Review - Promax Lemon Bar

Brand:  Promax

Flavor:  Lemon Bar

Where to get it:  here @ ProMaxNutrition.com

                                Mmmmm lemon. Give it to me! First bite, lemon! Chew chew chew, hmmmm, I’m no longer certain I want to eat another bite. It wasn’t the worst bar that I’ve tried, for sure. There was something about it though. That first taste is so good then it morphs into something else that really isn’t identifiable as a familiar flavor. That concerns me a little bit. Maybe it’s just the protein isolate blend that Pro Max is using. I’m sure it’s nothing nefarious, but I wouldn’t choose this bar a second time.

Tastes like:   Lemon at first, then…chemicals?

Taste rating:  5/10

Qualities:   Gluten-free, vegetarian, Kosher

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Review - Odwalla Bar

Brand:  Odwalla

Flavor:  Lemon Ginger Nourishing Bar

Where to get it: here @ Amazon.com

                Ginger is a force to be reckoned with. I like it, but it’s just so easy to do wrong, especially in desserts. This bar is so over-gingered that I didn’t even venture beyond a single bite. I really like Odwalla as a company, back in college I worked in a coffee shop that sold the smoothies. The delivery guy always gave me the ones that were about to expire for free. When you’re a starving college kid (okay, I was never STARVING, but I did eat a ton of cereal and white rice), a free $4 bottle of juice is VERY exciting. I just feel like they’ve missed the mark on their line of bars.             

               

Tastes like:  All ginger and no lemon

Taste rating:  2/10

Qualities:  Kosher, Non-GMO

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Review - Dolcetto Petites Lemon Wafer Bites

Brand:  Dolcetto Petites

Flavor:  Lemon Wafer Bites

Where to get it: here @ Amazon.com

                I know, I know…cookies…WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?? Making me smile, that’s what they’re doing here. Any company that takes the time to make a 100-calorie pack deserves a chance. These little darlings are so light and flaky, so lemon-y delicious, so YES PLEASE. They don’t mess around, they’re very sweet, and you won’t be under any kind of illusion that you’re eating a diet cookie. These are the real thing, and I am celebrating that fact. Instead of that donut in the break room, or that piece of birthday cake, eat a pack of these with wild abandon, and don’t feel guilty about it.   

                 

               

Tastes like:  Light and flaky lemon kisses

Taste rating:  10/10

Qualities:  All-natural, no artificial ingredients

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Review - Balance Bar, Lemon Meringue Crunch

Brand:  Balance

Flavor:  Lemon Meringue Crunch

Where to get it: here @ Bodybuilding.com

                Lemon is my very favorite “sweet thing” flavor. I found this bar to be rock solid on the lemon, but there really wasn’t much crunch to it. It wasn’t a bad bar, but it did have that sort of chalky protein feel to it, and a little bit of an aftertaste as well. It’s also a 200-calorie bar, and to me it isn’t good enough knowing what other snacks I could wheedle into my face for that amount – an apple sauce, a light string cheese, and a 100-calorie pack of Nilla wafers! All in all it wasn’t bad, but there are better bars out there for the calories, in my opinion. And look at all those ingredients. Yikes.

                 

               

Tastes like:  Lemon-y protein powder

Taste rating:  6.5/10

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