Larabar Cashew Cookie

I went for this bar just prior to a six mile run.  Don’t get me wrong, I like Larabars – just not this one so much.  They are small and sort of spendy however you know what you are getting with just two ingredients.

This bar certainly tastes like cashews, but I didn’t care for the texture.  Lots of nuts – of course.  Still good, but not what I was expecting.  Probably more fiber than I need for such an early morning run.  I paid $1.69 at Meijer in August 2009.

Ingredients: Cashews, dates.  Made in the U.S.A.

Larabar Cashew Cookie

Pure Protein Peanut Marshmallow Eclipse

I decided on this bar after a long bike ride.  When I opened it up, it was a covered in a peanut butter coating.  These bars are small.  Initially, tasted pretty good.  Soft marshmallow was a nice change of pace.  The problem was the aftertaste.  Strange almost metallic taste.  Not good.  I paid $1.35 at Meijer in August 2009.  Not one of my better choices.

Ingredients: Marshmallow cream layer (maltitol, milk protein, sorbitol, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk, lecithin, salt, natural flavor, calcium carbonate), protein blend (whey protein hydrolsate, milk protein isolate), coating (fractionated palm kernel oil, maltitol, milk protein isolate, partially defatted peanut flour, peanut butter (dry roasted peanuts), distilled monoglycerides, soy lecithin, salt, sucralose), glycerin, water, soy protein isolate, hydrolyzed collagen, peanut flout, natural flavor, marshmallow pieces (sugar, corn starch, fructose, soybean oil, corn syrup solids, natural flavor, salt, soy lecithin), soy crisps (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), inulin, vitamin and mineral blend, salt, sucralose, wheat germ and almond meal.

Pure Protein Peanut Marshmallow Eclipse

Pure Protein Strawberry Shortcake

I know I’ve reviewed other Pure Protein bars and they have not been my best choices.  I decided to give this bar a chance given that it had strawberries and I thought it would be nice change of pace.  Good call.

Again, they bars strike me as being small when opened up.  The bar is coated and the strawberry layer was tasty.  I can’t say it tasted much like strawberry shortcake.  I was just glad it didn’t have the aftertaste all of my other Pure Protein bars had.  I paid $1.35 at Meijer in August 2009.  If you are going to pick this brand, go for this bar.

Ingredients: Protein blend (milk protein isolate, whey protein isolate), strawberry fruit layer (fruit (strawberry puree, apple puree concentrate, plum puree concentrate), sorbitol, palm fat, rice starch, glycerol, natural flavor, malic acid, pectin, calcium lactate, soy lecithin),  yogurt coating (maltitol powder, palm kernel oil, milk protein isolate, nonfat dry milk solids, nonfat yogurt (cultured nonfat milk), soy lecithin, natural flavor), hydrolzed collageen, glycerin, soy crisps (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), water, natural flavor, maltitol syrup, strawberry flavored fruit pieces (sugar, cranberries, citric acid, natural strawberry flavor, elderberry juice concentrate, sunflower oil, canola oil, malic acid, calcium carbonate, vitamin and mineral blend, sucralose, xanitan gum, wheat germ, soy lecithin, peanut flour and almond meal.

Pure Protein Strawberry Shortcake