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COOKIES.


Was it Oreos? Nilla wafers? Animal crackers? People who can't remember their second grade teacher's name have no trouble recalling their favorite childhood cookie Cookies Are Beneficial
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, often with a faraway look and a smile.

But cookies aren't just for kids ... as any cookie company worth its crumbs knows. Recent TV ads for SnackWell's show a woman on a beach who imagines herself walking away from a man's embrace in search of (what else?) cookies.

Cookies have come a long way since you were in grade school (or at least since we were). Time was, the least worrisome cookies consisted of graham crackers, Nilla Wafers, and one or two others.

Now, all the big names--like Oreos and Chips Ahoy!--have reduced-fat versions. And fat-frees are everywhere.

We decided to take a look at cookies that are--or pretend to be--lower in fat. That left out most Pepperidge pepperidge: see black gum. Farms, Nabiscos, and Keeblers. Don't worry. There was still plenty to choose from.

Just keep in mind that a cookie with little or no fat is still a cookie. Translation: it still has lots of sugar and calories, few nutrients, and not much fruit, fiber, or anything else that's good for you.

There are exceptions. We found seven "Best Bites" that were low in fat and sugar and had more whole grain than refined flour or at least ten percent of the Daily Value for fiber, vitamins A or C, calcium, or iron. But they were health-food-store brands that may not satisfy your urge for a cookie. Most were graham or animal crackers. Others had off flavors.

To appeal to a broader range of taste buds, we also tagged more than 40 "Better Bites." Like our Best Bites, each had no more than four grams of fat--no more than one of them saturated--and no more than ten grams of sugar (two and a half teaspoons) in a one-ounce serving (that's about three Oreos).

They won't do much to improve your diet, but they'll do less harm than other cookies. And some will make you want to get a glass of milk and start dunking.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Most of the chocolate chip cookies we looked at just missed our one-gram sat fat limit. One gram seems strict, but a 20-gram daily maximum doesn't leave much wiggle room, considering that people typically eat 20 foods a day.

What's more, most cookies--chocolate chip or not--are made with partially hydrogenated oils or shortening that probably add at least a gram or two of cholesterol-raising trans fat to each serving. (Don't bother looking on the Nutrition Facts label; you won't find trans listed.)

The only chocolate chip cookie we found that's made with unhydrogenated oil was Westbrae Chocolate Chocolate Chip. It has two grams of sat fat, but it may be the best chip around because it has no extra trans ... and flavor to spare.

That doesn't mean you can never eat a chocolate chip cookie again. Just choose from the lowest-fat ones--try SnackWell's if you prefer crisp--and eat them sparingly.

Fruit Bars & Cookies

Nabisco Fig Newtons and other fruit cookies never were very high in fat. But it still pays to look for fat-flee versions, since they sometimes have more fruit ... which usually means more fiber. Check the ingredients. Fruit should be listed first. (The newer Fat Free Newtons, like Cranberry and Raspberry, have more flour and sugar than fruit and little or no fiber. They also have added apples and artificial color to supplement the expensive fruits in their names.)

If you're a Fig Newton fan, try Newman's Own Organics Fig Newmans. The fruit is organic, and the taste is out of this world.

Graham Crackers

"Graham" is whole wheat flour. But you'd never know it from most graham crackers.

Only health-food-store brands like New Morning and Small World are 100 percent whole wheat. Nabisco Honey Maid Honey Grahams, on the other hand, are less than ten percent graham flour. (So much for the "Graham Goodness!" claim on the package.) That's why most supply only a gram of fiber.

And watch out for Keebler Reduced Fat Deluxe Grahams. They've got more fat than the old fashioned graham crackers, which were low-fat before it was fashionable. Dipping them in chocolate will do that.

Oatmeal Cookies

The problem with oatmeal cookies is too little oatmeal. One Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal Raisin cookie, for example, has less than a teaspoon of oatmeal.

Still, oatmeal cookies tend to be lower in fat than most others, and some supply raisins. (If your favorite oatmeal raisin cookies exceed our sugar limit, don't panic. If they're packed with fruit--just look at them--they might still be a decent choice.)

Sandwich Cookies

Most people wouldn't expect a sandwich cookie to be nutritious. But you can minimize the fat and sugar by picking a Better Bite. We preferred SnackWell's Creme Sandwiches over Weight Watchers' version.

If you don't want to pay more for SnackWell's or Weight Watchers, try Reduced Fat Oreos. They've got half the fat of their namesake ... and the same taste.

Snaps & Wafers

You may not need to look for "reduced fat" ginger snaps. Some brands--like Nabisco and Delicious--are low enough in fat and sugar to be Better Bites. With vanilla wafers, on the other hand, go for "reduced fat," although they've still got too much sugar.

Miscellaneous

Better Bites for animal crackers are no surprise. They've been low-fat forever. But SnackWell's Peanut Butter Chip cookies fooled us. They delivered the "rich peanut butter taste" they promise with only four grams of fat per serving.

And some of the cookies that just missed earning Better Bites are real finds. SnackWell's Mint Cremes, for example, exceed our sugar limit. But they're dead ringers for those scrumptious Girl Scout Thin Mints, and with only half the fat. And SnackWell's Devil's Food and Golden Devil's Food Cookie Cakes are the lowest-fat versions of chocolate-covered cookies we've ever bitten into.

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"Better Bites" have no more than four grams of total fat, one gram of saturated fat, and ten grams of sugar (there is no sugar requirement for cookies that have fruit as their first ingredient). "Best Bites" also supply at least ten percent of the Daily Value (DV) for vitamins A or C, calcium, iron, or fiber or contain more whole-grain flour than refined flour. All figures are for the number of cookies that weigh closest to one ounce (in parentheses following each name). Within each section, cookies are ranked from least to most total fat, then saturated fat, then sugar. (The numbers in the "Sugar" column include milk and fruit sugars fruit sugar (frt)
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See fructose.
 as well as added sugar.)
                                                          Calories
     Chocolate Chip cookies

//   Health Valley, Fat-Free Healthy Chips (3)(l)            100
     Westbrae Chocolate Chocolate Chip (1)                    90
     SnackWell's Chocolate Chip (13)                         130
     SnackWell's Double Chocolate Chip (13)                  130
     Entenmann's Light Chocolate), Chip (2)(#)               120
     Delicious Chocolate Chip (2)                            130
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Chocolate Chunk (1)         110
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Chips Ahoy! (3)                     140
     Nabisco Chips Ahoy! (3)                                 160

     Fruit Bars & Cookies

 /   Weight Watchers Raspberry Bars (1)                       70
 /   Delicious Fat Free Blueberry Bars (2)                    90
 /   Weight Watchers Fig Bars (1)                             70
//   Health Valley Fat-Free Jumbo Fruit (1)                   80
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Cobblers (1)(l)                         70
 /   Delicious Fat Free Apple Bars (2)                        90
 /   Frookie Fat Free Cranberry Orange (2)                    90
     Delicious Fat Free Fig Bars (2)                         100
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Fig Newtons (2)(*)                     100
     Nabisco Fat Free Newtons, except Fig (2)(l)             100
 /   Newman's Own Organics Fig Newmans (2)(*)                120
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Cranberry Biscuits (1)             80
 /   Weight Watchers Apple Raisin Bars (1)                    70
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Raisin Biscuits (1)(*)             80
     Nabisco Fig Newtons (2)                                 110
 /   Voortman Turnovers (1)(l)                               100

     Graham Crackers

//   New Morning Grahams, except Ginger (2)(l)               110
 /   Cookie Lover's Grahams (2)(l)                           110
 /   Nabisco Low Fat Honey Maid (8)(l)                       100
 /   Keebler Low Fat Graham Selects (8)(l)                   120
 /   Hain Chocolate or Honey Animal Grahams (15)(l)          100
//   Mi-Del 100% Whole Wheat Honey Grahams (2)               110
 /   Nabisco Honey Maid (8)(l)                               120
 /   Nabisco Grahams (4)                                     120
 /   Delicious Graham Crackers (2)(l)                        130
//   Small World Animal Grahams (7)(l)                       120
     New Morning Ginger Grahams (2)                          140
     Nabisco Teddy Grahams (24)(l)                           140
     Keebler Reduced Fat Deluxe Grahams (3)                  120
     Keebler Graham Selects (8)(l)                           150
     Keebler Deluxe Grahams (3)                              140

     Oatmeal Cookies

 /   Frookie Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (2)                      90
     Pepperidge Farm Fat Free Iced Oatmeal Raisin (2)        120
     Entenmann's Light Oatmeal Raisin (2)                    100
     Archway Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (1)                     110
 /   Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Oatmeal Raisin (1)          100
 /   Archway Apple or Date Filled Oatmeal (1)(l)             100
 /   SnackWell's Oatmeal Raisin (2)                          120
 /   Archway Oatmeal (1)                                     110
 /   Cape Cod Reduced Fat Cranberry Oatmeal (2)              110
 /   Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal Raisin (1)                      110

     Sandwich Cookies

 /   SnackWell's Creme Sandwich (2)                          110
 /   Weight Watchers Vanilla Sandwich (3)                    140
     SnackWell's Chocolate Sandwich (2)                      110
 /   Frookie Frookwich (2)(l)                                100
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Oreo (3)                            130
     365 Chocolate Sandwich Cremes (2)                       130
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Vienna Fingers (2)                 130
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Hydrox (3)                         140
     Sunshine Vienna Fingers (2)                             140
     Sunshine Hydrox (3)                                     150
     Nabisco Oreo (3)                                        160

     Snaps & Wafers

 /   Murray Low Fat Iced Snaps (7)(l)                        110
 /   Girl Scout Low Fat Snaps (7)                            130
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Nilla Wafers (8)(l)                 120
 /   Nabisco Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps (4)                  130
 /   Delicious Ginger Snaps (4)                              130
 /   Mi-Del Snaps (5)(l)                                     130
     Keebler Reduced Fat Chocolate or Vanilla Wafers (8)     130
     Pepperidge Farm Old Fashioned Gingerman (4)             130
     Archway Reduced Fat Ginger Snaps (5)                    140
     Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (5)                     140
     Nabisco Nilla Wafers (8)                                140
     Archway Ginger Snaps (5)                                150

     Miscellaneous

 /   Archway Fat Free Devil's Food or Sugar (1)               70
     SnackWell's Devil's Food (2)                            100
     SnackWell's Golden Devil's Food (2)                     100
 /   Hain Animal Cookies (9)                                 110
//   Health Valley Amaranth Animal Cookies (16)(l)           120
 /   Nabisco National Arrowroot (6)                          150
//   Health Valley Biscotti (2)(l)                           120
 /   Archway Sugar Cookies (1)                               100
 /   Stella D'oro Breakfast Treats (1)                       100
 /   Archway Cookie Jar Hermits (1)                           90
 /   Archway Old Fashioned Molasses (I)                      100
     Well's Caramel Delights (2)                             140
 /   Nabisco Social Tea (6)                                  120
 /   Nabisco Barnum's Animals (10)                           140
 /   Sunshine All American Animal Crackers (14)              140
 /   Frookie Funky Monkeys (16)(l)                           120
 /   SnackWell's Peanut Butter Chip (13)                     120
     SnackWell's Mint Creme (2)                              110
     Keebler Reduced Fat Fudge Stripes (3)                   130
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Fudge Striped
       Chocolate Chunk (2)                                   160
     Keebler Reduced Fat Pecan Sandies (2)                   140
     Nabisco Lorna Doone (4)                                 140
     Girl Scout Thin Mints (4)                               140
     Keebler Fudge Stripes (3)                               160
     Keebler Sugar Wafers (3)                                150
     Keebler Pecan Sandies (2)                               160
     Pepperidge Farm Milano (3)                              180

                                                            Total
                                                             Fat
                                                           (grams)
     Chocolate Chip cookies

//   Health Valley, Fat-Free Healthy Chips (3)(l)             0
     Westbrae Chocolate Chocolate Chip (1)                    3
     SnackWell's Chocolate Chip (13)                          4
     SnackWell's Double Chocolate Chip (13)                   4
     Entenmann's Light Chocolate), Chip (2)(#)                4
     Delicious Chocolate Chip (2)                             5
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Chocolate Chunk (1)          5
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Chips Ahoy! (3)                      5
     Nabisco Chips Ahoy! (3)                                  8

     Fruit Bars & Cookies

 /   Weight Watchers Raspberry Bars (1)                       0
 /   Delicious Fat Free Blueberry Bars (2)                    0
 /   Weight Watchers Fig Bars (1)                             0
//   Health Valley Fat-Free Jumbo Fruit (1)                   0
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Cobblers (1)(l)                         0
 /   Delicious Fat Free Apple Bars (2)                        0
 /   Frookie Fat Free Cranberry Orange (2)                    0
     Delicious Fat Free Fig Bars (2)                          0
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Fig Newtons (2)(*)                      0
     Nabisco Fat Free Newtons, except Fig (2)(l)              0
 /   Newman's Own Organics Fig Newmans (2)(*)                 0
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Cranberry Biscuits (1)             2
 /   Weight Watchers Apple Raisin Bars (1)                    2
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Raisin Biscuits (1)(*)             2
     Nabisco Fig Newtons (2)                                  3
 /   Voortman Turnovers (1)(l)                                3

     Graham Crakers

//   New Morning Grahams, except Ginger (2)(l)                2
 /   Cookie Lover's Grahams (2)(l)                            2
 /   Nabisco Low Fat Honey Maid (8)(l)                        2
 /   Keebler Low Fat Graham Selects (8)(l)                    2
 /   Hain Chocolate or Honey Animal Grahams (15)(l)           3
//   Mi-Del 100% Whole Wheat Honey Grahams (2)                3
 /   Nabisco Honey Maid (8)(l)                                3
 /   Nabisco Grahams (4)                                      3
 /   Delicious Graham Crackers (2)(l)                         3
//   Small World Animal Grahams (7)(l)                        4
     New Morning Ginger Grahams (2)                           5
     Nabisco Teddy Grahams (24)(l)                            5
     Keebler Reduced Fat Deluxe Grahams (3)                   5
     Keebler Graham Selects (8)(l)                            6
     Keebler Deluxe Grahams (3)                               7

     Oatmeal Cookies

 /   Frookie Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (2)                      0
     Pepperidge Farm Fat Free Iced Oatmeal Raisin (2)         0
     Entenmann's Light Oatmeal Raisin (2)                     0
     Archway Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (1)                      0
 /   Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Oatmeal Raisin (1)           3
 /   Archway Apple or Date Filled Oatmeal (1)(l)              3
 /   SnackWell's Oatmeal Raisin (2)                           3
 /   Archway Oatmeal (1)                                      4
 /   Cape Cod Reduced Fat Cranberry Oatmeal (2)               4
 /   Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal Raisin (1)                       4

     Sandwich Cookies

 /   SnackWell's Creme Sandwich (2)                           3
 /   Weight Watchers Vanilla Sandwich (3)                     3
     SnackWells Chocolate Sandwich (2)                        3
 /   Frookie Frookwich (2)(l)                                 4
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Oreo (3)                             4
     365 Chocolate Sandwich Cremes (2)                        5
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Vienna Fingers (2)                  5
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Hydrox (3)                          5
     Sunshine Vienna Fingers (2)                              6
     Sunshine Hydrox (3)                                      7
     Nabisco Oreo (3)                                         7

     Snaps & Wafers

 /   Murray Low Fat Iced Snaps (7)(l)                         2
 /   Girl Scout Low Fat Snaps (7)                             2
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Nilla Wafers (8)(l)                  2
 /   Nabisco Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps (4)                   1
 /   Delicious Ginger Snaps (4)                               1
 /   Mi-Del Snaps (5)(l)                                      0
     Keebler Reduced Fat Chocolate or Vanilla Wafers (8)      1
     Pepperidge Farm Old Fashioned Gingerman (4)              1
     Archway Reduced Fat Ginger Snaps (5)                     1
     Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (5)                      2
     Nabisco Nilla Wafers (8)                                 1
     Archway Ginger Snaps (5)                                 2

     Miscellaneous

 /   Archway Fat Free Devil's Food or Sugar (1)               0
     SnackWell's Devil's Food (2)                             0
     SnackWell's Golden Devil's Food (2)                      1
 /   Hain Animal Cookies (9)                                  2
//   Health Valley Amaranth Animal Cookies (16)(l)            3
 /   Nabisco National Arrowroot (6)                           3
//   Health Valley Biscotti (2)(l)                            3
 /   Archway Sugar Cookies (1)                                3
 /   Stella D'oro Breakfast Treats (1)                        3
 /   Archway Cookie Jar Hermits (1)                           3
 /   Archway Old Fashioned Molasses (1)                       3
     Well's Caramel Delights (2)                              4
 /   Nabisco Social Tea (6)                                   4
 /   Nabisco Barnum's Animals (10)                            4
 /   Sunshine All American Animal Crackers (14)               4
 /   Frookie Funky Monkeys (16)(l)                            4
 /   SnackWell's Peanut Butter Chip (13)                      4
     SnackWell's Mint Creme (2)                               4
     Keebler Reduced Fat Fudge Stripes (3)                    5
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Fudge Striped
       Chocolate Chunk (2)                                    5
     Keebler Reduced Fat Pecan Sandies (2)                    6
     Nabisco Lorna Doone (4)                                  7
     Girl Scout Thin Mints (4)                                8
     Keebler Fudge Stripes (3)                                8
     Keebler Sugar Wafers (3)                                 9
     Keebler Pecan Sandies (2)                                10
     Pepperidge Farm Milano (3)                               10

                                                          Saturated
                                                             Fat
                                                           (grams)
     Chocolate Chip cookies

//   Health Valley, Fat-Free Healthy Chips (3)(l)             0
     Westbrae Chocolate Chocolate Chip (1)                    2
     SnackWell's Chocolate Chip (13)                          2
     SnackWell's Double Chocolate Chip (13)                   2
     Entenmann's Light Chocolate), Chip (2)(#)                2
     Delicious Chocolate Chip (2)                             1
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Chocolate Chunk (1)          2
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Chips Ahoy! (3)                      2
     Nabisco Chips Ahoy! (3)                                  3

     Fruit Bars & Cookies

 /   Weight Watchers Raspberry Bars (1)                       0
 /   Delicious Fat Free Blueberry Bars (2)                    0
 /   Weight Watchers Fig Bars (1)                             0
//   Health Valley Fat-Free Jumbo Fruit (1)                   0
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Cobblers (1)(l)                         0
 /   Delicious Fat Free Apple Bars (2)                        0
 /   Frookie Fat Free Cranberry Orange (2)                    0
     Delicious Fat Free Fig Bars (2)                          0
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Fig Newtons (2)(*)                      0
     Nabisco Fat Free Newtons, except Fig (2)(l)              0
 /   Newman's Own Organics Fig Newmans (2)(*)                 0
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Cranberry Biscuits (1)             0
 /   Weight Watchers Apple Raisin Bars (1)                    1
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Raisin Biscuits (1)(*)             1
     Nabisco Fig Newtons (2)                                  0
 /   Voortman Turnovers (1)(l)                                1

     Graham Crakers

//   New Morning Grahams, except Ginger (2)(l)                0
 /   Cookie Lover's Grahams (2)(l)                            0
 /   Nabisco Low Fat Honey Maid (8)(l)                        0
 /   Keebler Low Fat Graham Selects (8)(l)                    1
 /   Hain Chocolate or Honey Animal Grahams (15)(l)           0
//   Mi-Del 100% Whole Wheat Honey Grahams (2)                0
 /   Nabisco Honey Maid (8)(l)                                0
 /   Nabisco Grahams (4)                                      1
 /   Delicious Graham Crackers (2)(l)                         1
//   Small World Animal Grahams (7)(l)                        1
     New Morning Ginger Grahams (2)                           0
     Nabisco Teddy Grahams (24)(l)                            1
     Keebler Reduced Fat Deluxe Grahams (3)                   2
     Keebler Graham Selects (8)(l)                            1
     Keebler Deluxe Grahams (3)                               5

     Oatmeal Cookies

 /   Frookie Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (2)                      0
     Pepperidge Farm Fat Free Iced Oatmeal Raisin (2)         0
     Entenmann's Light Oatmeal Raisin (2)                     0
     Archway Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (1)                      0
 /   Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Oatmeal Raisin (1)           1
 /   Archway Apple or Date Filled Oatmeal (1)(l)              1
 /   SnackWell's Oatmeal Raisin (2)                           1
 /   Archway Oatmeal (1)                                      1
 /   Cape Cod Reduced Fat Cranberry Oatmeal (2)               1
 /   Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal Raisin (1)                       1

     Sandwich Cookies

 /   SnackWell's Creme Sandwich (2)                           1
 /   Weight Watchers Vanilla Sandwich (3)                     1
     SnackWells Chocolate Sandwich (2)                        1
 /   Frookie Frookwich (2)(l)                                 0
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Oreo (3)                             1
     365 Chocolate Sandwich Cremes (2)                        0
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Vienna Fingers (2)                  1
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Hydrox (3)                          2
     Sunshine Vienna Fingers (2)                              2
     Sunshine Hydrox (3)                                      2
     Nabisco Oreo(3)                                          2

     Snaps & Wafers

 /   Murray Low Fat Iced Snaps (7)(l)                         0
 /   Girl Scout Low Fat Snaps (7)                             0
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Nilla Wafers (8)(l)                  0
 /   Nabisco Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps (4)                   3
 /   Delicious Ginger Snaps (4)                               3
 /   Mi-Del Snaps (5)(l)                                      4
     Keebler Reduced Fat Chocolate or Vanilla Wafers (8)      4
     Pepperidge Farm Old Fashioned Gingerman (4)              4
     Archway Reduced Fat Ginger Snaps (5)                     4
     Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (5)                      4
     Nabisco Nilla Wafers (8)                                 5
     Archway Ginger Snaps (5)                                 5

     Miscellaneous

 /   Archway Fat Free Devil's Food or Sugar (1)               0
     SnackWell's Devil's Food (2)                             0
     SnackWell's Golden Devil's Food (2)                      0
 /   Hain Animal Cookies (9)                                  1
//   Health Valley Amaranth Animal Cookies (16)(l)            0
 /   Nabisco National Arrowroot (6)                           0
//   Health Valley Biscotti (2)(l)                            0
 /   Archway Sugar Cookies (1)                                1
 /   Stella D'oro Breakfast Treats (1)                        1
 /   Archway Cookie Jar Hermits (1)                           1
 /   Archway Old Fashioned Molasses (1)                       1
     Well's Caramel Delights (2)                              1
 /   Nabisco Social Tea (6)                                   0
 /   Nabisco Barnum's Animals (10)                            1
 /   Sunshine All American Animal Crackers (14)               1
 /   Frookie Funky Monkeys (16)(l)                            1
 /   SnackWell's Peanut Butter Chip (13)                      1
     SnackWell's Mint Creme (2)                               1
     Keebler Reduced Fat Fudge Stripes (3)                    2
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Fudge Striped
       Chocolate Chunk (2)                                    3
     Keebler Reduced Fat Pecan Sandies (2)                    2
     Nabisco Lorna Doone (4)                                  1
     Girl Scout Thin Mints (4)                                2
     Keebler Fudge Stripes (3)                                5
     Keebler Sugar Wafers (3)                                 2
     Keebler Pecan Sandies (2)                                2
     Pepperidge Farm Milano (3)                               4

                                                            Sugar
                                                           (grams)
     Chocolate Chip cookies

//   Health Valley, Fat-Free Healthy Chips (3)(l)             10
     Westbrae Chocolate Chocolate Chip (1)                     9
     SnackWell's Chocolate Chip (13)                          10
     SnackWell's Double Chocolate Chip (13)                   10
     Entenmann's Light Chocolate), Chip (2)(#)                13
     Delicious Chocolate Chip (2)                              7
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Chocolate Chunk (1)           8
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Chips Ahoy! (3)                      10
     Nabisco Chips Ahoy! (3)                                  10

     Fruit Bars & Cookies
 /   Weight Watchers Raspberry Bars (1)                        7
 /   Delicious Fat Free Blueberry Bars (2)                     8
 /   Weight Watchers Fig Bars (1)                              9
//   Health Valley Fat-Free Jumbo Fruit (1)                    9
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Cobblers (1)(l)                         10
 /   Delicious Fat Free Apple Bars (2)                        10
 /   Frookie Fat Free Cranberry Orange (2)                    10
     Delicious Fat Free Fig Bars (2)                          14
 /   Nabisco Fat Free Fig Newtons (2)(*)                      14
     Nabisco Fat Free Newtons, except Fig (2)(l)              14
 /   Newman's Own Organics Fig Newmans (2)(*)                 15
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Cranberry Biscuits (1)              6
 /   Weight Watchers Apple Raisin Bars (1)                     4
 /   Sunshine Golden Fruit Raisin Biscuits (1)(*)              9
     Nabisco Fig Newtons (2)                                  14
 /   Voortman Turnovers (1)(l)                                 8

     Graham Crakers
//   New Morning Grahams, except Ginger (2)(l)                 6
 /   Cookie Lover's Grahams (2)(l)                             6
 /   Nabisco Low Fat Honey Maid (8)(l)                         9
 /   Keebler Low Fat Graham Selects (8)(l)                     9
 /   Hain Chocolate or Honey Animal Grahams (15)(l)            6
//   Mi-Del 100% Whole Wheat Honey Grahams (2)                 6
 /   Nabisco Honey Maid (8)(l)                                 8
 /   Nabisco Grahams (4)                                       6
 /   Delicious Graham Crackers (2)(l)                          7
//   Small World Animal Grahams (7)(l)                         6
     New Morning Ginger Grahams (2)                           10
     Nabisco Teddy Grahams (24)(l)                             8
     Keebler Reduced Fat Deluxe Grahams (3)                   11
     Keebler Graham Selects (8)(l)                             8
     Keebler Deluxe Grahams (3)                               10

     Oatmeal Cookies

 /   Frookie Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (2)                      10
     Pepperidge Farm Fat Free Iced Oatmeal Raisin (2)         12
     Entenmann's Light Oatmeal Raisin (2)                     14
     Archway Fat Free Oatmeal Raisin (1)                      14
 /   Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Oatmeal Raisin (1)            8
 /   Archway Apple or Date Filled Oatmeal (1)(l)               9
 /   SnackWell's Oatmeal Raisin (2)                           10
 /   Archway Oatmeal (1)                                       8
 /   Cape Cod Reduced Fat Cranberry Oatmeal (2)                9
 /   Pepperidge Farm Oatmeal Raisin (1)                        9

     Sandwich Cookies

 /   SnackWell's Creme Sandwich (2)                           10
 /   Weight Watchers Vanilla Sandwich (3)                     10
     SnackWells Chocolate Sandwich (2)                        11
 /   Frookie Frookwich (2)(l)                                  7
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Oreo (3)                             14
     365 Chocolate Sandwich Cremes (2)                        11
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Vienna Fingers (2)                   9
     Sunshine Reduced Fat Hydrox (3)                          13
     Sunshine Vienna Fingers (2)                               8
     Sunshine Hydrox (3)                                      11
     Nabisco Oreo(3)                                          13

     Snaps & Wafers

 /   Murray Low Fat Iced Snaps (7)(l)                         10
 /   Girl Scout Low Fat Snaps (7)                             10
     Nabisco Reduced Fat Nilla Wafers (8)(l)                  12
 /   Nabisco Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps (4)                    9
 /   Delicious Ginger Snaps (4)                               10
 /   Mi-Del Snaps (5)(l)                                      10
     Keebler Reduced Fat Chocolate or Vanilla Wafers (8)      11
     Pepperidge Farm Old Fashioned Gingerman (4)              11
     Archway Reduced Fat Ginger Snaps (5)                     12
     Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (5)                      11
     Nabisco Nilla Wafers (8)                                 12
     Archway Ginger Snaps (5)                                 11

     Miscellaneous

 /   Archway Fat Free Devil's Food or Sugar (1)                8
     SnackWell's Devil's Food (2)                             14
     SnackWell's Golden Devil's Food (2)                      14
 /   Hain Animal Cookies (9)                                   6
//   Health Valley Amaranth Animal Cookies (16)(l)             4
 /   Nabisco National Arrowroot (6)                            6
//   Health Valley Biscotti (2)(l)                             7
 /   Archway Sugar Cookies (1)                                 7
 /   Stella D'oro Breakfast Treats (1)                         7
 /   Archway Cookie Jar Hermits (1)                            8
 /   Archway Old Fashioned Molasses (I)                       10
     Well's Caramel Delights (2)                          16
 /   Nabisco Social Tea (6)                                    7
 /   Nabisco Barnum's Animals (10)                             7
 /   Sunshine All American Animal Crackers (14)                7
 /   Frookie Funky Monkeys (16)(l)                             9
 /   SnackWell's Peanut Butter Chip (13)                       9
     SnackWell's Mint Creme (2)                               14
     Keebler Reduced Fat Fudge Stripes (3)                    11
     Pepperidge Farm Reduced Fat Fudge Striped
       Chocolate Chunk (2)                                    16
     Keebler Reduced Fat Pecan Sandies (2)                     6
     Nabisco Lorna Doone (4)                                   6
     Girl Scout Thin Mints (4)                                10
     Keebler Fudge Stripes (3)                                10
     Keebler Sugar Wafers (3)                                 13
     Keebler Pecan Sandies (2)                                 6
     Pepperidge Farm Milano (3)                               11


// Best Bite.

/ Better Bite.

(l) average. (*) fruit is the first ingredient.

(#) contains salatrim, which may cause gastric distress.

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