I’d like to think I know a decent amount about reading and understanding nutritional facts when grocery shopping. Being able to decipher if a product is good enough for me and my family or better to just put back on the shelf to hopefully collect dust. I’ll be the first to admit that I could know more but it’s just one of those daunting tasks that google and I just haven’t yet made the time for.
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I don’t think I’ve ever taken the time to read the nutrition info on the mozzarella sticks I like to keep stocked in my freezer – I may be a little afraid to be honest…
my caramel macchiatto.. i refuse to look at the label
Would love this!
It would definitely be instant noodles! Guilty pleasure 🙂
I love my blonde Oreos so I try not to look
I’d have to say Dill Pickle potato chips
I would say the chip dip . . . and the chips too! LOL!
It would be my tortilla chips and salsa.
It is Cheezies. I know the fake cheese isn’t a good choice but they are soooo delish in their naughty way!
Hot wing flavoured pretzels and jalapeno Pringles. So good but definitely not healthyl! Lol!
Dr. Pepper and Doritos. I know they aren’t healthy but they are my weakness.
Zesty Italian salad dressing and ranch salad dressing.
Box of Oreos!
Pepsi and chips, so not healthy but its my weakness
Ketchup chips is mine too!!! yum
For me it’s Nutella. I don’t want to know!
Eagle Brand because it part of the magic cookie bars I love.
I’d rather not know the nutritional value (or lack thereof) of my chocolate chip cookies!
Id rather not know the nutritional value of my cookies lol
ooh that’s tough because i do always check the labels … but i guess I make a special exception for my nachos lol
I have a relationship with Pop Tarts that has lasted a loooooonng time!
i refuse to look at the label on Lays chips…omg i could eat them for breakfast!
I will remain blissfully unaware of the nutrition facts about my Zesty Cheese Doritos!
I am a definite fan of RMCF fudge for sweet and Ruffles potato chips for salty!
Potato chips..any and all are my weakness!
I would remain ignorant on nutritional contents of reeses peanut butter cups!
Lays lightly salted wavy chips and cream cheese dip.
It has to be the new Oreo Thins! I am always craving them!
Salt and vinegar potato chips cant live without them!
Right now I have chocolate covered marshmellows and miss vickies chips mmmmmm seriously
Its M&M’s and pretzels for me.
It would definitely have to be the Cheetos Crunchies and Captain Crunch cereal.
Somewhere along the way we ended up with a candy cupboard, that’s right a WHOLE cupboard! I wouldn’t want to have to read all of those labels. I’d probably end up eating while reading….
I always ignore the nutritional information on my chocolate chip cookies, some things are just better left unknown.
I am an Oreo cookie lover.
I would have to say it’s not my cupboard it’s my freezer. We are big ice cream.lovoers amd.the suggested service sizes are soo.small.
Miss Vickies Jalapeño kettle chips!
I must admit,,I love the boxed hamburger helper,,it is so good!! But I`m sure it is not good for me!
kit Kat bars for me!
It would be my Ruffles chips!
Potato chips
Nutella. Love it! Dont want to know how bad it is!
Smart popcorn chips
LAYS Salt & Vinegar Chips!
Kraft dinner (original version)
mine is Girl Guide mint cookies, not dumping those
My love of cookies keeps them in my pantry.
Potato chips are my biggest downfall. I can’t help myself when I’m around them.
i can’t stay away from my ketchup chips or Orville Redenbacher Ultimate Butter popcorn with White Cheese
For me it would be chips
Chips for sure are my weakness
Peanut butter
For me it’s buttery crackers and chocolate bars.
Chocolate & bacon will forever exist in my house!
For me it’s it’s cookies any kind lol
My pringles and nutella!
For us it’s the KD too! We love out mac and cheese no matter how un-healthy it is. I usually close my eyes on most of the canned soups we eat too because the sodium is often crazy.
bacon for us, it’s bad but oh so good
It would be Nutella!
My ketchup chips
I’m terrible at checking the kids cereal, they just love it so much.
Sour Cream and Onion Chips!
OMG.. I have peanut butter cookies, the chips and you just have to have Mac n’ cheese!
probably my chips…I don’t even want to look!
Definitely the brownie mix…and the icing!
Mine is carmel granola bars
it has to be salt and vinegar potato chips. My weakness!
That would be the white hot chocolate mix I put in my coffee. If that counts as a food.
my potato chips
For me, it’s all dressed chips
I currently have a bag of cheeto’s crunchies. They are so bad for you.
Peeps! And wine.
Donuts and ketchup nit together though lol
My granola cereal is my item that I know I should read the nutrition facts on but I don’t want to. I’ve eaten the sugar free granola enough times to know that my granola cereal has a lot of sugar and who knows what else added in…
For me it’s the cookies.
Shreddies. I love cereal 🙂
It’s the veggie chips and glass of vino:)
For me it would have to be loaded potatoe skin ruffles chips
Lays plain chips with Helluva Dip! 😀
My item would have to be potato chips because they are truly my weakness lol
For me it is President’s Choice Decadent Cookies
chips and salsa
My ginger snaps. Love love love them. So crunchy and love the flavour
for me it has to be cup cakes! I have a special place in my heart for them.
Oh dear…tough to admit but probably the fruit loops! They were a pregnancy craving that I gave into, not a norm in my house.
Ice cream for me! Particularly Chapman’s Premium French Vanilla….
There are more than I would like to admit… 🙂 BBQ chips, Haagen Dazs ice cream, cheese cakes…
For me it would have to be cookies, especially President’s Choice Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookies 🙂