Review: Mediterra Yogurt & Oat Bar with Apricot & Pistachio

I'm trying to steadily plow through my last few purchases from my Fresh Thyme shopping splurge a while back and as I work my way though, I'll be hitting on another Mediterra review today.  I had some nice success with them in my first review, so I was anxious to dive into this Mediterra Yogurt & Oat Bar with Apricot & Pistachio that I picked up for $1.99.  The bar itself is 1.6 ounces, 180 calories and has seven grams of protein packed in.  It's all natural and gluten free, so it does have those healthy taglines slapped onto it as well.

Review: Earnest Eats Almond Trail Mix Baked Whole Food Bar

Sorry folks, but this blog has been a little Fresh Thyme heavy recently.  Unfortunately, that's mostly going to continue for a while because I made a HUGE splurge there and probably will go back again.  The positive is that it's freshened up (get it?) the content a bit here and given me some new products to review.  Today is the second look at an Earnest Eats product as I grabbed this Earnest Eats Almond Trail Mix Baked Whole Food Bar for $1.69.  It's 1.9 ounces and has 210 calories with six grams of protein.  It's also organic, vegan and wheat free.

Review: Mediterra Yogurt & Oat Bar with Cherry & Pistachio

Fresh Thyme strikes again!  It's another new product from my first trip to the store itself.  In that trip, I picked up a very interesting, Mediterranean inspired product when I grabbed this Mediterra Yogurt & Oat Bar with Cherry & Pistachio off the shelf for $1.99.  The bar itself is 1.6 ounces and packs in 180 calories and seven grams of protein.  It's also all natural and gluten free, so there are some clear benefits to this one.  I wish one of the benefits would be that when eating this bar, I would automatically be transported to a beach (preferably nude) somewhere in the Mediterranean.  Probably not going to happen though, unfortunately.  Instead, I'll just have to settle for testing out this bar.

Review: Earnest Eats Cran Lemon Zest Baked Whole Food Bar

Today's product is doubly new for me.  Firstly, I picked this up at Fresh Thyme, which is a store that I had never been to until then (nice store, by the way).  Secondly, with a new store bring a new product manufacturer and this is the first time that Earnest Eats has ever made an appearance on the blog with their Earnest Eats Cran Lemon Zest Baked Whole Food Bar that I was able to pick up for $1.69.  Each bar is 1.9 ounces and has 210 calories with five grams of protein.  It's also organic, wheat-free and vegan, so there's those additional health benefits (or life choices) as well.

Review: CLIF Nuts & Seeds Bar

When I'm walking through the store and am looking through the shelves for new things, I sometimes see products that make me think to myself "why even bother?"  Today's review, which adds to the CLIF collection, is one of those products.  The whole idea of this bar just seems so incredibly boring that I just don't know how it could be appealing enough for anyone to buy it.  Now, I'm a reviewer (or at least pretending to be one), so I bought this CLIF Nuts & Seeds Bar just because it was a new product and I wanted something to review.  This one set me back $1.00 at Kroger and it comes in at the CLIF bar standard 2.4 ounces.  It's also packing 270 calories and eleven grams of protein.

Review: Mariani Sesame Honeybar

After having reviewed several of their products and having seen consistent success in my reviews of those products, it might be time for me to join the Mariani family.  What I like about these products is they stick to basic recipes and presentations and just deliver on flavor.  That said, the source of today's review is one that I've held until last because not only is it the least basic of all the bars that I picked up in a splurge at the Walmart Neighborhood Market for $1.49, it's also the one that I was most scared of because the recipe description seemed just off to me.  Either way, it's time to plow ahead and take a look at this all natural Mariani Sesame Honeybar that comes in at 1.4 ounces with 200 calories and six grams of protein.

Review: Nature Valley Salted Caramel Peanut Nut Crisp Bars

I love me some coupons.  Digital, cut out of the paper, whatever...just give me my savings.  It's that undying love of savings that giddily caused me to "clip" a digital coupon to buy today's review subject to add to my constantly growing Nature Valley review collection.  This digital coupon was "clipped" via the Meijer iPhone app and I grabbed this box of six Nature Valley Salted Caramel Peanut Nut Crisp Bars on sale for $2.99 (plus a coupon for an additional $0.50 off).  It's a new product, so of course I was doubly giddy to mix that with a coupon (yeah, I'm a dork).  Anyway, each bar in this box is 0.89 ounces and comes in at 140 calories with four grams of protein.

Review: Good Greens Apple Crumb Soy Greek Yogurt Bar

It's been quite a while since I looked at a Good Greens product (over two years), but I had noticed recently that my local Marsh Supermarket had started carrying their bars.  I hadn't made any purchases because I thought I had tried all the flavors, but upon further review recently, I noticed that there were a couple that I hadn't tested out yet and that leads to today's review of this Good Greens Apple Crumb Soy Greek Yogurt Bar.  I was able to grab this one for $2.49 and it comes in at 1.76 ounces with 190 calories and ten grams of protein.  It's also dubbed as a "Wellness Bar" on the wrapper and I think that's a first for me.  As always with these Good Greens bars, it's powered by their Z52 Superfood Powder and I'll spare telling the long story of that that is again.  You can check out the website or my prior reviews if interested.  Anyway, the bar is also all natural, gluten free and vegan, so that's fun (or healthy) I suppose.

Review: The GFB Gluten Free Bar Oatmeal Raisin Bar

I mentioned in a previous Gluten Free Bar review that I first thought they had been kicked out of my local Meijer, but like the Phoenix, they rose again with additional flavors.  I said that I picked up a couple of flavors and today's review of this The GFB Gluten Free Bar Oatmeal Raisin Bar is the second of those flavors that I was able to grab.  Like the last, this one was on the shelves of Meijer for $1.49.  It clocks in at 2.05 ounces with 220 calories and twelve grams of protein.  It's all natural, dairy free, soy free, vegan and obviously gluten free.

Review: Wholesome Goodness Cranberry Omega Granola Bar

It's another new manufacturer!  I always love it when I stumble upon something new in my usual stores because I sometimes worry that I'm going to run out of things that I can or want to review for this blog.  In the back of my head, I know that would never be a problem, but I worry because that's just the type of person that I am.  Anyway, today's new product is a Wholesome Goodness Cranberry Omega Granola Bar that I picked up at Marsh for $1.29.  It's 1.4 ounces and has 160 calories and three grams of protein.  As the name would imply, it's good for Omega fats too, so hooray I guess.

Review: Elisabeth Hasselbeck's NoGii Nuts About Berries No Gluten Paleo Bar

Some people might be able to argue that Elisabeth Hasselbeck has invaded the hearts, minds and souls of our life.  I would argue that she's invaded my local Marsh grocery store as I've picked up yet another bar for review.  This time, I'll be taking a look at the Elisabeth Hasselbeck's NoGii Nuts About Berries No Gluten Paleo Bar that I was able to get at that aforementioned Marsh for $2.49.  This bar is 1.50 ounces and 180 calories with four grams of protein.  It's gluten free and paleo as well, so there you have it.

Review: Raw Revolution Golden Cashew Bar

So I've mentioned my new bar purge(s) at my local Marsh Supermarket in their expanded health food section.  This bar came as a result of that first initial purge and adds to my modestly sized Raw Revolution review archive.  I grabbed this Raw Revolution Golden Cashew Bar for $1.49 and the bar itself is 1.8 ounces and comes at 280 calories with seven grams of protein.  It's organic, gluten free, kosher and vegan, so it's got all that going for it too. It apparently was something else at one time too because if you look at the wrapper above, you can see that they blacked out one of the previous features.  I find it funny that not only did this bar lose a particular status, but they also just re-used the old packaging and took the easy way out by blacking it out.  As a guy that works for a company that constantly makes decisions on the fly, that seemingly on the fly decision by Raw Revolution cracks me up.

Review: Elisabeth Hasselbeck's NoGii Nuts About Nuts No Gluten Paleo Bar

My last (and first) NoGii review led off talking about how polarizing a character Elisabeth Hasselbeck is, so the fact that the bar was so bland and boring was amusing to me.  Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I decided that NoGii should get another shot on the blog in search of perhaps a better experience than I had already had.  Everyone has a boring product every now and then, right?  Why would NoGii be any different?  So, it is with that perhaps sense of unfounded optimism that I picked up this Elisabeth Hasselbeck's NoGii Nuts About Nuts No Gluten Paleo Bar at Marsh for $2.49.  It's 1.50 ounces and 200 calories with five grams of protein.

Review: Raw Revolution Chocolate Coconut Bliss Bar

I mentioned in a previous review that Raw Revolution bars are not something that I find in my typical, boring grocery stores.  I've only seen them in Whole Foods and since I like to make splurges when it comes to nutrition bars, I picked up several of those bars in one trip and that leads me to today's review of this Raw Revolution Chocolate Coconut Bliss Bar.  Like the others, it was available for sale at a price of $1.50 and it comes in at 1.8 ounces.  Within that 1.8 ounces of organic, kosher, gluten free, dairy free and vegan bar was 240 calories and seven grams of protein.

Review: Raw Revolution Almond Butter Cup Bar

I took a look at a Raw Revolution bar on the blog a while ago and since I don't see these in my regular stores, I haven't touched back on one since.  I was in a Whole Foods recently and saw a steady supply of these, so I grabbed several different flavors and today's review is my first look at those flavors with this review of the Raw Revolution Almond Butter Cup Bar that I picked up for $1.50.  The bar itself is 1.8 ounces with 230 calories and six grams of protein.  It's dairy free, gluten free, kosher, organic and vegan.

Review: Caveman Cranberry Apricot Bar

I love the name of these Caveman Foods bars and each time I do a review on them, it makes me chuckle.  I also love that they are "paleo friendly" and by being that, they are definitely sticking to the caveman motif that the name of the bar is obviously inferring.  So, with a smile on my face, I decided now would be as good of a time as ever to review this Caveman Cranberry Apricot Bar that I picked up on sale at Meijer for $0.75.  The bar itself is 1.4 ounces and has 190 calories with five grams of protein.

Review: Caveman Dark Chocolate Cherry Nut Bar

Perhaps I didn't notice it in my last Caveman Foods review, but the wrapper of the subject of today's review had the tagline of "Paleo Friendly."  I had no idea what that meant, so I used my friend the Google machine and found out that it referred to a specific diet known as the Paleolithic diet, or more informally as the caveman diet.  Like how the manufacturer tied their name into that?  Actually, I write that in jest, but I find it pretty creative to be honest.  My admiration of their creativity aside, I picked up this Caveman Dark Chocolate Cherry Nut Bar at Meijer for $1.25.  Each all natural, gluten free and peanut free bar is 1.4 ounces and has 190 calories with four grams of protein and three grams of fiber.

Review: CLIF Sierra Trail Mix Bar

I make no secret of the fact that I love to sign up for free samples online and the source of today's review is one of those instances.  In this case, I saw a source for another CLIF review being given away via CLIF's Facebook page.  Like the reliability of death and taxes, this CLIF Sierra Trail Mix Bar checks in at the standard CLIF weight of 2.4 ounces.  It also comes in with 250 calories and ten grams of protein.  This is a new product offering to their standard line of bars and CLIF is obviously trying to get the word out via a freebie giveaway on this one, so I'd be remiss if I did not oblige them (and my hunger) with this review.

Review: Caveman Nuts Almond Cashew Bar

On very rare occasions, I actually laugh out loud when I'm walking through the grocery store looking at the products on the shelves.  Usually it's about products that celebrities/athletes endorse (Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander's cereal "Fastball Flakes" are my favorite), but on a rare occasion, it's about a product that is actually trying to be serious in its marketing with this Caveman Nuts Almond Cashew Bar that I laughably found on the shelves of Meijer for $1.29.  This pre-historic (like the tie-in?  I'm so creative...not) bar weighs in at 1.4 ounces, has 210 calories and six grams of protein.

Review: Raw Rev 100 Chocolate Crave Food Bar

The free sample train that comes as a result of writing a food review blog is pretty fun.  As much as I'd like to think I know everything, I very much do not and via free samples, I often find out about product that I've never heard of before.  Today's review is of a free sample that I received that I had definitely not heard of before and that leads me to this review of the Raw Rev 100 Chocolate Crave Food Bar.  The company that manufactures these bars, Raw Revolution, ordinarily manufactures full size bars, but since this particular bar is a diminutive version of the full size bar, they've decided to shorten the name to Raw Rev.  Very cute.  Anyway, this shortened bar is 0.9 ouncs and in keeping up with the name, it 100 calories with three grams of protein.  It's also got quite a bit else going for it too being that it's peanut free, gluten free, dairy free and organic.  Holy moly.