Fitness Romance SagaTasting! Tastykake Dark Chocolate Kandy Kakes
June 2nd, 2010 • 23 Comments | Leave a Comment »
Just because a junk food crap company slaps some “dark chocolate” on the label, does that give you free license to eat it?
Well, ya. Because I’m not the boss of you. You can eat whatever the hell you want.
Go on. Be a junk food heathen. Eat the Tastykake Dark Chocolate Kandy Kakes and soak in all the health benefits of the darkness. I only ate a few bites. That was all I needed to make a professionally-infused recommendation to you all.
It doesn’t have the sharp bold taste of the high quality stuff, but still succeeds at leaving that annoying dark chocolate aftertaste that really pisses me off. Dark Kandy Kake is nothing like the original. It’s not smooth and creamy, and it completely drowns out the peanut butter flavor.
If you insist on heathen-howling into the wind until your next junk food fix, go right on ahead and eat the Dark Kandy Kake. But you’ll be eating it alone. I don’t want this crap.
…and no, just like all junk food that contains dark chocolate, the cacao percentage is NOT listed on the package.
KANDY KAKE NOTES
- Price Paid: $2.59 on sale
- Serving Size: 2 cakes
- Calories: 180
- Fat Calories: 100
- Total Fat: 11g
- Sat. Fat: 6g
- Sodium: 65mg
- Carbs: 20g
- Fiber: 2g
- Sugars: 13g
- Protein: 3g
REACTIONS FROM THE TASTE TEST CREW
Health-hater Husband: Why did you buy this? You know I’m trying to lose weight.
Greedy Kid #1: Hope it’s good….oh yeah, it’s good. I love dark chocolate. This is better than the regular Kake.
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Tricia June 2nd, 2010 at 23:40
Greedy Kid #1 knows the score! I loves me some dark chocolate. BUT CARBS! Must resist…carbs.
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Jenn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) June 3rd, 2010 at 2:32
I love dark chocolate, too, but I dunno… when I want junk food I usually want it to be 100% empty calories, LOL. I had Tasty Kakes once and I wasn’t impressed. I like Drake’s and Hostess though, and of course, the LITTLE DEBBIL!
Jenn
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Josie Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:22 am
Drakes? Hostess? Little Debbils? I’m impressed with your junk food crap faithfulness. You just earned 10 points.
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Kelly, The Glass Dragonfly June 3rd, 2010 at 2:45
I have lived in four states so far and have never run into a Tastykake. I am going to pretend that they aren’t that good and that I’m not missing a thing…yeah. I do love dark chocolate though.
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Michelle @ EatingJourney June 3rd, 2010 at 5:32
what does the dinosaur taste like?
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Josie Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:20 am
if you look real close, baby dino has a bandage on his leg from my teeth gnawing in. dino meat tastes like a cross between goat giblets and hyena hooves. very tasty!
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Eunice Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:20 am
Josie! Dino’s are endangered! You shouldn’t be chewing on his leg
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Josie Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:17 pm
we must chew on them before they chew on us. duh!
Jessica @ How Sweet June 3rd, 2010 at 6:44
The dino prop is my favorite part.
I’ve never been on for tasty cake or little debbie treats. Thankfully.
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amanda June 3rd, 2010 at 7:35
I resist buying these because they will be gone in one drunkin’ night of fun. lol
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Erin June 3rd, 2010 at 8:29
Haven’t had these in a while. There’s a lot of fat in them and carbs. No junk food cakes for me.
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Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly June 3rd, 2010 at 9:46
I have never even heard of those before. But I RARELY go down the aisles in the grocery store so they could be right there in plain sight and I would have no idea. But in just looking at the nutritional statistics they don’t seem worth it to me!
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ActiveEggplant June 3rd, 2010 at 10:23
I absolutely LOVE your reviews (all of your posts really)! It’s always a happy day when I see a new one in my google reader. You’ve definitely got a way with words. Thanks for the laughs and great info on what to eat and what NOT to eat!
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Yum Yucky Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Hey, Eggy! I really appreciate that…. wait, is that an Eggplant doin’ the hoola hoop??
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Eunice June 3rd, 2010 at 10:23
Yea, those “kakes” don’t look all that impressive. Thanks for taking one for the team and trying them, Yucky!
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marisa n June 3rd, 2010 at 13:38
Ugh, I’d rather waste my empty calories on a great bakery cookie or cupcake. Sure one would cost the same as an entire box of Tasty Kraps but the taste would be so much better. I stopped buying all that little debbie hostess crap a long time ago. They never lasted very long in my presence ergo, not a good idea for me to buy them. Although I did purchase a box of lil debs while in Georgia a year ago because they had a ton of different “flavors” not sold in CA and I wanted to do a taste test of my own. The result was less than satisfactory.
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Yum Yucky Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Tasty Kraps? that’s a good one.
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merri June 3rd, 2010 at 15:33
I have never heard of such a thing as a tastykake or kandykake or whatever those things are. I see they have peanutbutter which is a no-no in my house. I do like dark chocolate though, better than milk chocolate.
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Joe June 3rd, 2010 at 16:16
At first glance I thought it said NastyKake.
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Yum Yucky Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Darn, why didn’t I think to use “NastyKake” in my title
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Sparkina Reply:
October 12th, 2010 at 4:11 am
@Joe, NastyKake! Sounds like the name of an all-girl punk band from the 70s. The NastyKakes
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jperonto June 3rd, 2010 at 20:54
This post is great timing because I’ve been craving swiss cake rolls and ho hos! I can’t wait to get my hands on one, but I know it’s probably not going to be as good as I remember. What’s the best cream filled little debbie/hostess/whatever dessert to you guys?
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Josie Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Drakes Devil Dogs. that are very evil to make me drool for them. But I never give in.
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