Tuesday, September 23, 2008

hershey's sweet & salty granola bar with pretzels

hershey's sweet & salty granola bar with pretzels ($2.99 for 6, harris teeter)
1.2 oz / 34 g

Ingredients: hagh maltose corn syrup, enriched wheat flour, peanuts, sugar, whole grain rolled oats, vegetable oil, crisp rice, high fructose corn syrup, glycerin, sunflower oil, honey, salt, nonfat milk, whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn syrup, milk fat, soy lecithin, yeast, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, vanillin, artificial flavor.

Calories: 140
Cals from Fat: 45
Total Fat: 5g (8%)
Sat. Fat: 1.5g (8%)
Sodium: 240mg (10%)
Total Carb: 22g (7%)
Fiber: 1g (4%)
Sugar: 8g
Protein: 3g

This is another granola bar surfing in chocolate. this seems like a pretty standard "processed foods" ingredients list, and my hope is that the hershey magic makes this taste candybar-ish. And actually, this is quite a good bar - the texture is really nice, chewy granola in a slightly thinner bar than many, making it chewy but not dense. there's some chewy stuff in the granola that gives it a candy bar feel. the pretzels and peanuts are nice and salty, and the chocolate coating doesn't have the usual chemical taste - it doesn't taste completely natural, but its not overwhelming. not bad at all.

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