{"id":19050,"date":"2015-09-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19050"},"modified":"2021-01-04T19:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T05:19:41","slug":"review-skippy-p-b-bites-pretzel-and-double-peanut-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/10\/review-skippy-p-b-bites-pretzel-and-double-peanut-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Skippy P.B. Bites (Pretzel and Double Peanut Butter)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Skippy<\/a><\/p>\n

When it comes to peanut butter and the pronunciation of animated internet images, I \u2013 like all of those choosy moms \u2013 always choose Jif. I can\u2019t even remember the last time I had Skippy. In fact, I\u2019m so trained on my Simply Jif; I almost forgot Skippy was even a brand. One might say I skipped\u2026<\/p>\n

Nope, this one is not gonna roll with that cornball pun. Let\u2019s get to the review instead.<\/p>\n

A couple months back, these popped up in the \u201cSpotted on Shelves\u201d section of this site. A commenter named \u201cJETKITTY\u201d mentioned these reminded him or her of the greatest snack in the history of our time \u2013 Planters PB Crisps. Just off that mere mention alone, I made it my life\u2019s mission to track these down. If they were anywhere near the quality of the dearly departed PB Crisps, I would have found the heir apparent to one of my five favorite snacks of all time.<\/p>\n

So do they stack up?<\/p>\n

Drumroll, please\u2026<\/p>\n

No! But they aren\u2019t bad.<\/p>\n

Pretzels and peanut butter are a marriage made in heaven. How could these be bad?<\/p>\n

The peanut butter coating is creamy and not nearly as synthetic as I anticipated it to taste. I was expecting the fake peanut butter type filling from say a Nutter Butter or a Peanut Butter Oreo, but this is really smooth.<\/p>\n

\"Skippy<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a reasonably thick coating, giving each piece a nice balance with the pretzel inside. There\u2019s a brief sweetness to the peanut butter, but once you crunch into the pretzel, it\u2019s gone. That was a tease. Skippy P.B. Bites basically land on the \u201csavory\u201d side of the snack scale. As you eat them, your mouth gets saltier. So if you expect these to be a sugary snack, you might be a bit disappointed.<\/p>\n

Peanut butter on its own isn\u2019t exactly \u201csweet\u201d per se, but I always expect a snack built around it to be really sweet. I needed more of that out of the peanut butter. If it somehow held the brief hint through the entire bite, these would be excellent. All I could think while eating them was how much I\u2019d appreciate a thin layer of chocolate around the outside.<\/p>\n

\"Skippy<\/a><\/p>\n

I dig the shape and \u201cpoppability\u201d of the bites. If they sold a bag of pretzels in this shape, I\u2019d snatch them up, because they\u2019d be fun to eat. You\u2019d think by having a pretzel that small and compact, it would be on the hard side, but these have a really palatable crunch.<\/p>\n

So while they\u2019re not \u201cTop 5 Dead or Alive\u201d like PB crisps, they\u2019re tasty and worth a buy. Just make sure you get the pretzel flavor, because\u2026<\/p>\n

Double Peanut Butter is terrible. While it has the same creamy peanut butter coating, the center has a texture I can barely describe. Once you get past the good peanut butter, you hit a square of hard, gritty chalk-like peanut butter. Have you ever gotten Cookie Dough Bites at the movie theater? Think of the cookie dough inside. Now age that 7 years and give it a considerably worse flavor. That\u2019s what these taste like. The inner peanut butter tastes like a hardened block of sand. Horrible. They shouldn\u2019t exist. <\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – Pretzel<\/b> – 15 pieces \u2013 160 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 300 milligrams of sodium, 13 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of protein. Double Peanut Butter<\/b> – 10 pieces \u2013 160 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 120 milligrams of sodium, 14 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 8 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Skippy P.B. Bites (Pretzel and Double Peanut Butter)
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.98 each
\nSize:<\/b> 6 oz. tub
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10 (Pretzel)
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10 (Double Peanut Butter)
\nPros:<\/b> Creamy peanut butter coating. Shape and size. Tasty pretzels. \u201cPoppability.\u201d Any reason to reminisce about PB Crisps. You can reuse the container should you choose.
\nCons:<\/b> Melts very easily. Double Peanut Butter is awful. \u201cJif\u201d vs. \u201cGif\u201d battles rages on. RIP PB Crisps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to peanut butter and the pronunciation of animated internet images, I \u2013 like all of those choosy moms \u2013 always choose Jif. I can\u2019t even remember the last time I had Skippy. In fact, I\u2019m so trained on my Simply Jif; I almost forgot Skippy was even a brand. 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