Eat Me Guilt Free Blondie - Review

I admit I love to nurse my sweet tooth. However, my sweet tooth is one that craves certain sweets, so this doesn't include candy or ice cream. No, this particular tooth craves sweet breads: pancakes, cookies, muffins, cakes, etc.

As everyone who also has a sweet tooth and has tried to lose weight (or get into better shape) can tell you, avoiding sweets to meet your fitness goals is hard. I mean, at times we may satisfy our need for something sweet by consuming fruit throughout the day. Alas, later on in the evening, our willpower diminishes and we sneak in a little piece of decadent goodness.

"Health" Foods

It's apparent that the health foods industry took notice to our love of sweets. As you can clearly see when walking into a supermarket, there's gluten-free everything, zero sugars here, and low calories over there. Some of it is very superficial, and others are a legitimate—like some nut bars and liquid beverages. However, some people don't mind a bit of processed ingredients in their foods and go after these "healthy" foods.

I must admit, once upon a time I ate very clean. Clean eating involves not eating anything that is processed—you simply eat whole foods.

Well, those days are long and gone. I don't eat badly by any means, and do still eat whole foods... I just may eat a bit more processed things than I'd like to. Anyway, one of the things that I have a bad habit for are protein bars: I love ThinkThin and NuGo Slim bars. I used to be on a Quest bars kick, but got quickly burnt out on them because they were just too sweet. I know what you’re thinking. How can something be too sweet for some who loves sugar? I guess it's because at the end of the day, it just isn’t real sugar.

However, I also consume Vegan protein powders (because I simply like the taste of them more than whey or casein ones) and those have stevia in them. I can handle the sweetness in those because it's very minimal the amount they actually put in.

So, you read this far along and are now probably thinking, "Okay Laura, we get what you consume. What does this have to do with Eat Me Guilt Free?" Well, I promise 

Stevia - Too Much of a Good Thing

I came cross Eat Me Guilt Free on Instagram and immediately followed them when I saw they made decadent sweet bread goodness that was "healthy" and full of protein. What? This can’t be true, but it certainly is! Their Brownies and Blondies are full of protein (at a whopping 22 grams), are low in calories, carbs and have zero sugar.

Furthermore, it’s really impressive how little ingredients make up a Brownie/Blondie: protein whey powder, ground roasted organic peanuts, almond oil, hazelnut oil, coconut oil, stevia, salt, baking soda, sodium benzoate. That's it.

So, it appears that Eat Me Guilt Free has sweet breads that are protein-packed with decent ingredients… oh my goodness! Where can I buy this?

When I proceed to their website to go to purchase some, I hesitated. With shipping, it was a little over $40 for a box of 12, and at that time I didn't have that kind of money to spend on these (I was also a cheapskate then). So I told myself if I came across a store that sells them, I'd totally buy one to try.

I finally had the opportunity to do so earlier this week when I went to my Crossfit class at Thirdspace Fitness located in downtown San Jose. I was walking past their one and only fridge when I spotted Eat Me Guilt Free Blondies. I totally recognized the packaging and got so excited that I was finally able to try one. Thirdspace only had the Blondie, so I grabbed one and purchased it for four bucks.

The next day, it was time to finally eat this protein-packed Blondie. It's actually a decent size and is perfect for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon snack. I decided to eat one before I had my lunch (when you have a sweet tooth, it can kick in at any time of day). I finally bit in…

Holy Stevia! This was the first thing I thought after my first bite. I immediately took a second bite to see if I could pick up some other flavor notes other than the Stevia "sugar." Nope—that's all that she wrote when it came to this Blondie. As for the texture, it was very spongy, but it could have been worse.

I finished the Blondie since it wasn't the worst thing I've ever eaten—but man, what a disappointment.

Now, I must say that taste is very subjective. There are people out there who give Eat Me Guilt Free's baked goods a solid five out of five. Unfortunately, I have to give them a two out of five, and this is strictly based off the Blondie. Eat Me Guilt Free makes other products such as peanut butter, protein powders and a DIY Brownie mix. I'm sure they have products in there that are tastier that the Blondie I tried.

Unfortunately, my expectations for these weren't met. I don't know if I'll try the chocolate brownie. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if I gave it another go—I believe in second chances.