Guilty Pleasures: Whole Foods Cinnamon & Sugar “Bagels”
Mmmmmm. Bagels.
Just the other day I was perusing Whole Foods for some healthy – but tasty – snacks when I discovered the bakery case. Although I generally muster up the best of my will power to avoid the bakery cases (my doughnut weakness goes waaaay back), I spotted the bagels and thought a nice Whole Foods bagel might be just the carbohydrate-y thing I needed. They’re generally pretty filling, not as bad for you as doughnuts, and always tasty when fresh, so a good compromise.
Upon quick review, I spotted the BEST BAGEL EVER – a cinnamon & sugar bagel. I bought it quickly and tore into it as soon as I got home. It was sooooooo good. Almost too good…
So a couple days later I’m back at Whole Foods again, eyeing the bagels from afar. I go over to the case…just for a look. 
Aha – I spot an ingredients list and must know (curiosity killed the cat) what wonderful ingredients were in this delicious treat. I’m reading the list, so far so good. Last note on the list: “Fried in vegetable oil.” 
Now call me crazy, but I was under the impression that bagels were boiled then baked, and DOUGHNUTS were fried. Am I right, people? Otherwise, it’s just a doughnut with identity confusion! Well, I was most displeased with this discovery, but I still love those cinnamon “bagels” and maybe if I get through another week of this, I might just treat myself to another.
Bad for you, but tasty, the Whole Foods Cinnamon & Sugar Bagel is my Guilty Pleasure of the week.
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Ben said,
July 5, 2007 at 4:11 pm
I’m impressed that you can limit yourself to one guilty pleasure a week. I struggle to keep it below one an hour.
The day’s not even halfway over, and I’ve already consumed the following:
- One Bag of Fritos Scoops, previously opened.
- Two Glasses of Lemonade.
- Three Fresh Raspberries.
If I start now, I can probably fit in four margaritas before dinner. Olé!
ciaralira said,
July 8, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Okaaaay…fresh raspberries are GUILTY pleasures….remind me not to tell you what I like to eat.
My current addictions are pretzels and romance novels. I like stick pretzels best, but I’ll eat the other kind if I can’t find them. I’m not as flexible on the latter.
Laura said,
July 9, 2007 at 2:10 pm
You know what I love with those stick pretzels? Honey-mustard! Sooo good!
As far as Ben and the raspberries, I’m guess the guilt is in the fact that the raspberry plant only produced three, and he ate them all
or in the price of raspberries alone, OR maybe that that was the healthiest thing he’d had all day and he’d only had three of them! 