100 calorie packs
 

Do any of you eat those 100 calorie packs? I like them because they're super easy to throw into lunches and it's a great way to know that I am limiting myself to 100 calories at a time.

Has anyone tried the new Hostess ones??? Apparently they're selling like hotcakes (like cupcakes?!?! LOL!!). I have tried all three flavors, but I have to say the chocolate ones are DELISH!!!

I love them! I haven't tried the hostess, but I'll be sure to look out for them! I tried the Nabisco Chips Ahoy pack, it is really a good snack!

The hostess are AMAZING. Sometimes you just need a junky cupcake food craving to be resolved...my store keeps selling out.

I don't eat them often, but its great portion control if I need a less-than-healthy snack for my mental health. And MAN, the hostess cupcakes REALLY hit the spot - and hey, they have 5 g of fiber in them, not bad for 100 calories of chocolate cakey goodness!

I just had my first 100 calorie pack last week and now i'm in love! I have a pack of 100 calorie oreos every night for dessert. They taste so good and they make me stay away from other sweets during the day because i know i'll be able to have them.

I would totally choose the oreo crisps over real oreos any day!

-also, i have a coupon for the hostess ones but i was afraid they wouldnt taste that good but thanks to you guys i'll buy them once i eat my oreos!

5g of fiber?? Wow! I'm trying to avoid them because I figured I'd end up paying $4-5 for like 6 packages. How much are they costing for you guys?

I was eating several different kinds -- Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Honey Grams, Wheat Thins -- but I found that they kind of made me feel sick.

There's also a chance it was just something else in my diet, so I'll have to try out the Hostess ones! They are a perfect-sized snack for only 100 calories!

The hostess ones cost me 2.99 for a 6 pack today. 50 cents is an acceptable cost for a snack for me personally, and my oh my are they tasty. Yes, its pretty nutritionally void (though I feel better if my fiber is low for the day...100 cals to get to my fiber goal is ok with me), but it helps me manage chocolate cravings sooo well!

I don't know. I just don't trust myself with that stuff. 100 calories can easily turn into 200 calories. Although at this point of my journey I am fairly in control. But still. Besides when I start eating foods that are sugary it just makes me want more and more of it. And also if I am using up 100 calories on that stuff, then what should I give up of my other stuff? But I can definitely see where it could work for some people. Definitely. Those cupcakes DO sound good, and it's been so darn long. Hmmmm.

They are great. I haven't tried the hostess, I haven't seen them. But I will be on the look out. At Target, I paid 2.79. They are very good for a snack. I did get cheez-its, doritos, teddy grams and fudge swirls. They were all good.

I keep the 100 calorie packs in the back storage closet for when I feel like having a naughty snack but without the guilt...LOVE THEM!!

My new love is the Quacker mini Delights...90 calorie bags and the drizzeled chocolate are SOOO YUMMY!! I could give up all sweets forever and just have these...

The Hostess ones are very good...best of all, I make them REALLY last by using them for dessert for my older kids..they get one tiny little one so theres only one for me, LOL! 33 calories, when I am not on my normal eating plan (I do LA Weight Loss AND count calories, LOL!!!)

Thats funny!! My kids usually run off with 2 and leave me 1 too!! I actually ate all 3 this evening and by the third one thought to myself...oh boy too sweet to have all of them!!

Oh Yes the chocolate drizzles! They are delicious!!! :D I got a box of these a couple days ago. I got 2 packages. The kids ate the other ones.

I have tried a bunch of different kinds of the 100 Calorie Packs, but I think the Hostess are my favorite so far - They taste exactly like the real thing, and they're so easy to use as a sweet treat without going crazy! Perfect for me...

Hope those of you that can't find them are able to soon - and go to their site and get a $1.00 off coupon (fewer calories AND dollars?!?!?) ;) They also have a really cute thing where you can customize your own cupcake song. I'm so easily distracted ;)

I picked up some Hostess packs today -- golden cake with a creamy center and chocolate frosting. (I wanted the chocolate-on-chocolate, but they were nowhere to be found. There were tons of carrot cake -- I'll give these a try one day!)

I LOVE them! A perfect sweet treat that doesn't make me feel weighed down. :)

I love the Sunchip ones and the Cheetos. I found a 100 calorie Reeses Mix bags and they are my new favorite :)

I love the 100 calorie packs, especially the Oreo ones. Like other people have said, they're pretty nutritionally void, but they satisfy my craving for sweets without blowing my whole diet.

I am with Robin about not really being able to stop at one I think. Sugary things just get to me. If I had a six-pack of them they would be gone in two days, if that......Though, if I could buy one of them, just randomly at a 7-11 or something I think it would work. But I don't really know what these Hostess snacks you're talking about are really......what are Hostesses?

I think that I might pick some of these up today! I am officially recommiting myself to CC

Never - I try not to eat packaged foods. I also have a sugar weakness (and fake sugars set it off too). If I ate a 100 calorie snack pack, I would want 5. I'd honestly rather eat an orange. If I really wanted to treat myself, I'd rather have a really decadent small piece of dark chocolate.

I bought the carrot cake and chocolate cupcake ones yesterday, and I was quite impressed. I split a carrot cake pack with my mom and coming from an anti-diet food person, she loved them.

Hostess is a brand of snack foods. The packs mentioned here are 3 mini chocolate cupcakes that have 100 calories.

Haha, I'm the same way. The only way 100 calorie packs would work for me is if there were only one pack in the whole package!

I'm with Glory!
I gave up sugar 15 months ago and it was the best thing I ever did. I just came to a point in my life (after 40 years) that I really didn't need to put anything in my mouth that didn't have any nutritional value. I know not everyone can do this but it truly changed my life. Fruit has become my "dessert" and I have never felt better in my life!

I've never had the 100 calorie packs, I will have to check them out. I usually eat a kellogs Smart Start healthy heart cinnamon bar when I have a snack craving. Its 150 calories so not quite as low-cal, but it keeps me full for awhile. My boyfriend calls them my 'street smart' bars.

I've actually had those before, and I like them...I eat them as my breakfast bar, though, I had never thought to eat them as a snack.

The reason I love the Hostess ones is because I definitely have a sweet tooth (who are we kidding? A CHOCOLATE tooth!) and these allow me to have a controlled amount of cupcakey goodness while still staying on track in terms of calories. And agreed with the rest of the folks - they taste great :)

I'm not too sure about these hostess cupcakes anymore....SO far calorie wise I'm doing good today, so thought hey I'll have that 100 calorie pack with my afternoon tea....maybe its because of PMS but it triggered something and I was like .....AHHHHH NEED MORE!!! Proceeded to eat another pack.....stopped there but I really could have eaten them all if I didn't physically get out of the house for a bit...Maybe this time of month I should avoid all sweets.... :dizzy:

This evening I've been snacking on some grapes I picked up today for .99lb!! I washed a bunch for the kids and I normally dont like grapes but WOOHOOO yummy!!! so much better than those cupcakes I ate earlier!! I'm gonna have to go back and get some more...the kids are eating them all up!!

I couldn't agree more! I really go out of my way to avoid anything processed or pre-packaged. My body just feels so much better.

I've had the 100-calorie Chips Ahoy and Cheese Nips. I fell in love with the Cheese Nips, lol. I'm more a salt fiend than a sugar fiend. :devil: The portion control worked well for me. But now that I know that 20 Cheese Nips = 100 calories, I buy the regular-size box and I count out the 20 nips and put the box away. I'm discovering I have more discipline than I thought. I'd be really frustrated if I couldn't have any salty snacks but I can be satisfied with less than I thought. I mean, my method of losing weight these past three months has been to eat fewer calories and exercise more. It's really been more about portion control and substitution for me, not restriction...and, for myself, I've observed that I can keep some junk food in the house and not pig out on it. Before, I was buying cans of Pringles and eating 1/2 can a day...the 100-calorie packs became my substitution snack. Now, "Salt Monster" can have her 20 Cheese Nips and go merrily on her way. :p

Hmm...Definitely understand getting cravings :) The reason the cupcake packs tend to work for me is because I can just throw a pack into my bag before work and it's a great afternoon snack. Then I don't have the whole box in front of me to worry about (but they ARE yummy so i totally understand) ;)

After the time I bought a box of 100-calorie pringle packs and they were gone within a few hours, there's no way I'm buying the hostess ones. Although they do look good!

It's interesting that you say that. For me, the whole thing about the 100 calorie packs is that they're super easy to control...I take one out and don't let myself near the box again - portion control at its finest. I guess the fact that they're prepackaged is key for me. Maybe if you buy a lock you can get them? I swear, you're missing out ;)

I try and stay away from the 100 calorie packs. I looked at the ingredients and decided that it was not something I really wanted to put into my body. I've tried my best to cut all trans fats out of my diet, and from all the packages that I've seen, they all have some in there. Even though it might say "0g Trans Fat" on the nutritional label, if the ingredient list says "partially hydrogenated -" then they're there. It's just under .49 g per serving, which is the guideline the FDA uses to say whether they have to report it or not. Evil, evil.

I do agree that some 100 calorie packs are yummy though, as I've eaten them in the past. My favorites were the Doritos, I think.

I've purposely stayed away from the Pringles packs for the same reason. I was buying the regular-size cans before. They were my main snack food. If you were to ask me what do I miss eating the most, it's not cheeseburgers and fries or chocolate chip cookies. It's those darn Pringles! :p With the other snack packs, I can maintain the portion control. I think the Pringles would be too much of a temptation for me! :devil:

Haven't tried the Hostess. Funny, I tend to associate those and Drake's more with my childhood...devil dogs, cupcakes, etc. I've had them rather infrequently as an adult, except for the doughnuts.

Yeah, that's funny...I don't know what it is that makes everyone associate Hostess cupcakes (and the swirl) with their childhood - but I think of that too! I hadn't had them in a long time until I tried the 100 cal packs recently. They tasted just as I remembered :) Now I'll just be channeling my inner kid every time I eat them!

I have not bought the Hostess ones, I like having them around for a treat but there are a couple of them that are just too good. The Hershey Pretzel Bars and the Entemins Brownie Bites are the very best, I can't buy them or I will eat more than one.

I think I'll have a Keebler Grasshopper, 100 cal pack now for my afternoon snack.

For some weird reason, I've only eaten 2 packs out of the cupcakes and I bought them over two weeks ago. I thought I was going to ravage them within a week. I'll probably scarf them down once TOM comes in a week or so.

Wow, that's good self control! I find that they're really good to be able to throw in a lunch bag or something - that way they're still a treat but I don't let myself go too crazy.

Who decided that 100 calories was the perfect snack size! I need 50-calorie snacks. If a snack is nutritious (like NF yogurt and fruit) I have no problem dedicating 100 calories to it. But for something that isn't going to be particularly filling or healthy, I'd really like it to be fewer calories. Seriously, I only eat 1500 calories per day--100 calories puts a serious dent in the quantity of food I can eat. And, although I don't think I'd have a problem stopping at one pack, eating just half a pack is so not going to happen. ;)

So, for that reason, I never buy the 100 calorie snack packs. But those Hostess ones do sound really good, so I have been considering them. Also, I had a 100-calorie bag of graham crackers on a plane that was surprisingly satisfying, so I've been considering those as well.

I'm a big Hostess fan from way back. While they are harder to find now, they make Suze-Qs, which are my all time top food. That said, I saw the 100 cal packs at the store this weekend, but I just couldn't buy them. Like rockinrobin, I'm just not sure I could stop at one pack. I'm better not to start with stuff like this. I also couldn't get around the high fructose corn syrup and the partially hydrogenated fats. I guess I've been on the board too long! HAHA