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		<title>Special K Blueberry Fruit Crisps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks: Except for their slightly washed-out appearance (which I assure you is not just a side-effect of the photography), these &#8220;crisps&#8221; exist as depicted on the box. 4.5 out of 5 Taste: You may recall that I have an &#8220;appreciation&#8221; for blueberry Pop-Tarts. These crisps are basically mini blueberry Pop-tarts, but even better, because it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfinke/4385989578/" title="Special K Blueberry Fruit Crisps - Ad by cfinke, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4385989578_a51c566a7e.jpg" width="500" height="449" alt="Special K Blueberry Fruit Crisps - Ad" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfinke/4385988484/" title="Special K Blueberry Fruit Crisps by cfinke, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/4385988484_06af8c3497.jpg" width="500" height="313" alt="Special K Blueberry Fruit Crisps" /></a></p>
<p><b>Looks:</b> Except for their slightly washed-out appearance (which I assure you is not just a side-effect of the photography), these &#8220;crisps&#8221; exist as depicted on the box. <i>4.5 out of 5</i></p>
<p><b>Taste:</b> You may recall that I have an &#8220;appreciation&#8221; for <a href="http://foodirl.com/post/kelloggs-frosted-blueberry-pop-tarts/">blueberry Pop-Tarts</a>. These crisps are basically mini blueberry Pop-tarts, but even better, because it&#8217;s socially acceptable to eat them at all hours of the day.  No more yearning for Pop-Tarts at 3pm but withholding out of shame &#8211; I&#8217;ll be enjoying some variety of sugar-frosted blueberry cracker snack 24/7. <i>5 out of 5</i></p>
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		<title>Special K Honey Nut Bar</title>
		<link>http://foodirl.com/post/special-k-honey-nut-bar</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>foodirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks: Real-bar looks exactly like box-bar. Stay tuned for the taste rating&#8230; 5 out of 5 Taste: Welcome back! This bar is kind of dry, kind of sticky, and kind of tasty &#8211; just what you&#8217;d expect from an amalgamation of nuts pressure-fitted into the shape of a brick. It&#8217;s definitely not on the level [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfinke/4107984648/" title="Special K Honey Nut Bar by cfinke, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4107984648_f88eac30e0.jpg" width="500" height="363" alt="Special K Honey Nut Bar" /></a></p>
<p><b>Looks:</b> Real-bar looks exactly like box-bar. Stay tuned for the taste rating&#8230; <i>5 out of 5</i></p>
<p><b>Taste:</b> Welcome back! This bar is kind of dry, kind of sticky, and kind of tasty &#8211; just what you&#8217;d expect from an amalgamation of nuts pressure-fitted into the shape of a brick.  It&#8217;s definitely not on the level of a <a href="http://foodirl.com/post/fiberplus-dark-chocolate-almond-bar/">FiberPlus Dark Chocolate Almond Bar</a>, but if you like nuts, you&#8217;d be nuts to pass up this bar.  (See what I did there?) <i>3 out of 5</i></p>
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		<title>Special K Italian Tomato &amp; Herb Crackers</title>
		<link>http://foodirl.com/post/special-k-italian-tomato-and-herb-crackers</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>foodirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crackers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks: Except for having fewer flecks of what I presume is tomato and less texture, they&#8217;re identical to the crackers on the box. (I&#8217;m holding the one cracker up to show that the larger cracker on the box is just closer to the camera; the package doesn&#8217;t contain a large &#8220;lord of the crackers&#8221; cracker [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfinke/4107981654/" title="Special K Italian Herb &#038; Tomato Crackers - Ad by cfinke, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/4107981654_f4521f8642.jpg" width="368" height="500" alt="Special K Italian Herb &#038; Tomato Crackers - Ad" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfinke/4107216149/" title="Special K Italian Herb &#038; Tomato Crackers by cfinke, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/4107216149_33c24e95ae.jpg" width="500" height="397" alt="Special K Italian Herb &#038; Tomato Crackers" /></a></p>
<p><b>Looks:</b> Except for having fewer flecks of what I presume is tomato and less texture, they&#8217;re identical to the crackers on the box. (I&#8217;m holding the one cracker up to show that the larger cracker on the box is just closer to the camera; the package doesn&#8217;t contain a large &#8220;lord of the crackers&#8221; cracker or anything.) <i>4.5 out of 5</i></p>
<p><b>Taste:</b> It tastes like a generic cracker, with a little bit of tomato-y aftertaste.  Nothing special at all, and the crackers I tried weren&#8217;t even very crisp, which I thought was the whole point of crackers.  Since they weren&#8217;t offensive-tasting, they don&#8217;t score too low, but they were so forgettable that I would never have reason to buy them again. <i>2.5 out of 5</i></p>
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		<title>Kellogg&#8217;s Special K Bar</title>
		<link>http://foodirl.com/post/kelloggs-special-k-bar</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>foodirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks: It&#8217;s pretty close to the packaging. A few things are off: the color is a bit dark, the chocolate drizzle isn&#8217;t as uniform as advertised, and the bar&#8217;s edges are kind of rounded off. Over all though, it&#8217;s ok. 4.5 out of 5 Taste: First, I have to say, this bar is small. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfinke/3882860462/" title="Special K Bar by cfinke, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/3882860462_c006a74dd1.jpg" alt="Special K Bar" height="500" width="500"/></a></p>
<p><b>Looks:</b> It&#8217;s pretty close to the packaging.  A few things are off: the color is a bit dark, the chocolate drizzle isn&#8217;t as uniform as advertised, and the bar&#8217;s edges are kind of rounded off. Over all though, it&#8217;s ok.  <i>4.5 out of 5</i></p>
<p><b>Taste:</b> First, I have to say, this bar is small.  It&#8217;s only four inches long, and weighs in at 0.8 oz.  (It&#8217;s so light that you might actually weigh less after eating it.)  That put aside, it tastes surprisingly good for 90 calories.  It&#8217;s chewy, with a nice, almost caramel-y flavor (although there&#8217;s no caramel in the bar), and the  scent of the chocolate wafts nicely up to your nose even before you start eating it. It&#8217;s good for about four bites, so if you&#8217;re looking to get filled up, you&#8217;d be better off with a banana or an apple, but for a low-calorie sweet treat, it does the job. <i>4 out of 5</i></p>
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