( 18 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 14 2009
I'm a fan of Larabars and the peanut ones are my second favorite. All of them have only a few ingredients (less is better) and no preservatives or additives. Although I was quite surprised by the price of a box of 16, which pretty much equals over two bucks a bar. My local grocery store sells them for one dollar, thirty-nine cents. The health food store sells them for a dollar fifty-nine. That can mean a lot of savings.
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Posted: Aug 9 2009
I love many flavors of Larabars and like how they are raw and simple. I bought one of this flavor to see if I wanted a box...no way. You get the coconut that hits your taste buds first...then you are instantly smacked with an aftertaste of *SOAP*! Terrible. I tried 3 bites to see if it got better...NO. I'd never recommend this although I do like other flavors.
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Posted: Aug 9 2009
Obviously a lot of people like this bar, myself included, so I thought I'd review it a bit differently. When I was searching for a healthier between meal afternoon snack I read a lot of reviews for a lot of products. I wanted something with few ingredients, not "fortified" and with some nuts in it. I settled on these Larabar Fruit & Nut Cherry Pie bars and the Pure Bar Organic Wild Blueberry Living Food Bar. I love cherries and I love blueberries so they seemed like good choices. The stats of the bars are very similar, weight (both 1.7oz, not 1.8), calories, fat, sugars, etc. The PURE has more protein at 6g vs 4g. The Larabar has no sodium while the PURE has just a bit at 5mg. The Larabar is thicker, the PURE bar is wider. Visually the Larabar appears to have more nuts in it, which doesn't seem to jive with the protein stats. The PURE bar has a grittier texture while chewing so maybe more of the nuts are finely ground. 1st ingredient is dates for both followed by almonds and then cherries for the Larabar and followed by blueberries and various nuts, organic agave nectar, rice protein and lemon juice for the PURE bar. One would think with the extra ingredients in the PURE bar they were added to tweak the flavor or give it a fresher taste, but the flavor of the Larabar is better than the PURE by a pretty good margin. It has a much fresher and lively taste. I have to say the PURE bar is a bit cardboardy tasting to me and has a drier mouth feel. It is not bad, in fact my 2 youngest kids eat them readily, just not nearly as good as the Larabar. I think the tartness of the cherries in the Larabar kick up the flavor vs the milder blueberry flavor of the PURE (maybe the lemon juice add as an attempt to kick up the PURE bar flavor and tartness?). In fairness I should probably review the PURE Cherry Cashew bar but I much prefer almonds over cashews so don't plan on ordering any from Amazon. If I stumble on the PURE cherry in a regular store I will give one a try thugh. I still get both auto shipped from Amazon for variety sake, but am looking for a better tasting blueberry bar w/ basic ingredients including nuts. For grins here is a comparison of the Larabar, PURE, Snickers, Hershey's and Maruchan Chicken Ramen noodles in a few categories. Stats are listed in the order I listed them in the previous sentence. Calories: 190, 190, 280, 210, 380 Total Fat: 8g, 9, 14, 13, 14 Saturated Fat: 0.5g, 1, 5, 8, 7 Sugars: 21g, 20, 30, 24, 0 Protein: 4g, 6, 4, 3, 10 Sodium: 0mg, 5, 140, 35, 1540 !!!
