Vitalicious Super Sampler, 2-Ounce Units (Pack of 24)

by Vitalicious

Product Features

• Pack of 24, 2-ounce units (total of 48 ounces)
• Tasty alternative to cereals and bars
• Low fat, high in fiber with 15 vitamins and minerals
• All natural ingredients

Product Description

"Tasty alternative to cereals and bars- No time for cereal this morning? Tired of chewing yet another nutritional bar, but still want the healthy benefits without the fat & calories? VitaTops are only 100 Calories, low fat, high in fiber and fortified with 15 vitamins and minerals – pop one in the toaster & enjoy the fresh-baked muffin flavor you crave. About Us: Vitalicious® Foods Inc. is the market leader of innovative “vital and delicious” baked goods that promote a healthy lifestyle, without sacrificing taste. First to market with 100-calorie servings, Vitalicious® is leading the way to a holistic approach to maximize satisfaction with minimum calories, with products that are low fat and high in fiber and nutrients. Vitalicious® has created a unique triangle of need-satisfaction (All-Natural ingredients + Nutraceuticals + Weight Management), the only baked-goods company in this niche.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B001DEX99Q
• UPC: 826246112006
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #60 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Breads & Bakery

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vitallciios Makes My Breafast!, March 6, 2009

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C. Evans (Frederick, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vitalicious Super Sampler, 2-Ounce Units (Pack of 24) (Grocery)

I am not a fan of "diet foods" so I was skeptical about this product but after looking at the impressive nutritional stats, I decided to give them a try. I am so glad that I did, they make breakfast something to look forward to and make a nice snack as well. I am a type II diabetic and control my blood sugar through diet and exercise alone keeping my carbs low in order to do this. A regular muffin spikes my blood sugar and leaves me hungry. These muffins contain a reasonable amount of carbs and a healthy dose of fiber and protein to help sustain you until your next meal. If you are a Weight Watcher, you know that it is rare to find a one point food that is both filling and enjoyable.

I've tried cranbran, double chocolate, and sugar-free banana nut and like them all. In truth the banana nut is a little dry but still enjoyable. If you compare these to bakery muffins, you'll be disappointed but then you must consider that a bakery muffin can have 700 calories and 25 grams or more of fat. If you compare vitamuffins to other healthy bake goods, they are superb. I highly recommend this product and encourage you to try it.

81 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Real Review of Vitalicious Vitatops (Brownies & Muffintops), October 15, 2009

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Jane Tompkins - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vitalicious Super Sampler, 2-Ounce Units (Pack of 24) (Grocery)

I am a sweet-aholic. That's my main downfall when it comes to eating healthy, that and portion control. I love chocolate and decided to one day google "healthiest chocolate" and stumbled across Vitalicious products. People were making them seem like they were the best things on Earth-- "taste just like regular muffins and brownies, but just healthy PLUS they could be walked off in 13 minutes." All of that made me happy, and despite the huge pricetag I decided to purchase these babies anyway.

To make my review more useful I've decided to eat 1-2 daily and post my opinions on each flavor as I eat them (so this will be updated until I review each flavor), and rate them out of 5. (To give you an idea of my "sweet-tooth" taste palette- I really really love chocolate, my favorite desserts are probably chocolate cake (devils food) with vanilla frosting, hot apple pie and vanilla ice cream, and brownie and ice cream. I love chocolate chip cookies, I'm a fan of most candy bars, I enjoy pizza hut cinnamon sticks and krispy kreme doughnuts (even though I don't get to eat these things anymore- I love them :-) ).

CONTENTS of SUPER SAMPLER: 2 MultiBran, 2 BlueBran, 2 Banana Nut, 2 CranBran, 2 AppleBerry, 2 Golden Corn, 4 VitaBrownies, 2 Double Chocolate, 2 Double Chocolate Dream, 2 Chocolate Fig, 2 Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip.

1. Vitabrownies: (2/5) Taste more like a cake that was made with apple sauce instead of oil and splenda instead of real sugar and egg whites instead of the full eggs. There's a little sweetness there, but does not compare in anyway to a real brownie. This is the first one I ate from the package... when the FeDex truck came and dropped the package off I literally went straight to the kitchen opened the box took out one brownie and put the rest in the freezer. I ate a piece, then warmed the rest up for about 30 seconds. The brownie just wasn't that moist, there were sections of moistness and it looked moist, but it just didn't hit the spot like I wanted. However, because of all the fiber it did leave me sorta full or satisfied afterwards (I ate it with a bottle of water).

2. Banana Nut: (3/5) Banana nut is my favorite type of muffin and I deem this particuar vitalicious banana nut as a healthier version of a healthy banana nut muffin. Familiar taste and could curb a banana nut bread fanatic's craving.. its okay.

3. Deep Chocolate: (5/5) This was pretty good, I'm sure its the best one of them all, but it still didn't hit the spot quite like I thought it would given the GREAT reviews everyone has written. The sections in the muffin top with the chocolate chips were the best b/c the chocolate chips are great, but there's only like 4 chips in the whole muffin top. What I'm fighuring now, after eating this one is that these are the type of food that you probably grow to love- like if you were determined to lose weight and/or eat right then you would just learn to love this and they would satisfy your cravings for sweets especilly if you aren't a sweetaholic like me. Also the Deep Chocolate tasted more like a brownie than the Vitabrownies which I found surprising. ****(Changed to 4.5/5 after eating for the second time, changed to 5/5 after eating these alot more)

4. Blueberry (BlueBran): (1/5) You know the taste of plain oats- when you just add water. This is how this taste- with a teasppon of sugar in the mix. It's plain, very plain and I honestly feel like I'm just wasting calories. As I sit here, eating this, writing to you guys I am now 100% positive that these vitalicious products are meant for people with very mild sweet toothes who don't really like sweets, but want something sweet and healthy every now and again. I would rather use 250 calories and eat a real 3 Musketeers bar than to only use 100 and eat something that doesnt even taste good. This is my 2nd day and fourth muffin and I honestly want to send back the box. I can appreciate the nutrients in each item though, but hey that's what Bolthouse Farms drinks are for. I know its easier to make an extremely healthy tasty drink than it is to make a healthy tasty baked good, but I really thought that Vitalicious was going to be the Bolthouse Farms of the sweets/chocolate world... I was so wrong.

Though I planned to post the review after eating them all, I think I'll post it now (10.15.09) because I honestly am just going to "charge it to the game"- meaning I wasted [...] to taste test, but I'll look at it as a sacrifice for others who are thinking about buying them. I will very randomly eat the rest... and just add the reviews of their taste as I eat (provided that i actually eat another one again). I am honestly just very disaapointed- I thought I wouldnt have to buy anything sweet for atleast 2 weeks, now I'm somewhat going back to the drawing board.

Conclusion: At 36 bucks(...) 1.50(...) per brownie/muffin top) I think that it's not worth it. For me, with my budget, I'm better off buying the 100-calorie packs in the store and just leaving them in the car if I don't think I can control myself to eat just one. Atleast with the 100-calorie packs you get 6 for about (...) (0.67 per pack) and if you have coupons you can get it or less than that. But again, I know that its hard to control yourself with the 100-calorie packs because they're just so darn tasty.... Vitalicious products will definitely make it easier to exhibit self control since they're fiber rich and not extremely tasty-- they're more like "just tasty enough". **(Please check my FINAL CONCLUSION at the bottom).

Other random notes:
- I do not suggest buying this particular sampler, if you buy anything buy the chocolate sampler- the chocolate flavors are the best and will grow on you overtime- this has happened to me. It's still no Betty Crocker or Hershey's chocolate, but it grows on you. The key is warming them up at exactly the right number of seconds.
- I think these may be better to a person who loves muffins- the texture the taste. I do love a great muffin, but I don't eat them everyday for breakfast like some people. If you're the kind of person that blows about 500-600 calories on a muffin every morning than this is probably a more fitting healthy alternative for you.
- I still don't get how all their products are getting such high reviews, I guess the people who don't like them aren't really saying much. Don't get me wrong I do think this is a great product- all those vitamins and just 100 calories- ist great, but it's great for someon who doesn't really eat a whole lot of sweets anyway not for someone who has an extreme sweet tooth like me.
- If for some reason these do begin to grow on me after a few more days/weeks, I promise to come back and tell you guys... b/c this just may be one of the products that has to grow on you.
- I gave the product 2 stars, but I really wanted to just give it 1. But I figured the Vitalicious lovers would be too mad at me if I gave their beloved product one. So I settled with two because of that and because they are filled with vitiamins and what not.



**UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE (updates below)****:

5. Fudgy Peanut Buter Chip: (2/5) This was okay. The peanut butter taste was watered down... chocolate was bland. There is nothing and I mean nothing "fudgy" about this.

6. Double Chocolate Dream: (4/5). Ummmm, well, as I sit here eating this tasty chocolate treat, I'm scratching my head trying to figure out- is this bland vitalicious chocolate growing on me-- or does this one really taste good? I took this out the freezer, warmed it up for 30 seconds, opened the microwave and it smelled like chocolate milk... this was interesting. Grabbed my smoothie, sat down and begin to eat.... and you guys, this is the best one so far. This actually taste like a box chocolate cake that you just added a little too much water into. Whatever they added in this one they need to do to the rest. Double Chocolate Dream will actually curb a chocolate craving.

- I ate another Vitabrownie and guys after the 3rd one they're beginning to grow on me. And you know what eating like 2-3 of these a day actually makes you eat less- its weird. You're just less hungry I've been calculating my calories and though I was thinking I was eating 1600 or so calories a day. I've actually been eating more like 800-1200 (max) and I think its the vitabrownies and muffins that are helping... and all the protein I eat--- like tuna and salmon. That combined with my smoothies and bolthouse farm drinks and water.

7. Appleberry: (2/5). I'll say it again all of Vitalicious's bran products taste like watered down oats with a drop of sugar. If you're big on plain granola and plain oats and similar foods then you'll like them otherwise it very barely satisfies a sweet tooth. The apple smell is nice, I just wish it was more present... like I wish it had a apple-cinnamon type taste.

8. CranBran: (1/5). (read above review). Very plain taste. Can I give a 0/5? Is that fair... Idk, these Brans probably deserve 0 out of 5.

9. Chocolate Fig: (2/5). I'm not big on figs, and actually I feel like chewy snacks in breaded/crunchy sweets are unnecessary- like raisins. So since I had to remove the figs, this wasn't my favorite. The chocolate was okay... sort of bland because there's no chocolate chips to make it moist. (meant for those who can enjoy both chocolate and fig newtons)

- I ate another Deep Chocolate... and mm mmm good! The Vitalicious chocolate taste is growing on me. I think these may taste better after frozen for 2 or more days then warmed up at 30 seconds. Deep Chocolate just may be better than Double Chocolate Dream... it may deserve a 4/5, hmmm.

- I have suggestions for Vitalicious... put more chocolate chips... Read more ›

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a healthy eaters sinful delight, August 9, 2009

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Holly K. Lee (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vitalicious Super Sampler, 2-Ounce Units (Pack of 24) (Grocery)

These are the best tasting low calorie, fiber rich items I have been able to find. Each variety is rich and decadant, while at the same time very filling. They are really easy to just throw in a purse or a briefcase and it will be delicious and on hand when someone walks into the office with a box full of doughnuts. Trust me, you will be glad that you came prepared.

If you want to try these before buying a lot of them, you can find them in the freezer section of most grocery stores. Frequently they are stocked near the Amy's Organic Meals. The grocery stores typically only have 1 or two varieties, so once you try them its best to order online.

Must try item!