick and has a compareable texture to ice cream.  Getting into the honey and caramel I found a nice mixture of both flavors which you could clearly taste both.  They were tantalizingly sweet and delicious.

The yogurt holds up well and didn't melt too fast even though when I first tried it, it was an extremely hot evening.

Next I tried the raspberry:


The same smooth creamy yogurt was present in this one.  However, I didn't like the raspberry flavor itself very well at all.  Getting down into the raspberry, I found that rather then a nice sweet berry taste, it almost had a bitter flavor.  I wonder if people that don't like really sweet things would like this?  But I was not a fan.

My one complaint with both of these bars is where to top swirl is, the bar has broken off in a LARGE CHUNK every time I've eaten it.  For me, I like to slowly eat and savor a treat like this, so I don't want a huge piece breaking off while I'm eating it.


See the thick top swirl?  That breaks off and you are left with a mouth full of the whole top section.









Overall, though, I gotta say that as someone who LOVES ice cream but has given it up, this is a wonderful substitute.  I can't believe that they can pack all this goodness into only 90 calories for the honey caramel and 80 for the raspberry!

These yogurt bars have little fat, not much sodium, a good shot of protein, and healthy ingredients.  I highly recommend the honey caramel and I'm really hopeful that Yoplait will come out with some new flavors!

4 comments:

  1. I went to the website to see how big the bars are (only 2 oz?). It looks like they also have peach and strawberry/banana.

    I eat Greek yogurt every night before bed, because I have a finicky stomach. These look great, but I'm afraid 2 oz. isn't enough to carry me all night. Rats. Maybe I'll buy some just because!

    Thanks for the review.

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    1. Just to clarify, the peach and strawberry banana are their "regular" yogurt bard NOT the greek ones.

      I also eat greek yogurt before bed, and even though 2 ounces doesn't sound like a lot, I find them completely satiating.

      Jen

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  2. I wonder how these compare to Trader Joes Frozen Greek Yogurt. TJ's is about 4 ounces for about 100 calories. The vanilla has a great taste and a bit of a lemon note.

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    1. We don't have a Trader Joe's any where around here so I have never seen one.

      Are they Greek yogurt or regular?

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