Nabisco 100-Calorie Packs Vs, Keebler Right Bites

Everyone likes a snack once in awhile, even dieters. So the advent of the 100-calorie snack is a welcome addition to the snack food aisle. In my household, they've become a pantry staple, great not only for myself but also as additions to my son's lunchbox. It's nice to know that when I send him to school with one of those little packs he's not consuming 300 calories in one handful of cookies. The key players in this snack aisle drama are Keebler's Right Bites and Nabisco's 100-calorie packs. Both offer smaller variations of some of their most popular snacks. But which one is the better buy, and which one matches the original products taste?

I've personally tried several of the different variations offered by each company. Nabisco certainly comes out on top as far as varieties available. In addition to popular cookies and crackers like Chips Ahoy!, Oreo and Ritz Chips, they offer 100-calorie pudding cups and instant cappuccino.

While I can't vouch for the pudding or cappuccino, I can say that all of the different Nabisco 100-calorie Packs that I've tried (Lorna Doone, Teddy Grahams, Wheat Thins Chips, Ritz Chips, Cheese Nips, Chips Ahoy and Oreo) have the exact same flavor as the original product except for 1. The 100-calorie Oreo cookies just don't come close. Essentially they're chocolate graham crackers with little white sugary sprinkles on them - and the sprinkles don't add anything to the product. There is no "white stuff" and the cookie lacks the dark richness of an Oreo cookie. It's a tasty snack, to be sure, but if you want an Oreo it's just not going to satisfy your craving. Conversely, the Keebler Right Bites products that I've sampled (Cheeze-it, Grasshopper, Chips Delux, Fudge Stripes & Pecan Sandies) have all tasted precisely like the products they were meant to mimic.