Sweet & Salty Snack: Popcorn with Chocolate drizzle

I’ve been on a popcorn kick lately. Admittedly plain 94% fat free popcorn can get boring after a while … so I’m always looking for ways to “spice it up”. To make it interesting, I’ve done savory popcorn and sweet popcorn. Typically when I want sweeter popcorn I incorporate chocolate to it. This way I can conquer that sweet and salty vibe I occasionally look for.

I popped up a single serve bag of Jolly Time 94% fat free popcorn (which is equal to roughly 3 ½ cups). After it was popped I drizzled it with 1 tablespoon of sugar free chocolate syrup. I could use 2 tablespoons but I find the sugar free syrup is a little tarter than the original, so 1 tablespoon is more than enough so it doesn’t become overpowering.

It’s filling, delicious and overall simple.  The greatest part is the whole dessert is only 3 points plus values! Score!

QUESTION:

How do you jazz up your microwave popcorn?

Quaker Popped Sweet & Salty Rice Snacks

While at Walmart I picked up a bag of these Quaker Popped Sweet and Salty Rice Cakes – which have a mixture of caramel corn and cheddar rice cake snacks in them.  I was surprised that I really quite enjoyed these.  At first it was a little odd – but it was really quite yummy.  Its two classic Quaker Rice Cake flavors mixed together to create a unique experience for your taste buds.  The cheddar crisps are the staple rice cake in a mild cheddar flavoring whereas the caramel corn is a classic rice cake encased in a sweet caramel casing.

There are 14 crisps in a serving which isn’t bad and would be a lot easier to only eat the 14 if you proportioned your snack ahead of time.  I’m not the biggest fan of cheddar snacks, but these were palatable.  One thing I would really love to see from Quaker would be a caramel corn and chocolate mixture – now THAT would be right up my alley!

A serving of these is 3 points plus for the 14 crackers.

QUESTION:

Have you tried any Quaker rice cake snacks? If so, what’s your favorite flavor?