Review: Skinny Cow Slimited Editions White Mint Cookie Shake-Stirs Shake

Sometimes I wonder if food companies operate like automobile companies in the respect that they release a bunch of new products at once like it is a new product year.  Maybe they do, maybe they don't, but it's been something that I've been wondering recently as I've been seeing a ton of products in my grocery stores carrying the new tagline.  Skinny Cow is one of those that has released a lot of new products and since curiosity killed the cat and it will eventually kill me, I picked up this Skinny Cow Slimited Editions White Mint Cookie Shake-Stirs Shake to add to my growing Skinny Cow review archive.  I picked this up at Kroger for $1.35 and this one comes in at 8.1 ounces for the entire shake and is 190 calories minus the milk add in and is 220 calories (5 points on the WeightWatchers PointsPlus scale) once you add in the milk to the shake.  I know how milk tastes, so for the purposes of this review, I'm only going to take a look at the actual product that Skinny Cow made in order to get an accurate gauge of how this tastes.

Review: Muscle Milk Strawberries 'N Creme Protein Nutrition Shake

In previous Muscle Milk reviews, I've been pleasantly surprised each time by how much I liked their protein nutrition shakes.  I went in each time with low expectations and each time, they far exceeded those expectations to make a quality product.  Expecting that experience again, I figured I would dive into another Muscle Milk product with this review of their Muscle Milk Strawberries 'N Creme Protein Nutrition Shake.  As with all of these, I picked it up at Thornton's in a free promotion and in an occurrence of hilarity (in my mind), this one has sat in my refrigerator for eight months and still has a comfortable amount of time before its shelf life expires.  Wow, these dairy free products (translation: pure chemicals) are amazing.  Anyway, a fourteen fluid ounce container of this shake is 220 calories and has 25 grams of protein.

Review: Skinny Cow Slimited Editions Double Chocolate Crumble Shake-Stirs Shake

I've spent several reviews trying to worship at the altar of the Skinny Cow.  Sometimes it is worthy of worship and other times, it is just plain deplorable.  Within the past year, Skinny Cow debuted its Slimited Editions line of products and wanting to try out another one of those products, I picked up this Skinny Cow Slimited Editions Double Chocolate Crumble Shake-Stirs Shake at Kroger basically for free since I had a coupon and it was also on sale for $1.00.  The shake itself requires that you add milk to it (the container just contains the ice cream and mix-ins base) and is 8.1 ounces pre-milk and 11 ounces post-milk.  Pre and post milk calories counts are 200 and 230.  For the purposes of this review, I decided to review only the ice cream and mix-in base as I'm pretty sure I already know what milk tastes like.  Actually, that's a fib...I didn't have any milk on hand and I wanted an ice cream treat, so I just decided to let it fly without.  In case you are interested, this one also is five points on the Weight Watchers Points Plus scale.

Review: Muscle Milk Vanilla Creme Protein Shake

Sometimes I get too cute for my own good.  In my reviews of these protein "shakes", I often mock them for their long shelf life and/or the fact that they call themselves shakes.  For some reason and no matter if the manufacturer is Atkins or Muscle Milk, I just can't get over it...until now.  I'm turning over a new leaf (or whatever) and I'm just going to start reviewing these shakes for what they are and my first attempt at that is going to be a review of this Muscle Milk Vanilla Creme Protein Shake.  I picked up this fourteen ounce shake for free at Thornton's Fuel Center as part of a free promotion and each bottle contains 220 calories and 25 grams of protein.  It's both naturally and artificially flavored too, if you are interested.

Review: Muscle Milk Cookies 'N Creme Protein Nutrition Shake

Via this blog, I've eaten more protein bars than I could ever imagine and frankly, I'm starting to get sick of them.  I've had several to review in my refrigerator for quite a while now, but I have little to no motivation to eat any of them.  One thing I haven't spent a lot of time reviewing is protein shakes (I've only done one drink review), so that leads me to this review of the Muscle Milk Cookies 'N Creme Protein Nutrition Shake.  I picked this for free via a coupon at Thornton's Fuel Center, so I don't know what the price was exactly, but I believe it was in the $3.00 range.  This one comes in at fourteen ounces and 220 calories with a whopping 25 grams of protein.

Review: Atkins Day Break Creamy Chocolate Shake

In my mind, a shake is something that is made with ice cream and milk.  In Atkins mind, it clearly isn't, especially when you consider that they don't sell these out of the freezer or even the refrigerator at the store.  Yes, these are stored at room temperature.  Still, based on the fact that I had a positive experience with my last Atkins review and that I'm a glutton for punishment, I was willing to give this "shake" a try when I saw it on sale at Meijer for around $6 for a four pack (I also had a coupon).  There were a couple different varieties available, but I had a chocolate craving, so I chose the Creamy Chocolate Shake version of the Day Break line of diet foods.  Each shake contains 140 calories and 10 grams of protein, so while it's not going to bust your diet, it's not exactly a "freebie" either.