Price Tag: $0.72 – 1.99 per cup
Official URL: yoplait.com
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Yoplait Light has a line of dessert inspired yogurts that have a fraction of the calories of the deserts that they take their names from, and quite a bit of the taste. I recently tried three: Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Strawberry Shortcake, and Raspberry Cheesecake.

These yogurts definitely have the “tastes like” aspect down pat. The yogurts taste like their namesakes to a surprising degree. The only thing missing are the textures of the dessert, something that obviously can’t find its way into yogurt.

Instead, these yogurts the silky texture of a premium low-fat yogurt, with some of their dessert-inspired fillings mixed in.

HEALTH FACTOR

On the plus side, these yogurts have 110 calories and zero grams of fat. On the minus side, they are sweetened, in part, with high fructose corn syrup which can enhance your appetite and make you want to eat four or five more of these containers of yogurt. Of course, a slice of REAL Pineapple upside down cake probably has three or four times the amount of HFCS as well as packing 367 calories and 14 grams of fat! Each container of Yoplait Light yogurt contains 20% of the recommended daily value of Vitamin D and Calcium.

BOTTOM LINE

Of the three new flavors offered by Yoplait Lite: Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Strawberry Shortcake and Raspberry Cheesecake, I liked Pineapple Upside Down Cake the best. Possibly because I am a hardcore cheesecake and shortcake fan and my brain is so accustomed to expecting those textures and densities with those deserts, that I couldn’t get past the yogurt texture despite liking yogurt! You might have the best luck choosing a flavor that is not your favorite dessert.

That said, these flavors are pretty delicious and definitely satisfy most of the cravings that I had for dessert.