Larabar Cashew Cookie ($1.79, harris teeter)
1.7 oz / 48 g
Calories: 210
Cals from Fat: 110
Total Fat: 12g (19%)
Sat. Fat: 2g (11%)
Potassium: 320mg (9%)
Total Carb: 23g (8%)
Fiber: 3g (10%)
Sugar: 14g
Protein: 6g
Ingredients: cashews, dates
Wait, what? Cashews and dates? That's it? Whoa. Compared to those balance bars these are positively primitive. So of course the $64,000 question: how do they taste? Well, lets start with how they look. They look like a bar of homemade soap. I'm not kidding. The dates and cashews have been ground up and pressed into a semi-translucent bar that really looks like some fancy soap you might buy at whole foods. I'd be proud to display this in my bathroom. The taste is, well, cashews and dates. It almost begs the question of why I'm not eating a handful of cashews mixed with dates, which would surely be less than $1 per ounce. That said, its a pretty good ratio of dates to cashews, and the whole "bar" concept is pretty cool - they managed to press it without making it too dense or rubbery. I'd sort of expected some of the dryness of the other pressed date bars, but this is a step above most of them. As you might expect, there is no "nutrition bar" taste whatsoever, delicious. A good bar.
As a fun bit of research, I found that chopped dates happen to fall around $0.30 an oz, and cashew pieces about $0.50 an oz, so you could approximate the experience of this bar for about $1.36 plus a bit of squeezing. I guess the squeezing is worth $0.43.
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Lara's great but you might also like to try the Kardea gourmet nutrition bar. 7g fiber, 7g protein, 1g plant sterols, low saturated fat, only 150 calories----and these taste great and have great aroma. All four are vegetarian --- utilizing no dairy and utlizing lower glycemic agave and brown rice syrup as the primary sweeteners. 2 are vegan (chai spice and banana nut). We would be glad to send you samples for trial. rleighton@kardeanutrition.com
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