(H&H bagels are the very best ones, in case you were wondering!)
So unsurprisingly, store-bought bagels are not something I put on my regular shopping list.
Yet, for this experiment, I was determined to find the best possible store-bought bagels.
Ronnie Koenig for Eat This, Not That!
Here are the results of my bagel test, ranked from worst to best.
If you haven’t tried a real NYC bagel, book your trip ASAP!
But when it comes to bagels, it’s best to avoid.
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When toasted, the bread was full of little holes that made it look mangled.
At this point, the only reason I bit into the bagel was to carry out the test.
The texture was doughy and it tasted extremely bland.
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Even a thick coating of cream cheese could not make these bagels edible.
As for eating…not so much.
I’m normally a big fan of all things fromTrader Joe’s, but the bagels?Oy gevalt!
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All of the bagels in the package looked slightly different.
After toasting, the texture of the bagel appeared extremely crumbly.
It tasted bland, too, and way too fluffy, like biting into a pillow.
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What made me even more kvetchy was that these were the only bagels I tested that weren’t pre-sliced.
I’d pass this one up in favor of individual sized cereal and a banana.
When biting in, these bagels had a very mushy mouth feel.
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They also had the highest amount of sugar of all the bagels on my lista whopping 10 grams.Oy vey!
Out of the package they had a somewhat unappealing brownish color but toasted up nicely.
But to be honest, I’d sooner buy their English muffins than eat these bagels again.
Ronnie Koenig
They also contain 15 grams of whole grains, making them a healthier choice.
Still, these toasted up well and had a nice whole-grain taste.
Ronnie Koenig
