Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Tahitian Vanilla Caramels

Whenever I'm in a chocolate or candy mood ... I find myself gravitating towards with Trader Joe's has to offer. There's something about the quality of the confection that comes out of the store that leaves my taste buds happy. Since I tend to enjoy caramels I was intrigued when I spotted a bag of Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Tahitian Vanilla Caramels. So of course they had to come home with me.

 

The bag describes them as "Creamy vanilla caramels covered with premium dark chocolate". Admittedly, I'm not a huge dark chocolate fan ... but what I was buying these for was the caramel, not the chocolate. I cracked open the bag to share with my mother and ate a few and was not impressed. Truthfully, I did not like them. They were what I would call ... power house vanilla (and I like vanilla) while also maintaining a certain level of saltiness. The caramel was very, very soft and not really chewy. It was coated in a semi-thick coating of dark chocolate. My mother enjoyed them, so I happened to give her the whole bag because I had my fair share after a few pieces.

 

A bag is a serving, which is 270 calories or 7 points plus values.

Delish Mini Velvets

I popped into Walgreen’s to pick up a few things and I remembered seeing some Delish items featured on Instagram.  I’m a big Trader Joe’s fan and I decided to pick up the Delish versions of a few items if they struck my eye.  I decided to hold off on a few things, but this is one pack of snacks I picked up because it was different.  Incase you are wondering, the Delish brand is a Walgreen’s only brand.

I purchased a bag of Mini Velvets which are basically miniature red velvet cake bites.  The package describes them as dark drizzled & creamy white covered red velvet caramels.  Even though the bag lists them as caramels, I didn’t pick up a caramel flavor.  It was more like an ooey gooey red velvet square encased in chocolate. I personally found them to be too sweet for my liking so I only ate one (which is half a serving size).  I wasn’t a fan and will not be purchasing these again.  My boyfriend on the other hand thought they were good.

Points plus wise a serving size of 2 is 4 points plus values.  If you decide to have one it would be 2 points plus values.

If you like red velvet and you like a soft caramel-like texture, then you’d perhaps like these. But if you don’t like cake, sweet or a chewy caramel-like texture, then these definitely would not be for you.

QUESTION:

Have you tried any Delish snacks/desserts?