Nestle Toll House Butterscotch Morsels, 11-Ounce Packages (Pack of 12) Review

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(More customer reviews)I've got to believe these other reviewers haven't actually looked at the list of ingredients that make up these chips. Here they are:
INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCONUT OIL, LACTOSE, WHEY, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING BARLEY PROTEIN), NON-FAT MILK, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, SOY LECITHIN-AN EMULSIFIER, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE)
Now I must admit that I didn't look at the label either. I've been using Nestle's chocolate chips for years, and I thought it was a name I could trust. Apparently not. So let me tell you how I discovered what the ingredients were. I was making brownies for the kids for a semi-special occasion so I bought the premium white morsels --thinking they were white chocolate-- and these butterscotch ones. I dumped them in my batter and noticed when I took the brownies out that the chips didn't seem to have melted. I didn't think anything of it until I sampled some of the white morsels for a snack. Very waxy on the tongue. Not nice like good chocolate would be. So I tried the butterscotch ones. Where the heck was the flavor?
Well I was shocked when I read the label. I had no idea that the white chocolate had been reformulated to be Chocolate Free, and I assume that in the past these chips actually had some sort of natural butterscotch element to them, instead of being made of barley protein and artificial flavorings.
I mean look at the ingredients; there's more artificial flavors by volume than butter and milk. And there's a whopping 8 grams of sugar in 1 teaspoon of these things. Which would be acceptable for cooking sweets if it wasn't for the 4 grams of Trans-Fats laden goo that was also in them.
In any case, I've thrown out the rest of these two bags. If the health concerns weren't bad enough, they don't taste good. Really sweet more than flavorful, and waxy on the tongue when you eat them au naturel.
Pam T~
mom/blogger/brownie baker

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