Energy Bar Taste Test
Taste testing your emergency travel food options.
Balance: Yogurt Honey Peanut
Stats: Carbs 35 g, Fat 7 g, Protein 10 g
Visual Appeal
K.H.: Creamy Porcelain.
Taste
E.M.: Reminiscent of O.G. Tiger’s Milk bars of my youth.
Cottonmouth Factor
All Agree: Medium-high
Chewability
E.M.: Smooth
Clif Bar: Cookies and Cream
Stats: Carbs 45g, Fat 4g, and Protein 10g
Visual Appeal
R.H.: Dark and mysterious, can’t tell what’s inside
Taste
E.M.: Not like cookies and cream.
Cottonmouth Factor
E.M.: Critical
Chewability
R.H.: Definitely not creamy.
Mountain Lift: Cappuccino Crunch
Stats: Carbs 34 g, Fat 5g, Protein 10 g
Visual Appeal
R.H.: Mmmm, chocolate.
Taste
E.M.: Complex, rich chocolate giving way to coffee heaven.
K.H.: I hate coffee. Why would you wreck a perfectly good chocolate flavor with coffee?
Cottonmouth Factor
R.H.: Could get by in a pinch without water.
Chewability
E.M.: Silky texture, but chewability could be a factor in the cold.
PowerBar Harvest: Strawberry
Stats: Carbs 45g, Fat 4g, Protein 7g
Visual Appeal
E.M.: Harkening back to the unpretentious days before chocolate coating.
Taste
K.H.: Fruit, berry something-or-other.
Cottonmouth Factor
R.H.: Sahara dryness, absorbs like a sponge.
Chewability
K.H.: Team tired jaw.
Peak Bar: Super Lean Chocolate Malt
Stats: Carbs 56g, Fat 7g, Protein, 7g
Visual Appeal
K.H.: Do cows eat chocolate chips and raisins?
Taste
E.M.: Can’t decide it it’s chocolate or fruit.
Cottonmouth Factor
K.H.: A full sip per bite.
Chewability
R.H.: Spongy with some chunky pieces.
Think!: Chocolate Almond Coconut Raisin
Stats: Carbs 31 g, Fat 5 g, Protein 12 g
Visual Appeal
E.M.: Looks yummy.
K.H.: Looks enough like a chocolate bar to trick you.
Taste
K.H.: Almond Joy without the nuts.
Cottonmouth Factor
E.M. Minimal.
Chewability
R.H. Melts in your mouth.
Editors note:
After our little taste test, Ewan challenged our office ping-pong champ. He lost. Kurt was hoping to counteract the coma-factor typically induced by a lunch of Mexican food. J.C. went back to his cube and wasn’t heard from again. And Robyn typed in these results at lightning speed.