It has been a long time since I posted. Perhaps, I mark this
return to this site with a food review vengeance, or I return to my self-
imposed exile and mutter my good and bad food tasting experiences to my dog,
cat or anyone willing to lend an ear. Nevertheless I am going to give you the
quick and dirty on my latest trial with Baker’s Treat Peanut Butter
Wafers. First of all, peanut butter
wafers (or Nutty Bars) are a guilty pleasure of mine. I prefer this sweet post
lunch dessert over any commercially made cookie such as Oreos, Famous Amos or
even the girl scout thin mint. Nutty
bars have a whole lot of goodness going on, all in every bite.
Let’s see..numerous thin
wafers hit with layers of peanut butter all to be pressed together before the
final dunk in a chocolate coating; pure magic. Probably the only peanut butter
chocolate combination better than this is the Reese’s sticks, which
coincidentally also has a wafer base.
I usually have one standby peanut butter wafer brand; Little
Debbie. Little Debbie is the benchmark of this delectable treat. I have had the
Hostess peanut butter wafer ,but that was many moons ago and that product is
not as prevalent in the local stores. In addition to these two Nutty Bar
competitors, there is also a third option, Bakers Treat Peanut Butter Wafers
sold at Aldi.
The Baker’s Treat box contains 12 bars as they are sold two
bars in mini packages. To the naked eye, these bars look suspiciously close to
the competitors Little Debbie and Hostess. Unfortunately, that is pretty much
where the competition ends.
First bite reveals a similar crunch and texture of Little
Debbie, but leaves the taste buds demanding more peanut butter and chocolate. I
get more flavor of dry wafer than anything else. The chocolate coating must be sprayed on with
chocolate coloring because it is barely detectable. Peanut butter also very
skimpy (not skippy).
The price of a box of Baker’s Treat Peanut Butter Wafers is
a really low $.99. Meh. Take that dollar and add another seventy five cents and
upgrade to the Little Debbie box. Your taste buds will thank you.
