Review of Bakers Treat Peanut Butter Wafers

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.