east village idiot

“Tasty” Is a Relative Term

February 27, 2008 – 2:08 pm

For some reason that remains unexplained, a box of Sugar-Free Tastykakes ended up in our office kitchen today.

This product sounds mighty tempting, until you look at the sheer size of the list of ingredients on the side.

Sure, you can’t read any of those. But trust me, any product that requires 13 lines of ingredients can’t possibly be good for you.

But this is supposed to be good for you! There’s no sugar! 140 calories per serving (serving size: one cupcake). They’re called Sensables! They must be sensible. Or sensable. Whatever that means.

They’re completely sensible, if you enjoy eating a hunk of chocolate-flavored sponge cake that barely tastes like chocolate. You might be better off eating a sponge. These were less “Tastykakes” and more “Pastykakes.” And the cream-filled middle? It’s so small that I had to take two bites just to get to it. That’s a travesty.

Instead of selling crappy healthier versions of a product, why don’t we just cut down on the product size? I bought a pack of Tastykakes a couple weeks ago that had 3 Peanut Butter Kandykakes in them, and shared them with two friends. That’s a hell of a lot more sensible than pretending to enjoy eating a piece of brown sponge. 

Side Note: While researching Tastykakes, I decided to Google Tastykakes…

But apparently, only computer hackers eat tiny chocolate-coated, creme-filled sponge cakes.