Product: Glenny’s Peanut Caramel Brown Rice Marshmallow Treats – $5.49+
I love to snack.
Who doesn’t? And in the afternoon, I crave something sweet. It never fails. It’s all I really want. And the key to that is to not break the calorie bank in an afternoon snack. I mean…let’s face it. Two hours later and it’s time to make dinner anyway, yes?
Color me excited then when I stumbled across some Brown Rice Marshmallow Treats by Glenny’s. Now, I have a deep admiration for Glenny’s gluten-free goodies. The two different varieties of cookies that I tried from this brand were phenomenal. And those came highly recommended. I had not even been aware that they delved into tasty little snack treats as well, so when I spotted these on the top shelf of the tiny gluten-free section of my grocery store, and realized they were also vegan, then I was S-O-L-D.
I took them home and tossed them into my pantry with my snacks I grab to take to work.
This past week…I ripped open that box and happily placed one in my lunchbox. At work, I kept thinking that when 3:00 hit, I was going to rip into the most fantastic “Rice Krispie” treat ever. I mean…my store only had Glenny’s Peanut Caramel variety. And we all know I could eat peanut butter by the jar (only a spoon required). So…yeah…there was much anticipation.
Snack time rolled around and I pulled it out of my desk and tore open the shiny silver wrapper. What I found was a dry looking block of crispy rice cereal. It smelled distinctly of peanut butter with a hint, and only a hint of caramel. I was disappointed with the size of it too. The wrapper was very misleading as the bar was only about 2/3 the size of it. But…if it tasted better than it looked then we were in business.
But…that was not the case. I ripped off a small bit of it to sample and found that it tasted as dry as it looked. The caramel flavor was really not even there. As for the peanut flavor…there was a hint of it…but you don’t really taste it. In fact, it is really difficult to get past the dryness of the bar itself.
What I liked about it…that it was organic, gluten-free, and vegan. Loved that. I loved that each bar only has 100 calories and is relatively low in sugar content as far as these things go. But the flavor was lacking. There was no luscious caramel and creamy peanut butter flavor in there. They are sweet, yes…but they aren’t knock-me-down delicious. In fact, I didn’t find them delicious at all. I am finally down to my last treat, which I will eat tomorrow at work, and then I will never buy these again. I love that it’s guilt-free, but I hate that it is taste-free.
Glenny’s is fantastic when it comes to gluten-free cookies. But these crispy rice treats are nowhere near that caliber. I was beyond disappointed. Until I get a glowing review of any other flavors of these bars, they won’t grace my pantry or snack shelf again anytime soon.
It’s too bad…because these treats had the potential to be epic.
The Celiathlete 