{"id":134,"date":"2005-01-31T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2005-01-31T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:41:11","slug":"chocolate-cookie-dough-slim-fast-optima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/31\/chocolate-cookie-dough-slim-fast-optima\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Cookie Dough Slim-Fast Optima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/optima.jpg\" alt=\"Slim-Fast Optima\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For something so small, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surprised Slim-Fast could fit so much into their Chocolate Cookie Dough Optima meal bar.<\/p>\n<p>How did they fit over 22 vitamins and minerals into such a small bar?  Look how much stuff they had to fit in there:  Sodium, Potassium, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Biotin, Phosphorus, Iodine, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Chromium, and Molybdenum.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure they could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve crammed more of the periodic table into it, but Lead (Pb) could kill us and Gold (Au) looks the same going out as it does going in.  (Sorry, too many experiences with Goldschlager.)<\/p>\n<p>Actually, now that I think about, if anyone could concentrate a whole meal into something the size of a candy bar, it would be Slim-Fast.  After all, they did fit a meal into a can with their delicious and nutritious shakes that I would drink once at breakfast, once at lunch, and then eat a sensible dinner, during my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153husky\u00e2\u20ac\u009d years.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I was curious to try the Chocolate Cookie Dough Slim-Fast Optima bar, not because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a sucker for things that are cookie dough flavored, but because I wanted to know if I could eat ONLY an Optima bar for lunch and be satisfied.  After all, they call it a MEAL bar.<\/p>\n<p>Below the wrapper, the Optima bar looked like and smelled like a regular chocolate candy bar.  When I took a bite, it was soft, like I was eating a 3 Musketeers, except with chocolate chips in it.  (Damn, that sounds good.  Someone should do that with the actual 3 Musketeers.)<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t as sweet as a 3 Musketeers, but it was pretty good for something with the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Slim-Fast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d printing on it.<\/p>\n<p>Now eating it was the easy part, but making it the only thing I could eat for a meal, that was hard.<\/p>\n<p>It was hard because, seriously, who gets full after eating a candy bar?<\/p>\n<p>I think Slim-Fast has this whole serving size thing wrong.  <\/p>\n<p>They should make the serving sizes bigger and have it contain the same amount of nutrients as their bars and shakes.  I figure if Slim-Fast could cram over 22 vitamins and minerals into a four-inch long candy bar, they could easily spread it out into something bigger.<\/p>\n<p>Why do this?  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=theimpulsivbu-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B0007CG7O4&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000ff&#038;bc1=&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=ffffff&#038;f=ifr\" width=\"120\" height=\"240\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"float:left;padding-right:10px;border:none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Think about it.  After you eat a small candy bar, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably say to yourself, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That was good, but it was so small.  I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have another.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>However, what if that candy bar was now the size of a pie?<\/p>\n<p>If you eat a whole pie, unless you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re competing in a pie-eating contest, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re probably going to think, while dry heaving, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, damn!  I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe I ate a whole frickin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pie.  Dude, if I eat anymore I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna puke.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Mentally and physically, a pie will satisfy a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hunger much better than a candy bar.  Unless they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re morbidly obese or have a very serious case of the munchies.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, fifteen minutes after consuming the Chocolate Cookie Dough Optima bar, I was hungry again and thought about eating the second Optima bar I bought.  I thought that maybe two bars would be able to satisfy my hunger.<\/p>\n<p>However, just as I was about to open the second Optima bar, I fortunately noticed the following words on the wrapper:  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Excess consumption may have a laxative effect.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>After reading that, I placed the Optima bar back into the cabinet and I no longer had the urge to eat anything else.<\/p>\n<p>So I guess just one Optima bar WAS enough for lunch.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b> Chocolate Cookie Dough Slim-Fast Optima<br \/>\n<b>Purchase Price:<\/b>  $1.49 (on sale)<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  3 out of 5<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  22 Vitamins &#038; Minerals.  Meal replacement.  Chocolate.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Excess consumption may have a laxative effect\u00e2\u20ac\u009d warning in nice big, bold letters.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Kind of small.  Excess consumption may have a laxative effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For something so small, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surprised Slim-Fast could fit so much into their Chocolate Cookie Dough Optima meal bar. How did they fit over 22 vitamins and minerals into such a small bar? Look how much stuff they had to fit in there: Sodium, Potassium, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin D, Vitamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[2255],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-misc-foods"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34193,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/15\/spotted-1-15-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":134,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED &#8211; 1\/15\/2019","author":"Marvo","date":"January 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by your fellow readers. 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