Sweaty Robot

How does a guy like me end up with a snack like this? The snack machine at work. Here’s the story: I walk up to the snack machine looking for Veggie Crisps.

Alas, not a Veggie Crisp to be found. (For more on this snack, check out Podcast #13.) I didn’t feel like eating pretzels, so I checked for another healthy snack option. That’s when I zero in on the Wheatables.

Number A: Wheat. Gotta be healthy.
Second: It says Baked. Gotta be good for me.
Next on the List: There was something else deceiving. I don’t remember what it was.

Anyways, I get the snack and check out the Stats.

NINE (9) grams of fat and 200 calories. Doritos: 7g and 140.

Okay, here’s a problem. Doritos doesn’t tell you it’s healthy. It doesn’t want to be. Sure, they’re saying they have 0g Trans Fats on the package lately, but everyone know what they’re getting into with a Dorito.

It’s a snack, it’s bad. It’s arguably the best snack chip there is.

Wheatables on the other hand. Who knows?! It’s prancing around pretending to be healthy and it’s all trickery and lies.

Who makes this salty snack cracker treat? KEEBLER!! That’s what you get when little elves make your crackers. They make it with cookie stats! Come on!

As for how they taste? Delicious actually. As they should for the ridiculously high fatty, salty, caloric content! I’m not buying them again. Also, there was a pretty good amount in there for a 50 cent snack pack. They’re a little bit greasy for a cracker. If your mom put them out for a party, I’d eat them.

Really, I’d rather have these:

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