Since first stumbling upon
Rachel's yogurts via various blogs and visiting the company's website, I've been itching to try the fabulous flavors.
Henry's Farmers' Market relieved that itch. And I thought
Trader Joe's was wonderful (it still is!!!). The store had everything! Things that only existed in the blogworld before became reality the night my parents, sister and I took our first trip to the newly opened branch near us. I saw
Popchips,
PB&Co (
first experienced from an online purchase),
Barney Butter, and more!
I was immediately drawn to the dairy section to gaze upon the shelves of yogurt (
after meandering down the nut butter aisle, of course).
Rachel's yogurts were on sale for 99 cents each, so I had to grab me two flavors -
Vanilla Chai and
Plum Honey Lavender.
Trying to decide which flavor to try first was hard, but the
Plum flavor won out. I was curious to see how these three flavors would be meld together. Plus, I had no idea what lavender would taste like.


I was a bit disappointed with this container. I couldn't pick out any of the flavors in the name. It just tasted like a big mess of berry yogurt. Not that it tasted
bad because it didn't. Although a bit on the sweet side, I still enjoyed it with some raspberries
(another deal from Henry's).


The
Vanilla Chai yogurt was a bit better in that it wasn't quite as sweet. Again, though, it didn't live up to its name. I could taste the vanilla, but I would have prefered a stronger chai flavor. No picture since by this time, my sister had taken the camera to Yearbook Camp. I enjoyed this yogurt with more raspberries and some bran flakes (
no photo - my sister had the camera at this point). I sipped a mug of raspberry tea alongside :)
The verdict: I like the nutritionals of these yogurts (
hello,
Omega-3's!), but they are very sweet and have more than 20g of sugar per serving. I'd probably buy these for the occasional dessert or mix half a container with plain yogurt to cut down on the sugariness.
Speaking of yogurt addi(c)tions, flax would be a nice touch in my concoctions...head to
Missy Maintains for a chance to
win some!
These
raw crackers would be nice for some crunch too!
Also, it's
Run to the Finish's birthday today! In her honor, she's giving away
gifts :)
Labels: giveaway, Henry's, Rachel's, raspberries, Trader Joe's, yogurt