Health Bars for Dessert! June 17, 2009
Posted by Dorothy in bars, sweet eats.Tags: clif bars, gnu fiber bars, gnu fiber chocolate brownie, healthy dessert, lara bars, luna bars
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Everyone is looking for healthier dessert options these days, even me! I’ve been taste-testing “healthy” bars with dessert names recently. I’ve had everything from Clif Bars (carrot cake is the only flavor I like but I wouldn’t call it dessert), Luna Bars (i like the iced lemon bars but I wouldn’t call them dessert either), Larabars (all flavors are delicious, and I would definitely consider them a “snack-ey” dessert), and Gnu Fiber Bars. Gnu Fiber Bars are probably my favorite health bars out of the four mentioned. All of the flavors taste pretty good, they give you 50% of your daily fiber needs, and they’re not ridiculously sweet like Fiber One bars! Gnu Bars are all-natural and naturally sweetened!
The Chocolate Brownie Bars are amazing. They actually taste like a brownie! They definitely have a much stronger and deeper chocolate flavor than the chocolate bars from Clif, Luna, and Lara. The soft chewy texture also reminded me of actual brownies. Definitely crunchier than a real brownie, but as close as a “health” bar can get. The Banana Nut Bars are also pretty good. I could taste the fruit juice sweetner in the other flavors, but they were still tasty. But the Chocolate Brownie Bars are definitely good enough to eat for dessert!
I’ve gotta try these!
Those bars look good – I wouldn’t know which one to try first
I actually love that orange cranberry one and have them in my pantry right now. I don’t know if it would fool me for dessert, but it’s a great snack on the go option. Maybe if I dipped it in melted chocolate…
Chocolate Brownie Bar sounds delish! I wish they had those here
Hi, just found your blog! The bars sound great, and I’ve been looking for a healthy energy bar that tastes good. But by healthy, I don’t mean nutrition numbers, I mean not full of fake ingredients. What are they made of? I know you said they’re all-natural, but that can mean a lot of things!
Thanks for the review, I’m going to check them out!
Did you like the PB one?
Blond Duck – the PB ones were just OK; they don’t taste very peanut buttery – you can definitely taste the fruit juice sweetening, and not that much peanut butter!
and nomeatathlete – these bars are pretty good about their ingredients! everything is natural, and i can pronounce it all! you can find a list of ingredients on their site http://www.gnufoods.com/
CulinaryWannabe – yea, the Cranberry Orange ones definitely don’t taste like dessert to me, but the chocolate brownie one is as close to a brownie as a health bar can get! i love your dip in chocolate idea!
Sounds like it’s worth a try….Problem for me is that most of these chocolate bars taste like and have the consistency of chocolate Ex-Lax.
These look and sound really good! I’ll have to look for them.
I really love these bars too! I just wish they were easier to find… And perhaps a bit less expensive!
What a shame I cant’ gget thsoe here. They look great!
What a shame I can’t get those here. They look great!