Review - Fabz Sea Salt Fava Beans

Brand:  Fabz

Flavor:  Sea Salt Fava Beans

Where to get it: here @ FanzSnacks.com

                A savory snack that I haven’t tried – HOW EXCITING! These little beans don’t disappoint either - nice & salty, great for snacking, and you get 7g of protein for your 130 calories. They’re also a lot more substantial than they look. You can’t really pound these by the handful unless you really, really like to chew for a really, really long time. I feel they are best savored one bean at a time. I also think these would be great in a trail mix…for me maybe some yogurt raisins, sunflower seeds, almonds…and perhaps some peanut butter chips. The possibilities are basically endless.                            

                 

Tastes like:  Salty bean smiles

Taste rating:  8/10

Qualities:  Gluten-free, Non-GMO, Vegetarian, Vegan, Kosher, All Natural, Made in the USA

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Review - Love Your Health Honey Toasted Soy Nuts

Brand:  Love Your Health

Flavor:  Honey Toasted Soy Nuts

Where to get it: Costco & CVS stores nationwide

                I’ll put anything honey-roasted, honey-toasted, or honey-coated in my mouth. These are just what they claim to be, soy beans, salt, and sugar. How can you not like that?? I was a little impressed that there wasn’t any oil in them. I was a lot impressed that they were Non-GMO, being soybeans and all. These are a simple and easy slam dunk snack.          

                 

               

Tastes like:  Light honey roasted nuts

Taste rating:  10/10

Qualities:  Made in the USA, Gluten-free, Non-GMO, Vegetarian

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Review - Metragenix Granola Oatmeal Bars

Brand:  Metragenix

Flavor:  Granola Oatmeal

Where to get it:  here @ Bodybuilding.com

                I look at the wrapper and I imagine some kind of yogurt-coated, oatmeal-y, perhaps slightly crunchy bar…that is probably pretty good. Unfortunately, as is so often the case, this bar fell flat. I need that oat taste, you guys. Stop trying to keep it away from me. I realize that oats = carbs, so maybe stop naming low-carb stuff OATMEAL…or worse yet, GRANOLA OATMEAL, aka carb-on-carb action. Stop it. Call it something else. I’ll be less disappointed and then I won’t have to write rambling reviews full of way too much emotion about a simple protein bar. Bottom line, this tastes nothing like oatmeal, granola, or anything else you might think it tastes like from looking at the wrapper. There should be a tub of protein powder and a bottle of liquid synthetic sweetener on the wrapper. Would you guys buy that?

               

Tastes like:   Neither granola nor oatmeal

Taste rating:  4/10

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Review - Boxed Water is Better

Brand:  Boxed Water Is Better

Flavor:  Water!

Where to get it:  here @ Boxed Water (or your local grocery, if they're cool)

                It’s water. It tastes like water. It has nothing in it, as per the norm with water. Why am I writing a review about water? Because I can, and I want to, and I feel like you should know about this water. Firstly, it gets SO COLD because it’s in a carton and not plastic. (The little bit o’plastic in the spout and cap are BPA-free, in case you were wondering.) So there’s that. Secondly, the packaging is way cool, the marketing is way cool, and the message is way cool. I love this stuff, and I’m probably going to spend way too much money buying it. I don’t care; you can try to stop me. I’ll trip you and let the zombies have you. We used to be friends.

               

Tastes like:   The coldest water in all the land

Taste rating:  10/10

Qualities:   Vegan, vegetarian, Non-GMO, gluten-free, Kosher, Organic, all natural, Halal…it’s water you guys!

What’s in it: Water.

Review - Quest Nutrition Protein Chips

Brand:  Quest

Flavor:  BBQ Protein Chips

Where to get it: here @ Quest Nutrition

               

                Nutritionally, these are a freaking MIRACLE. 120 calories, 2g fat, 5g carbs, and 21g protein. I feel like anything that can deliver those numbers, and even be HALFWAY edible is a miracle. But these chippies were actually TOTALLY edible. The BBQ seasoning covers up 95% of the “protein powder” taste, and the other 5% goes away after you eat a couple chips. My only complaint is that they are so delicate, I had trouble finding a single intact chip in the bag, and about 80% of them were pulverized into “tip the bag into your mouth” status. If the stares of people pretending that they are too civilized to dump chips into their faces don’t bother you, these are just incredible.

                                 

               

Tastes like:  a BBQ’d baked cracker

Taste rating:  8/10

Qualities:  Gluten-free, vegetarian (I think)

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Review - Eatrageous Crunchy Mac n' Cheese

Brand:  Eatrageous

Flavor:  Crunchy Mac N’ Cheese

Where to get it: here @ Eatrageous

                The competition in the 100-calorie snack market is FIERCE, so when I see a new product enter the ring, I don’t get too excited. It’s hard to taste REALLY good, and be plentiful enough that I don’t need to wolf down 3 servings to feel like I got an actual snack. Eatrageous is crushing this game. I’ve had so many crisps, many of them just blend together. These are a real stand out, they taste GREAT, you get a lot of them for your 100 calories, and they are super crunchy. Nacho-cheesey-licious and shaped like penne pasta, if you’re looking for a savory, cheesy, crunchy snack, I can’t think of many better than these.

               

Tastes like:  Crunchy tubes of cheesy delight

Taste rating:  10/10

Qualities:  Gluten-free, Non-GMO, Kosher, all natural

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Review - Thunderbird Energetica Bars

Brand:  Thunderbird Energetica

Flavor:  Various

Where to get it: here @ Abe's Market

                I LOVE overachievers. I’m not one, but that just makes me appreciate them all the more. Thunderbird Energetica has drilled down the awesomeness of their bars all the way to the wrapper, which is compostable. Heyo! Could you be any cooler? No, I really don’t think you could be. Eating these bars makes me feel like an Earth Avenger. They’ve even been blessed by a shaman. Show me a snacker who remains unimpressed, and I’ll also have you know, they are incredibly tasty. The Cashew Fig Carrot was my favorite (ahem, why no snazzy name?), but I also liked the Sweet Lemon Rain Dance as well. They’re quite fruity and have that sweet date-type taste, and I’m into it. Thank you for being you, Thunderbird Energetica. I appreciate your awesomeness.          

                 

               

Tastes like:  Mmmmmm dates and figs and smiles

Taste rating:  9/10

Qualities:  Gluten-free, Non-GMO, Vegetarian, Vegan, Raw, No artificial ingredients

What’s in it: (Cashew Fig Carrot Bar)