Ca ressemble a du beurre ...

Ca ressemble a du beurre mais c'est pas du beurre! Bon pour la cuisson, les patisseries, mais je prefere le gout de Becel Or. C'est une margarine! Ni extraordinaire ni mauvaise.

GMO canola oil-based - not for me

I received this product for free to test from the FamilyRated Club.

I loved the way these Becel sticks were so creamy and didn't require softening before use. This product created an incredible cake, and an incredibly smooth frosting!!! However, I am sad to say that I won't be purchasing this after seeing that it contains GMOs from the canola oil. This is just a personal preference, but anyone who doesn't care about this will be ecstatic about the results you will get from using this product in your backed goods.

Great Margarine, Not for Baking!

I was selected to try the BECEL STICKS UNSALTED from ChickAdvisor for free in exchange for my honest thoughts and opinions and I was pretty excited as I LOVE to cook and bake! Margarine is a staple in our household and I use it in most of my cooking instead of butter because butter is very expensive, especially in a small northern town. When it comes to baking, however, butter is a must! My cookies are always made with real unsalted butter and I have my family favourite recipes perfected and mastered to a T! I was super excited that these reasonably priced margarine sticks state on their label that they are great for baking, cooking and spreading. But better yet? They claim to replace butter 1:1 - I had to test this out! With 50% less saturated fat than butter, I knew this had to be too good to be true... it was.

I got out my recipe for my 'super soft and chewy soft baked chocolate chunk cookies' and as usual I followed the directions with the ONLY change being the addition of 3/4 cup of the Becel Unsalted Margarine Sticks instead of 3/4 cup of butter. I popped them in the oven, and my family and I waited the 13 minutes in anticipation of eating our favourite cookies! Long story short... it was a disaster. The cookies usually bake up thick and are non-greasy. The substitution of margarine made them the exact opposite. They were thin and had spread immensely and were SO greasy. Even after they had completely cooled on a wire cookie rack, they were a greasy mess. The next day after transferring them to an air tight container... still a greasy mess. The taste wasn't compromised too much, but the texture and consistency was not the same and I actually ended up just tossing them away.

Since my cookie nightmare I have used the margarine for sauteing mushrooms and peppers, on steak and as a spread for garlic bread and it worked awesome for all of those things! The taste was not compromised and the texture was soft and creamy. The package comes with four 1/2 cup sticks which is super convenient and easy to cut. There is no need to soften the margarine so it can cut down a little bit of time in the kitchen with meal prep. The only other con of the product is the fat content. Many margarine on the market contain between 1 and 1.5 g of saturated fats while this product has 2 grams. Many other margarine also contain 0 Trans fats while this contains 0.1g. I know that number is small, but I am sure you all know the dangers of trans fats and with 2 tsp of the Becel sticks containing 11% of your daily fat intake, is this really worth it?

Overall you can find these in the grocery store for a great price. They were on sale when I picked them up for $2.99 which is very reasonable. They do not substitute for baking like they claim but they do fare well in the cooking and spreading department. However, I would not choose this product over other margarine alternatives even at a better price, due to the saturated and trans fat percentages. Unfortunately I would not recommend this product to friends and family.

Eh

The unsalted version of this product is not exactly what we expected. You wouldn’t tink you would miss salt in something as small as butter sticks but you most definitely do, atleast my family does!

Super Convenient And Full Of Flavour!

I am an avid baker so when I got the chance to try the unsalted Becel Sticks for free thanks to Becel and ChickAdvisor I was super excited!! This product did not dissapoint! I love that it t comes with 4 sticks that are pre-measured, making it super easy and convenient! It is also easier to use than butter because it is soft and does not require the time to soften if you want to make muffins, cookies or loaves in a hurry. My family and I baked cupcakes, cakes and muffins, all of which tastes delicious!! I will be recommending these to friends and family. These sticks are great for cooking too and I used it to make a chicken as well as a fish dish and it really elevated the flavour.

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Better then butter?

Butter is better unless you are lactose intolerant. Which half my family is.

So its nice to be able to bake with margarine sticks, way easier to measure then the tub. I made a nice carrot cake. I would use this again, you should have larger packs of sticks... :-)

I got this for free but my opinions are my own.

Bake at a whim!

Becel soft sticks are kinda awesome. The go from your fridge to your cookie dough with no softening required and you can legit smoosh these suckered with a wooden spoon. Awesome for whimsy baking 😊

Good quality product

The taste is better than I have expected. The down side is the price of this product is quite high. I would probably wait until it is on sale before I buy it.