Monday, December 14, 2009

Snack of the Week: Starbucks Snack-Fulls

Ever since Starbucks removed the Perfect Oatmeal+Latte pairing from its value menu over the summer, I have stood fairly firm in my stance of not patronizing them.  Yes, I can hold a grudge.  Seriously.   But because Starbucks is so ubiquitous in this city (and um, everywhere else) there have been a few occasions that I have found myself in a Starbucks in search of caffeine…or a snack. 

Now, I am generally armed and ready with a snack in my MacGyver-like handbag but recently, I was not so prepared and was bordering on hunger induced crankiness.  It was not pretty. I peered into the cooler at the Starbucks that I was near (well, one of the four that I was near) and saw something that vaguely looked like a birdhouse.  Intrigued, I picked it up and discovered that which has become my go-to snack on the go.

snack fulls

It is the Starbuck Snack-Fulls and inside I found:

  • Organic Apple Slices
  • Box of Raisins
  • String Cheese
  • Annie’s Bunny Grahams – Organic & Whole Grain  (my favorite part!!!)
  • Games on the inside of the box!!!

Yes, it is the Starbucks version of the Kid’s Happy Meal and it definitely makes me happy when I am desperately in need of a snack!  It has 270 calories, 10g fat, 9g protein, and 3g fiber.  It’s almost a perfectly balanced snacked  If they could put a veggie into it, it would be perfection.  And at $3.45, well it is fairly affordable as well.  (Yes, it would definitely be cheaper to throw together this same mix at home.)

****Note: There appear to be no pics of the Snack-Full anywhere online and in my hunger induced insanity, I failed to snap one with my Blackberry.  So I took the one above from the Starbucks Twitter Feed (I think).

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