Review: Chobani Simply 100 Crunch Mango Cone Crisp Greek Yogurt

So here we go.  The empire of Chobani continues to expand.  I've mentioned it before, but it never ceases to amaze me...when I started this blog, Chobani was a cute little upstart.  In that 4+ years, they've become a powerhouse with multiple product lines spanning the yogurt section of the refrigerator at the grocery store.  It's also helped make Greek yogurt mainstream and there's so much Greek yogurt out there now compared to four years ago that it's insane when I really step back and think about it.  Today's Chobani Simply 100 Crunch Mango Cone Crisp Greek Yogurt is the product of one of those new product lines.  It's a smallish 4.2 ounces and has 100 calories and ten grams of protein.  As with all Chobani products, it's also all natural.

Review: Breyers Blasts! Strawberry Waffle Cone Frozen Dairy Dessert

Sometimes its difficult to figure out if manufacturers get bored with their products and/or they just like to endlessly tinker with formulas as ways to introduce new products.  Previously, I had reviewed the Breyers Blasts Waffle Cone with Chocolatey Chips Frozen Dairy Dessert, but out of need to endlessly tinker or just come up with a way to introduce something as "new" when it is really just a slight alteration of the existing product, Breyers has recently put out this Breyers Blasts! Strawberry Waffle Cone Frozen Dairy Dessert.  I got this on sale at Kroger for $2.49 and it's 1.5 quarts and has twelve half-cup sized servings of frozen dairy dessert.  Each serving comes in at 130 calories, so it's a semi-reasonable caloric load as far as frozen desserts go.

Review: Breyers Blasts! Waffle Cone with Chocolatey Chips Frozen Dairy Dessert

Therapists say that the first step to fixing a problem is first admitting that you have a problem.  So, here I go:  I eat too much ice cream (or ice cream related products).  Of course, the second step to fix a problem is actually wanting to fix the problem and in the case of frozen desserts, I'm not sure I ever want to stop eating them.  So, in that quest to never solve that problem, another sale at my local Kroger led me to try out another Breyers Blasts! 1.5 quarter container with this Breyers Blasts! Waffle Cone with Chocolatey Chips Frozen Dairy Dessert for $2.50.  I've seen a couple of reviews of this on the internet at On Second Scoop and Junk Food Guy that have made me want to eat my hand, so I'm surprised it took me this long to pick it up.  Oh by the way, the container has about twelve half-cup sized servings and each serving is 140 calories.

Review: Skinny Cow Caramel Cone Low Fat Single Serving Ice Cream Cup

Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but one of my goals for 2012 was to find a way to "manage" my ice cream addiction.  I'm not going to necessarily stop eating it (yeah right!), but I wanted to find a way to at least reduce/control my frequent ice cream splurges on occasion.  One of the ways that I've tried (and failed) to do this is via single serve cups and since Skinny Cow has several of these varieties, some of which I've reviewed already, I'm led to this Skinny Cow Caramel Cone Low Fat Single Serving Ice Cream Cup.  I picked this one up at Meijer for $1.25 and as with all their single serving cups, it comes in at 5.8 ounces.  Each cup contains 160 calories and since this is technically a "diet" product, I would be remiss if I did not mention that this one is five points on the Weight Watchers Points Plus chart.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Slow Churned Nestle Drumstick Sundae Cone Light Ice Cream

In my previous Edy's review, I explained the difference between why these are referred to as Edy's products in some areas and Dreyer's products in other areas, so I'll just spare you the boredom on that again and get right down to the business of reviewing this product after I get through these quick product details.  I picked this Edy's Slow Churned Nestle Drumstick Sundae Cone Light Ice Cream up at Kroger on sale for $2.99 for a 1.5 quart container.  Each container has about twelve half-cup servings and each serving comes in at around 120 calories.

Review: Skinny Cow Slimited Editions Oh Fudge Nuts! Low-Fat Ice Cream Cone

Within the past few months, Skinny Cow has introduced a new line of products to its low-fat ice cream dessert arsenal called Slimited Editions.  Within this line, they have several products including bars, shakes, sandwiches and also cones.  It's the Oh Fudge Nuts! Low-Fat Ice Cream Cone that I picked up for this review to compare to some of the other Skinny Cow dessert options that I have tried as well.  I picked up a box of these cones for $3.00 on sale at Kroger and each box contains four cones.  Each cone is 150 calories and is worth four points on the Weight Watchers Points Plus scale.

Review: Ben & Jerry's Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream Ice Cream

Admittedly, I'm an ice cream freak and I'm sure you've been able to figure that out if you are a regular reader of the blog.  A while back, I was in the store hunting down the elusive Schweddy Balls ice cream and since I had a coupon that gave me $1 off two pints of Ben & Jerry's, I decided to make the second pint be Ben & Jerry's Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream Ice Cream because I have never had tried it before.  I've read countless reviews of this flavor and most of them gush over it, but I just kind of figured it was overrated because of the Stephen Colbert connection and due to that, I never really had a desire to try it.  Standing in the freezer section and staring at the available flavors, I figured it was finally time to see if the hype was worth it.  This was picked up at Walmart for $3.29 for the pint.  It's 270 calories per serving (four servings per pint), so it carries the weight (pun intended) of "premium" ice creams in the caloric chart.