' I’m going to try to make reviews of food, and things related to food, a regular part of this blog. At least once a week, you’ll find a review of some kind. This week, I’m going to be taking a look at one of Nabisco’s 100 Calorie Packs products – the Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookie Crisps.
In the past, I’ve always tried to look at the economy of products. Buy in bulk and you save money. However, you may have noticed that when you do buy in bulk, you use those things up faster simply because you have more. That’s certainly the case when it comes to cookies and other snacks. Buying in bulk doesn’t save you anything if you’re eating too much. We’ve decided we’ll spend a bit more on something if it means it has built in portion control. For me, being able to grab a single packet of something is great – it’s a single serving. For the kids, it’s great because they get to eat an entire package of cookies.
So, like the millions of other people, we’ve been buying the 100 calorie packs. We’ve tried several of them, but my favorite of the second is the Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookie Crisps. First of all, they look adorable. Little individual shortbread cookies about the size of a nickle. Don’t ask me how many of them are in the package, I don’t know, but it’s the perfect amount for a little treat, and it’s only 100 calories. There’s enough of them, however, that it makes me think “wow, there’s still some in the pack” if I eat them one at a time.
I don’t know why they call them crisps. Probably simply for marketing purposes, but I love the fact I get to eat a handful of mini-cookies. I’ve never had the regular Lorna Doone shortbreads, but the 100 calories crisps taste wonderful. They’re definitely going to be put on the grocery list again.
