I am not really a dried fruit person - it's really
give or take for me. But recently I had been looking into dried
pineapple because I've heard how good it is. I picked up a pack of the
large dried pineapple rings but an employee told me she had not tried
those but she loved the Trader Joe's Dried Baby Sweet Pineapple. I decided to go with her recommendation and picked up a bag to try out.
Pineapple is typically one of those fruits I enjoy in
its natural form. Candied pineapple can get too sweet and it's just not
something I look for. With some fruits, when dried, they can become what
I call "fruit leather" which is why I tend to not reach for dried fruit
very often.
When I opened the bag I was slightly
concerned because you can see the core of the pineapple. Typically the
core is hard and not something you attempt to eat in fresh pineapple.
Concerns aside I popped a smaller piece in my mouth and was pleasantly
surprised. The fruit is chewy, sweet, relatively soft and quite
delicious. The core of the pineapple isn't hard. A serving is
also plentiful (particularly if you weigh it out on a food scale). This
can get a little overwhelmingly sweet so I find a few pieces is more
than enough to satisfy the sweet tooth.
A 40g serving (roughly 1/4 of the bag), is 130 calories or 3 points plus values.
