Happy New Product Wednesday, LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:
I wrote this blog post and then gremlins came along and somehow deleted it before I could publish it. Needless to say the previous post was the most amazing thing I have ever written. It was my "War and Peace" and now it is gone.
What? You question how a product review on a mini ice cream cone could be the definitive literary gem of the millennia? Puh-lease! Drop your skepticism and embrace the reality!
My masterpiece is now gone - lost to the ether. And we are all a little less beautiful due to its passing. Sigh.
I can't even try to recreate the post - it would be a futile attempt. It is a cruel, cruel world!
OK … enough tears … back to the subject matter at hand:
It is the Trader Joe's "Hold The Cone!" (love a good pun) Mini Chocolate Ice Cream Cone.
These little babies are 70 calories each and eight to a box. Meaning that you could eat the entire box and still be at about the same calories as eating half a pint of Ben and Jerry's gourmet ice cream.
For a sugar addict like me, having lower calorie options for when my cravings hit is a very good thing. But how do they taste?
The chocolate coating and the crunchy cone are delicious and reminiscent of higher calorie ice cream cone novelties. The chocolate ice cream however tastes more like an inexpensive version of a frozen milk chocolate mousse versus a rich ice cream. It's not bad, it just doesn't taste exactly like ice cream.
However for 70 calories each, these mini cones are a tasty treat that won't blow your caloric intake for the day. Plus you feel like a giant holding a tiny cone which I guess is a positive if you're into that sort of thing.
I would definitely purchase these again. They made me feel like I was having a higher calorie treat but I didn't hate myself in the morning for eating one (or two).
What's your favorite Trader Joe's dessert? Let us know in the comments section below!
I wrote this blog post and then gremlins came along and somehow deleted it before I could publish it. Needless to say the previous post was the most amazing thing I have ever written. It was my "War and Peace" and now it is gone.
What? You question how a product review on a mini ice cream cone could be the definitive literary gem of the millennia? Puh-lease! Drop your skepticism and embrace the reality!
My masterpiece is now gone - lost to the ether. And we are all a little less beautiful due to its passing. Sigh.
I can't even try to recreate the post - it would be a futile attempt. It is a cruel, cruel world!
OK … enough tears … back to the subject matter at hand:
Hopefully you are a regular reader who knows that on select Wednesdays, I post "New Product Wednesdays" product reviews on items that are new or at least new to me.
Today's New Product Wednesday is another Trader Joe's review, in honor of the new South Tampa Trader Joe's that opened in March 2014.
It is the Trader Joe's "Hold The Cone!" (love a good pun) Mini Chocolate Ice Cream Cone.
These little babies are 70 calories each and eight to a box. Meaning that you could eat the entire box and still be at about the same calories as eating half a pint of Ben and Jerry's gourmet ice cream.
For a sugar addict like me, having lower calorie options for when my cravings hit is a very good thing. But how do they taste?
The chocolate coating and the crunchy cone are delicious and reminiscent of higher calorie ice cream cone novelties. The chocolate ice cream however tastes more like an inexpensive version of a frozen milk chocolate mousse versus a rich ice cream. It's not bad, it just doesn't taste exactly like ice cream.
However for 70 calories each, these mini cones are a tasty treat that won't blow your caloric intake for the day. Plus you feel like a giant holding a tiny cone which I guess is a positive if you're into that sort of thing.
I would definitely purchase these again. They made me feel like I was having a higher calorie treat but I didn't hate myself in the morning for eating one (or two).
What's your favorite Trader Joe's dessert? Let us know in the comments section below!
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