Free Snackcakes from Wal-Mart

Our friends over at the Hey It’s Free website just told us about a freebie offering from Wal-Mart and Orville Redenbacher. Drop by the Wal-Mart site and give them a few bits of personal info (like your address) and they will send you some Cheddar Snackcakes. I’m not sure what they are exactly, but they look like they qualify as snacks. The site says:

Are you hungry for a better tasting snack cake but want to avoid high calories and fat? Try Orville Redenbacher’s® 100 Calorie Mini SmartCakes!TM They’re a delicious, guilt-free snacking experience that will leave you feeling satisfied because they’re made from 100% whole-grain popcorn and have 0g trans fat per serving.

Free Snackcakes

Snack Review: Bentley’s Premier Popcorn

Think of the tastiest kettle corn you’ve ever eaten in your life. Got it? Now take that, increase the deliciousness by ten to the power of yum, put it in a single-serving fresh-lock bag with a label featuring a full-color illustration of Bentley, a cute little Wire-haired Fox Terrier, and you have the eponymous Bentley’s Premier Popcorn.

The fresh-lock bags (in 3 and 4 ounce sizes) are no gimmicky ruse — this is some über-fresh popcorn. The Butter Pecan sample featured six large pecan halves tossed in with the lightly coated popcorn. Bentley’s is kettle roasted using only natural ingredients, and it shows: the result is a subtle yet satisfyingly sweet and buttery mixture, not overpowering or artificial.

The two available flavors, Toffee Caramel and Butter Pecan, feature the same secret recipe, but with the deceptively simple addition of roasted pecans to the latter. A new Cinnamon Almond flavor is expected soon.

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