Hot on the heels of taste-testing Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Crackers, I sampled another new product, Nabisco's Nilla Cakesters.

Nilla Cakesters feature a couple of soft vanilla wafer cakes with vanilla frosting or creme or whatever in the middle. What's interesting to me is that Nilla Cakesters are based on an eating activity that nobody likes to admit doing: Dipping Nabisco Vanilla Wafers into a can of pre-made vanilla frosting. It's sort of like dessert chips and salsa.

To me, this product doesn't measure up to the homemade version and it was all I could do eat one of the things. However, opinion at my workplace among colleagues cajoled into performing a taste test seemed evenly divided. But even those who really liked Nilla Cakesters agreed that they don't taste as good as good as Oreo Cakesters. (These treats apparently are the coming thing; check out the Cakesters website.)

The big surprise was when one co-worker refused my offer to try a Nilla Cakester. Turns out she loves the things and had already eaten three packs -- that's six Cakesters total!

Check out the how Nilla Cakesters fare in tests over at The Impulsive Buy, ColuMn and gen[M]ay.

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