Review: Nabisco - Wheat Thins Smoky BBQ

Wheat Thins Smoky BBQ are your basic Wheat Thins cracker covered in a smoky barbecue powder.

A 9-ounce box retails for about $3.59.

This was a bit of a head-scratcher for me. When I think of Wheat Thins, the thought never occurred to me that they would ever go well with barbecue sauce. So it was with a bit of apprehension that I tried these.

 

The aroma that hit me when I opened the box did not exactly dispel the feeling. Put it this way: Wheat Thin smell + barbecue smell = weird.

Biting into a cracker, there was a really sweet and tangy barbecue taste that might work fine on a chip, but it's strange and off-putting on a Wheat Thin. The flavors just don't jive. I think part of the problem is, a Wheat Thin already has a nice bit of sweetness to it and the barbecue just pushes that over. There's a lot of tomato and honey going on with the barbecue sauce flavor, but not too much smoke.

 

On the plus side, a serving of Wheat Thins Smoky BBQ promises 18 grams of whole grains, but then, so does any other variety of Wheat Thin crackers.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend trying these, save maybe to satisfy curiosity.

Nutritional Info - Wheat Thins Smoky BBQ
Serving Size - 14 pieces (29g)
Calories - 140 (from Fat - 45)
Fat - 5g (Saturated Fat - 1g)
Sodium - 170mg
Carbs - 21g (Sugar - 5g)
Protein - 2g