Has anyone tried these as snack

[Davo68]

Seen these today in Asda's anyone tried them comments welcome

[AlMorr]

Not tried them but they look a low calories treat, so should be a reasonable healthy meal.

[Pineapple27]

I have tried Aldi's sour cream and onion quinoa bites - they are rather nice. 85 calories a bag.

Aldi also do pea snacks - 87 calories: foodstufffinds.co.uk/2017/0...

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

I just checked the ingredients

Organic Chickpeas* (39%)

Tapioca*

Sunflower Oil*

Cheese Flavoured Seasoning* (9%)

Rice Flour*

Sea Salt

Natural Flavouring

Yeast Powder*

Unrefined Cane Sugar*

Acid: Lactic Acid

Anti-Caking Agent: Calcium Carbonate

Pepper*

Sunflower Oil*

Rice Protein*

and Good Vibes

So the chickpeas only make up 39% of the whole and there's no cheese, just cheese flavouring and "natural" flavouring. Not for me, good vibes or not

[Hidden in reply to BridgeGirl]

I have to agree. I haven't tried these ones but i have had the Aldi Quinoa ones and the pea snack ones.

Skips are the same in calories as these - but you wouldn't say Skips are a healthy snack - so just because they have quinoa or chick pea in the name doesn't mean they are healthy.

Yes - they are a lower calorie alternative to a higher calorie bag of crisps and will likely have less sugar / salt etc - so are "healthier" in that sense ... but you're probably better off with some plain nuts - which will be higher in calories but be natural and be more filling with healthy fats.

[Misslovely in reply to Hidden]

Or alternatively those roasted chickpeas that Hidden makes ! At least they ate what they say they are! 🥰 i have still yet to try them - ill get round to it one day !

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Misslovely]

Forgot to mention them

[Misslovely in reply to BridgeGirl]

I keep meaning to do them and always forget. I have chickpeas in most of the time too! 🙄

[Hidden]

I was given one of these as part of a complementary package at the end of a race. After running my fastest ever 10k I was severely unimpressed with these - really bland and the same texture as dried up expanding foam. But maybe they taste okay in a more leisurely scenario...

[Stoozie in reply to Hidden]

But running a PR 10k tastes sooooo good!

[ozziesmum]

That was one reason why I never tried oven cooked crisps again! I don't even think they were much lower in calories than normal crisps, but they were as dry as dust. Never been a fan of crisps anyway, just needed something to take to a needlework do at Harrogate.

[Hidden]

I dont really like them. I find them a bit tasteless and are really not satisfying. Would rather use the calories on a snack I enjoyed.

[telute]

I quite like them - although the cheese flavour isn't the best. The salt & vinegar ones are pretty good - but as everyone's said they're still crisps so not the best option if you want something healthy. (If you just want crisps then it's worth looking at things like Quavers & French fries which are lower cal.)

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to telute]

Once you build up your meals and get your calories in there, in the form of food, the whole thing of eating between meals will fade away

[Nomoreexcuses 2lbs]

I've tried these a while a go and couldn't even finish the bag it was like eating sawdust....so maybe from a weight loss perspective they work but from a taste point of view they're not for me.