Not wild over Nature’s Path Wildberry Gluten-Free Waffles

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  For me, it really is.  I could eat breakfast for every meal and never grow tired of the vast array of items that are considered “breakfast food.”

While on a recent trip to the grocery store, I noticed that the Nature’s Path Wildberry waffles were on sale in the organic freezer section. What was the kicker was…they are also gluten-free.  Sold.  Sale = Gluten-free = My $$$ in the grocery store.

I was really excited about trying these out, so the following morning, I popped them into a my toaster and eagerly awaited my moment of truth as to how good of a product it was.  The plus side – the waffles smelled amazing as they were toasting up.  I literally could not wait to sink my teeth into one.  I was salivating over the toaster, just waiting on the moment it would pop up.  When it finally did, I snatched them up, tossed them (They were hot! Don’t judge!) onto a plate, and drizzled them with warm (gluten-free) syrup.

The moment of truth had finally arrived.  I used my fork to slice into it, finding it already a huge disappointment with how soggy they were.  Yes.  Soggy.  Like every bit of syrup was soaked into it like a sponge, instead of resting on top and becoming part of the flavor.  What a disappointment.  They tasted okay, but I hated that they were now like mush.  If I wanted to eat mush, I would have made oatmeal or let my cereal sit extra long in my almond milk.

Nature’s Path has a great variety of foods, and even a few gluten-free choices.  The waffles, however, did not live up to expectations.  Which, honestly, was too bad since they would have been absolutely fantastic had they not immediately become soggy.  I hope, in the future, this problem is fixed because I’d love to give them another shot.  When a product smells that delicious it should taste that delicious…but the texture was all wrong on these.