Cashew Cookie LaraBar
Price: $1.39
Serving: 1 bar, 1.7oz.
Info below for entire bag
Calories: 210 per bar
Fat: 19%, 12g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 0mg
Protein: 6g
Carbs: 8%, 23g
Fiber: 12%, 3g
Sugar: 14g
Weight Watchers Points: 5 per bar
Lara says: Two ingredients, one incredible flavor! The unprocessed, creamy cashews are rich in iron, zinc and B Vitamins. The chewy dates have more potassium than bananas. Together they form a bar rich in fiber with 2 grams of heart-healthy Omega-6 fatty acids and 15 essential vitamins and minerals. So much sustaining nourishment in such a simple recipe.
Abi says: The energy bar section of Trader Joe’s is always good for an interesting snack or two. Tired of searching for the elusive Fiberful Bar and refusing to toss half a package of Fiberful ends and pieces, I decided to take a chance on the Larabar.
After scanning the shelves and seeing the words “Cashew” and “Cookie” I knew I’d found my perfect energy bar match.
Or had I?
Initially looks were promising: the bar was studded with cashew pieces and featured a distinctly cookie-like appearance and texture. Mmmmm, cookies. But looks aren’t everything. I’d learned that lesson the hard way in Italy, realizing that while Italian bakers made some pretty incredible tarts, they uniformly sucked at producing delicious cookies.
But this isn’t a cookie, it is a energy bar masquerading under the name ‘cookie’. I’m used to it by now, the bars with ‘cookie’ and ‘pie’ in the names. I’m just waiting for Belgian Waffle and New York Cheesecake flavored bars. They probably already make those flavors and carry them at my local GNC alongside enormous tubs of what amount to legal steroids. And I avoid GNC like the plague.
SnackLounge.com isn’t about body building or poorly informed supplement salesmen. Rather, we are all about helping you avoid about an energy bar that tastes like an old brown couch. You know, one of those dismal ones in a Craigslist ad that is updated every day for two weeks before the owner realizes that nobody is going to buy that couch and finally it appears in the free section.
My mouth was not happy. First, this bar contains only dates and cashews. While I like those things and understand that they can be part of a delicious and healthy energy bar, on their own they DO NOT EQUAL CASHEW COOKIE. In fact, they’re sort of like those no-bake cookies that you make once in awhile because you forget that they’re just not that great. Yeah, like that but with even less flavor. I suppose that if the folks at Larabar added a dash of salt and a drop of vanilla to this snack then it would finally approach flavorful cookiedom. Until then, we’re sticking with Clif Chocolate Chip Cookie ZBars when we want an actual, cookie-like energy bar.
P.S. We have since then tried a couple of other LARABARs that are tasty and delicious (and not boring, like this one) and we’ll report on those in November.
Posted on October 25, 2007
Categories: Vegetarian, Contains Nuts, Larabar, Cashew, Vegan, High Fructose Corn Syrup Free, Two Stars, Five Points, All Natural, Energy Bars
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I have tried mmany larabars, and Cashew Cookie is actually one of my favorites! Perhaps you didn’t like it because you expected something completely different and not because of the quality of the bar itself.
ive only tried one kind of larabar, and it was the Appie Pie flavor. it was great, if a little small. will be keeping an eye out for the ZBars though…
Well Katie, you and I seem to have a difference of opinion on the Cashew Cookie Larabar. Now that I’ve had a few other varieties of Larabars (but no other cookie-ish ones) I can say that I’m definitely sticking by this review. I don’t think it is too much to ask to get something faintly resembling a cookie when an item clearly says ‘Cookie’ on the package.
Alex - I like the apple pie one too.
I’ve tried just about every flavor of Larabar and definitely have my favorites. I really love Pecan Pie and I really like Banana Bread. Cinnamon Roll is okay, Pistachio okay, I like Apple Pie, Key Lime Pie and Lemon Bar okay, my husband really likes Cherry Pie and I like it, Coconut Cream Pie is okay to pretty good, Chocolate Coconut Chew is pretty good, Ginger Snap is okay to pretty good if you like ginger snaps, and I really like the Cocoa Mole for a twist but not every day. My husband loves the Jocalat. Haven’t tried the Jocalat Cherry, Peanut Butter Cookie (not a big peanut butter cookie fan), or Jocalat Hazelnut, but I’ll be ordering some of the Jocalat Cherry for hubby at his request. We keep lots of them around the house to put in a desk drawer, backpack, for roadtrips or plane trips, whatever. They’re easy and sustain me for a while. They have a pretty good ratio of carbs to protein and fat and decent fiber. I also like that they’re made from a few unrefined, unprocessed, raw ingredients. They’re vegan, gluten free, just fruits, nuts spices and no added sugar. The regular Larabars have no more than 6 ingredients and the Jocalat no more than 7. I think some are better than others but not everyone likes the same thing. Pecan Pie… that’s my #1.