Balance almond brownie

Balance almond brownie ($1.39, harris teeter)
1.76 oz / 50 g

Calories: 200
Cals From Fat: 50
Fat: 6g (9%)
Sat. Fat: 1.5g (8%)
Cholesterol: <5mg (1%)
Sodium: 75mg (3%)
Potassium: 220mg (6%)
Total Carb: 22g (7%)
Fiber: 2g (8%)
Sugar: 17g
Protein: 14g (25%)

Ingredients: soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, whey protein concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, high maltose corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, almonds, fructose, ground almonds, roasted soybeans, honey, natural flavor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, dextrose, fractionated palm kernel oil, oligofructose, fish gelatin, beta carotene, annatto.

Wow, those are some crazy ingredients, and look: most of them are sugar of one kind or another. Weird. This has the look and feel of a brownie, but has a strong, scary nutrition bar taste. It really tastes completely unnatural. If you take larger bites more of the chocolate taste comes through so my only guess is they have some enormously wide-mawwed taste tester working at balance. Maybe one of the muppets. By halfway through the bar (large bites) I sort of acclimated to the taste and it got down to being a bit more brownie-like. The texture of this bar is good - slightly dry and nutty like any pre-packaged brownie. You might be able to fool someone into thinking this was a little debbie if you could get past that initial chemical taste. I went and got some coffee thinking that would help but the chemical taste was just as strong after letting the bar sit for a couple of minutes, even after a slug of coffee.