Kraft Dinner Crackers Original

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I love to snack – well sort of, I like snacking but tend to crave carbohydrates more than more sensible items like fruit or veggies.  At Wal-Mart the other day I saw Kraft Dinner Crackers on the shelf and 2 for $5.00 (CDN) thought it was a good deal so I picked up two boxes.

Nutrition Facts

27 grackers or about 20 grams contains 100 calories, 4.5g of fat of which 1.0g is saturated and 5mg of cholesterol.  There is a lot of salt, 180mg and 12g of carbs with 1g coming form sugars and 2g of protein.

Very little calcium (2%) and Iron (6%) but no other vitamins as shown on the package.

Overall I thought that the taste was OK – definately not like the Macaroni and Cheese but a lot like those fish shaped crackers some kids like to eat.

Because of the salt, you may feel thirsty after having a few of these – which is good, just down it with water and not something else.

Don’t ask me about texture since I don’t pay a lot of attention to that but they do like macaroni as in KD Mac and Cheese.

The problem with these is that counting out 27 and sticking to it might be hard – they are filling and it is a good snack but may not be enough to hold you back from devouring the entire box!  You may want to pick-up the individual serving sized packages – that way you get the feeling you’re having a lot when in fact you are having just the right amount.

Something else that I liked about these crackers is that there is no after-taste — as I sometimes find with other crackers.

An alternative to these might be regular crackers with light cream cheese on them or any other type of light cheese.  In fact you could make a mini-tray out of some simple ingredients:

• Whole wheat or other high fibre crackers
• Lite cheddar cheese
• Mixed pickled vegetables
• Turkey slices

Eventhough 27 crackers may not be all that satisfying the fat content is relatively low and calories are low to make this a great snack.

You can read more about this Kraft product by visiting the page for this item at http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/Products/J-L/KraftDinnerCrackers.aspx.

Here is the spot that they ran for the crackers, courtesy of YouTube.

Enjoy!

Mohamed