In my never-ending quest for awesome protein bars, I came across some made by Optimum Nutrition. They're called Optimal Protein Diet. Today I tried my first one. These contain maltitol which can have a 'laxative' effect on some people... =) Here are some of the flavors I've found (and I will add my review of it once I've tried it.)
Chocolate Mint - This smells just like a York Peppermint Patty!! However, the flavor seems to be mostly in the 'chocolate' coating and not so much in the actual bar (underneath / within the chocolate coating). That being said, if I was craving a Peppermint Patty, I think I'd be willing to substitute this for that (for the most part). One bar has 180 calories, 2.5 g of fat, 140 mg of sodium, 23 g of carbs (22 g of which are sugar alcohols... so it basically only has 1 g of net carbs) and 20 g of protein. I would buy this again, though it's not my first choice of protein bar.
Fudge Truffle - I didn't care for this. It didn't gross me out quite as much as the Peanut Butter one did but it wasn't that good. I only ate half of it and gave the rest to my sister to try. =) I would not buy this again.
Peanut Butter - Blech! This grossed me out. The peanut butter flavor was so chemical tasting!! I couldn't even eat the whole bar. I definitely preferred the Chocolate Mint flavor to this one. I would *never* buy this flavor again. Yuck!!
Toasted Coconut - This was actually fairly good. I loved the coconut flavor... granted, it did have a bit of a 'synthetic' taste to it and it would have been better if they had actually put a little real coconut in the ingredients but it wasn't bad. This was probably my favorite of the four flavors from Optimum Nutrition. I'd buy it again, though this is still not my first choice of protein bar.
Here is their website...
http://www.optimumnutrition.com/products/optimal-protein-diet-bar-p-211.html
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