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Rate your favorite fig bar
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5 members have voted
| January 28th, 2020 at 12:27:35 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Fig bars have been a favorite since the 1890s and were one of the earliest commercially baked products in America. Chicago Tribune challenged four major brands (Nabisco, 365 Organic, Newman's Own and Nice!) to a fig bar smackdown, comparing nutrition and texture and taste. The panel consisted of three kids (ages 4-7) and two grown-ups (a mom and a full-time nanny, ages undisclosed). All four brands are 110 calories for a two-cookie serving, although the prices differ substantially. Like most people I have been a fan of Nabisco Fig Newtons since birth, and alternatives have been very lacking. But I recently tried one of the three alternatives and was pleasantly surprised. Ranked on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the best. (All packages were 12 ounces.) First place: Newman's Own Fig Newmans (4.5 points, $3.39) From the mouths of babes: "The perfect amount of sweetness and dryness and moistness." "The most flavor." The grown-up take: "Tastes the most like a cookie." Second place: Nabisco Fig Newtons (2.5 points, $4.99) From the mouths of babes: "A little mushy." "Sweet enough, but sort of dry." Grown-ups: "A nice ratio of cookie sandwich to fig filling." Third place: 365 Organic Fig Bars (classic) (2 points, $4.39) From the mouths of babes: "Way too dry. Way." "It hardly even has any taste. Not even fig taste." Grown-ups: "I actually like this. The texture makes you feel like it's healthier." "Sort of lemony." Fourth place: Nice! Low-Fat Fig Bars (1 point, $2.49) From the mouths of babes: "It's like just eating bread." "Is zero a choice?" Grown-ups: "Too cakey and dry." "Too much cookie and not enough fig." |
| January 28th, 2020 at 12:38:35 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5098 | I voted for fig newtons because I never noticed the others I've been known to knock off a whole pack when on a long road trip - the only time I ever eat them though, and about the only time I ever eat anything like a cookie I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| January 28th, 2020 at 1:06:45 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | My mom put them in my lunch in the 50's, I threw them away because they tasted awful to me. Shudder.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| January 28th, 2020 at 4:46:57 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18756 |
I could eat them, but it just seemed like a bad substitute for a cookie. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| January 28th, 2020 at 6:10:48 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | forget texture and taste; look solely at nutrition! |
| January 28th, 2020 at 6:30:10 PM permalink | |
| Mosca Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 22 Posts: 730 |
They were okay, but I was one of those kids that ate everything. If they weren’t there I wasn’t asking for them either. And I haven’t had them in probably 50 years. |
| January 28th, 2020 at 9:51:05 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
They had these little seeds that got stuck between my teeth. I didn't like the outer part so I would peel it off and just eat the filling. Until I gave up on them. Never cared for Oreos either. Creme wafers were OK.  If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| January 28th, 2020 at 10:17:51 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I didn't know Fig Newtons had any serious competition. When I was in 5th grade or so there was an urban legend going around that they were made of worms. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 29th, 2020 at 12:03:18 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I remember that. Turns out they do have wasp worms in them. No wonder I found them inedible. Fig trees only bear fruit thanks to something called a fig wasp. The wasps are born inside the figs, and when the females hatch, they crawl out to find a new fig in which they can lay their own eggs. Watch this at your own risk: If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| January 29th, 2020 at 2:53:35 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I did not know that, nor does it bother me. Our bodies are crawling with microscopic bugs. It's completely natural. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |