I’ve eaten a lot of low sugar gummies, both for business and pleasure. I love eating low sugar gummies at the movies because I can mindlessly devour a whole bag without being like, jesus, I just ate an entire bag of full sugar gummies. When I taste tested and ranked a whole slew of low sugar candies, Albanese Gummy Bears were the best of the best, but there are new low sugar gummy bears in town: Atkins Endulge Gummy Bears and Sour Gummy Bears.
Atkins has a whole line of “Endulge” products that includes peanut butter cups, chocolate bars, and even a low sugar version of Peanut M&M’s. My question: What the HELL does “Endulge” mean?! It’s not even a pun, unless it’s a portmanteau of “end bulge,” in which case, barf. But I digress. We’ve tried a few of them in the past and liked them (especially the M&M’s dupe). But can these new diet gummy bears scratch that gummy bear itch?
Note: If sugar alcohols like erythritol (which is in the sour bears) and rare sugars like allulose (which is in both products) bother your stomach, eating these might be an issue. Anecdotally, I was very bloated after “endulging” in these gummy bears.
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- Atkins Endulge Gummy Bears
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Pros: If you keep an eye on carbs (which I imagine you do if you’re even considering eating Atkins-branded gummy bears), a 1.06 ounce packet of these has only 2g of net carbs (24g carbs minus 13g fiber minus 8g allulose), which is pretty dang low. They taste decent, too. I like the fruity flavors, the pineapple in particular.
Cons: It may be a pro if you’re not into super chewy gummies, but these have a VERY soft chew. There’s almost no give. They’re more like little jelly bears than gummy bears. Suffice it to say, these will not scratch your gummy bear itch if Haribo Goldbears are your jam. They also have a pretty strong sugar substitute aftertaste.
- Atkins Endulge Sour Gummy Bears
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Pros: These sour gummy bears, which are coated in a sour dust that resembles the sour sugar on other sour candies, have a little more chew than the plain gummy bears, and I think that’s a good thing. Same macros too: 2g net carbs, less than 1g sugar, and just 30 calories a packet, which is actually lower than the 35 calories in the plain gummy bears. Not sure how they pulled that off, but I’m not a food scientist! I leave that to the Atkins folks!
Cons: These sour gummy bears are not sour. They’re a little tangier than the regular ones, but they’re not going to make you wince by a longshot. Luckily, the texture makes up for that shortcoming.
Thoughts? Questions? Complete disagreement? Leave a comment!