Magic Pop

Magic Pop: Strawberry flavour shown

I've discovered another wonderful low calorie snack that'll help keep the munchies at bay; it's called Magic Pop.  It's essentially like a rice cake the size of a medium pita-bread but "popped" in a pressurized contraption.  But the real "magic" is that it's only 15 calories per "cake"!

How does that happen?  Well, essentially a small amount of flour (traditionally rice flour is used) is added to the machine and subjected to high pressure, then low-pressure; and it's this extreme pressure differentiation that causes that tiny-bitty amount of flour to explode and expand multiple-folds in volume, kind of like popcorn.    

In the end, you have a product that is low in calories but big in volume.  So you can eat the entire bag completely guilt-free!  

And what's more, the taste is pretty decent; it's very similar to rice cakes: crispy, crunchy and lightly flavoured in a variety of flavours.  

I've tried strawberry, onion and honey; my favourite is honey (tastes least artificial), but I think there are 7 other flavours, so you have a wide selection.  (Ok, it can't compare to chocolate ganache cake or BBQ ribs, but then you shouldn't be comparing apples and oranges, right?)   

Great low calorie snack: main ingredients is wheat & rice flour.

I discovered Magic Pop at my local HEB grocery store, but you can find them in a number of grocery stores on the East Coast or order their products online.

The only complaint I have is that a bag of their Magic Pop is kind of pricey.  At $2.99 for a 75g bag (contains 15 cakes), you're really not getting much in real substance.  If you compare it to a normal box of crackers at about the same price such as Kashi crackers (which you get 255g/box) then Magic Pop is over 3x more expensive!