Quest bars?

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  • maskedbelleza
    maskedbelleza Posts: 23 Member
    I've walked into a 4 different health food stores in Ontario in the last month and all of them sold Quest Bars. Some of them only offered a couple of flavours and they were almost ALWAYS out of cookies and cream/cookie dough. I've enjoyed most of the flavours. They ARE super pricey, so I can't buy very many. I just like the convenience of them. (Toss one in my bag and go)
  • emeraldeyes_bc
    emeraldeyes_bc Posts: 200 Member
    I would like to add, they have been hard for stores to stock the last couple months. We order seriously several pallets at a time and we are sold out before the next skid can come in. The supplier is having a hard time keeping up with the demand.
  • Chrissy8172
    Chrissy8172 Posts: 29
    I love Quest Bars. I eat them for breakfast sometimes when I'm on-the-go, or if I'm in the mood for a sweet dessert I will heat up a chocolate chip cookie dough one in the microwave for a few secs with some Hershey's dark chocolate chips on top. It feels so decadent, but it isn't. If they fit into your macros, go for it!
  • motormouse81
    motormouse81 Posts: 23 Member
    hmmm just tried my first Quest bar - chocolate brownie. Not a mars bar but not terrible, might try the microwave thing. I put one on my desk after my post lunch sugar craving kicked in. It did stop me from going to the kitchen - win. Held out till 3 and had the bar. It sure was filling!

    What concerned me a little was that I felt nauseous and headachy straight afterwards. I've never had a reaction like this to food before. I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and might try another flavor next time to see if I get the same result. I was curious to see if anyone else had experienced this?
  • camtosh
    camtosh Posts: 898 Member
    Make them yourself! It is pretty easy, I stick them in the freezer to avoid temptations. Also, I make them smaller so fewer cals per serving...

    http://www.sweetcheetah.com/2013/07/diy-quest-bars.html
  • itsadogslife
    itsadogslife Posts: 209
    I recommend the chocolate chip cookie dough baked in the oven for a bit..

    While I dislike the fact they use sucralose, they do hit the sweet tooth when I'm trying to be extra conscientous about what I'm eating. On the same token, they are a pretty penny and ocntain sucralose.. so I've defiinitely cut back. The consequence is I've developed an unhealthy addiction to Chicago Mix popcorn.. aka crackcorn.
  • itsadogslife
    itsadogslife Posts: 209
    hmmm just tried my first Quest bar - chocolate brownie. Not a mars bar but not terrible, might try the microwave thing. I put one on my desk after my post lunch sugar craving kicked in. It did stop me from going to the kitchen - win. Held out till 3 and had the bar. It sure was filling!

    What concerned me a little was that I felt nauseous and headachy straight afterwards. I've never had a reaction like this to food before. I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and might try another flavor next time to see if I get the same result. I was curious to see if anyone else had experienced this?

    Hey, it might be the sucralose. i find I also don't feel the best afterwards, its not just you. Try to come up with an alternative. I've made "cookie butter" by putting cashews, coconut sugar and cinnamon into the food processor with a bit of coconut oil. It makes cashew butter, but it tastes like gingerbread cookies because of the coconut sugar and cinnamon.. worth a shot if you're looking for a healthy sweet tooth fix.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Make them yourself! It is pretty easy, I stick them in the freezer to avoid temptations. Also, I make them smaller so fewer cals per serving...

    http://www.sweetcheetah.com/2013/07/diy-quest-bars.html

    Nice! I just attempted to make this, not sure how it'll taste. Quest bars have a lot of fiber. Did you modify the recipe to include some? If so, what did you use? She also gave a really large amount of honey I had to stop at just past the half way point. My "bar" has 320 calories and little fiber... Probably more like two bars hopefully

    Edit: this is definitely going in the sweets rotation! :blushing: so I could buy cashew butter but I'd need to figure out the coconut part of it to do the coconut cashew recipe knockoff. And still need to figure out the fiber

    Whoops. The previous poster already answered one of my questions. Coconut sugar, huh. What else will they make :)
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    So coconut sugar doesn't actually taste like coconut. I'll try [possibly imitation] coconut flavor instead in the spice area of grocery store
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    skip the bars in general they are just glorified candy bars with a little extra protein....


    Right. Because I've recently seen a Snickers / Reese's Cup with 1g sugar and 7g carbs, along with 20g protein.
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    You can get them on Amazon.com by the box.

    I like the cookies & cream a lot.

    Also, the pasta zero they make is good too. I eat a **** load of it on my off days (I'm Italian and love pasta, so.... this is more calorie friendly then eating the real deal for 800+ calories.... I eat a ton :( )

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