Larabar Chocolate Chip Brownie

Larabar Chocolate Chip Brownie ($1.00, Kroger)
1.6 oz / 45g

Ingredients: dates, chocolate chips, almonds, walnuts, cocoa powder, sea salt.

Calories: 200
Calories from fat: 80
Fat: 9g (13%)
Sat. Fat: 2g (11%)
Sodium: 30mg (1%)
Total Carb: 31g (10%)
Fiber: 4g (17%)
Sugars: 23g
Protein: 4g (9%)

Look at that ingredient list! I mean that is something to be proud of in this day and age. Not a hint of vegetable glycerin or sunscreen in this one! Just a whole bunch of sugar. Seriously, it is over half sugar. 45g bar, 23g of sugar. Sorry to bring that up. Anyway, how's it taste? It is delicious! It is cocoa and sugar and almonds, dates, and walnuts! This is a compressed date bar but isn't as dry or chalky as some. It is quite good. And sugary.

Larabar blueberry muffin

Larabar blueberry muffin ($1.00, Kroger)
1.6 oz / 45g

Ingredients: dates, cashews, unsweetened blueberries, blueberry juice concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, vanilla extract

Calories: 190

Cals from fat: 70

Total Fat: 8g (12%) 

Sat Fat: 1.5g (7%) 

Sodium: 5mg (0%) 

Total Carb: 26g (9%) 

Fiber: 3g (12%) 

Sugar: 17g 

Protein: 4g

Wow, I have to admit I wasn't expecting this to be another bar of soap compressed date bar. The ingredient list gave it away, but so (unfortunately) did the bar's soap like appearance. Despite the looks this bar tastes pretty great - it has a soft, fruity texture and tastes like the ingredients - blueberries, dates, and cashews. Not really granola-y but tasty nonetheless. 

Belvita blueberry

Belvita blueberry ($1.00, Kroger) 

1.76 oz / 50g  

Ingredients: rolled oats, rye flakes, enriched flour, high oleic canola oil, sugar, whole grain wheat flour, evaporated cane sugar, dried blueberries, malt syrup, invert sugar, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin, dispdium pyrophosphate, natural flavor, datem, blueberry juice concentrate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate.

Calories: 230

Cals from fat: 70

Total Fat: 8g (12%) 

Sat Fat: 0.5g (3%) 

Sodium: 220mg (9%) 

Total Carb: 36g (12%) 

Fiber: 3g (12%) 

Sugar: 13g 

Protein: 4g

More cookies for breakfast. These look like real cookies - a little fruit and some oat pieces showing through a natural golden brown color. Certainly better looking than the chocolate variety. They taste great, too - certainly not like the fruit is genuine or anything crazy like that. They have a taste reminiscent of blueberry muffins or pancakes but are more portable and crunchy. This is ever so much more convenient to have in my bag than all that butter and syrup floating around, so I stand by these being a good choice.