Product Review: Truffulls Weight Control Snacks

Sometimes you just gotta have some chocolate.

Chocolate is often thought of as a sinful treat, when the right kind of chocolate can actually be good for you.  Dark chocolate has been proven to have health benefits including protection against free radicals which age and harm the body. Milk chocolate isn’t the best choice, because it’s high in saturated fat, but even little treats on occasion are OK.  Like I said, sometimes you gotta have some chocolate.

Unfortunately, the problem with chocolate, however, is that innocent bite after a hard day can lead to more and more chocolate.  Why?  Sugar cravings.

Sugar is an addictive devil.  Sugar empties into your bloodstream quickly, giving you a quick burst of energy, but is soon used up.  Once that sugar is gone, your body screams for more energy, quick, in the form of a sugar craving.  It’s hard to break that cycle.

The people at beFull get it, and have developed a snack that will calm your chocolate craving, but fill you up so you don’t keep going back for more.

Truffulls, the newest addition to the beFull line, encourage you not to fight your cravings, but to embrace them in a healthy way.  The chewy chocolates come in two flavors- Chocolate Mint and Chocolate Caramel, and weigh in at 120 and 100 calories, respectively.

So how does this work?  Truffulls do contain sugar, about 8 grams, which will do nothing for cutting your sugar habit, but they contain 8 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber (that’s a whopping 20% of your daily need) which will help keep you full, and make it easier to resist going back for more.

The company claims that the ‘specially formulated treat is designed to fill up the top portion of the stomach so that at mealtime less food is required to feel full, thus promoting portion control and weight management.’

I received Truffulls to try, and they actually tasted pretty good.  The mint Truffulls weren’t as sweet as the caramel, but they were both quite good.  The texture was nice and creamy, much like I have tried in the past and overall thought they were a pretty good little treat.

As far as filling me up, the effect wasn’t as apparent to me as when I tried the Fullbars and Fullbites.  I didn’t notice an immediate fullness, but I didn’t crave more when I was through, as I do with normal chocolate.

Nothing beats a good chunk of Hershey’s Dark, but when it really comes down to it, Truffulls are a better choice to curb a sweet tooth. They have the nutrition, and they have the taste down pat.