Favorite Protein Bar???

Quest Bars...Low carb, low sugar, high fiber. Often high in protein (20g) and the protein is whey protein.

My absolute favorite is the Clif Bar White Chocolate Macadamia Nut. It's organic and all natural. The carbs and sugar might seem a little high, but I really only eat them an hour or so before a good workout. The Clif Builder Bars have 20g protein and are pretty good too. Crunchy peanut butter is my fave flavor. Enjoyable filling recovery snack/meal in a pinch.

i like Luna protein bars and the original Tiger Milk. I'm allergic to fake sugar (sucralose in particular) and these don't have it. The Luna bars (cookie dough) have 170 cals and 12g protein. Tiger milk only has 6g and 140 cals. It's smaller, too, so it's more of a snack bar for me while the Luna bars feel like a meal. Both are available at my local grocer, which is a plus for me since i'm quite busy right now. I would recommend drinking either with a large amount of water.

Hope this helps.

we like Oh Yeah bars, and both my husband and I found Quest bars to be horrrifyingly unpalatable. Something about the stevia used to sweeten them, I guess some people can taste a certain nasty aftertaste that it can have, and we're part of the unlucky few. They are also the texture of tootsie rolls that have set out from Halloween to Easter because nobody wanted to eat them :laugh:

Lots of the below statements going around. I don't even eat the protein bars anymore because of the processed stuff and the high fat content. Instead going for the protein shakes!!

"It's impossible to generalize that all protein bars are unhealthy, but it's safe to say that if you flip most of them over and read the nutrition info, you might be shocked. Unless organic, most protein bars are highly processed, even featuring artificial ingredients and fillers. Bottom line, if your protein bar has more than 200 calories or 8 grams of sugar, it's more like a candy bar with added protein than health food.."

Unless organic, most protein bars are highly processed,

Would love to know how those unprocessed, organic, protein bars are made. do they just mash raw meat and unhulled grains into a bar form?

Luna bars are great, I eat them for lunch when I don't have time to make it about 3 times a week and I love them. They're 75% organic, and have a lot of vitamins, plus around 9-12 grams of protien and 3-4 grams of fiber. And they're around 170-190 calories.
God, I sound like I'm advertising for them. I should get paid. Haha but seriously, they taste like candy bars and have a lot of good stuff.

Quest Bars...Low carb, low sugar, high fiber. Often high in protein (20g) and the protein is whey protein.

This!! They have a natural line without difficult to pronounce words. The coconut cashew is delish!

ETA: http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2012/07/16/the-5-best-and-worst-nutrition-bars/#the-5-best-and-worst-nutrition-bars

Quest Bars are my bff! Chocolate chip cookie dough and pb&j are my favorite but I love them all!

I did a lot of research on this. I have additional criteria: I can't eat gluten/dairy and I was trying to be low fat too. Here are my top choices:

Simply Bar (many flavors): 160 calories, 16g protein, 3g fat, 16g carb, 4g fiber, 3g sugar
Odwalla Chocolate Peanut Butter: 200 cal, 12g protein, 6g fat, 26g carbs, 2g fiber, 17g sugar
Purefit Chocolate Brownie: 210 cal, 18g protein, 6g fat, 25g carbs, 4g fiber, 13g sugar

As you can see, the Simply Bar stands out for being so low calorie/fat/sugar/carbs for so much protein. I have them on auto-order through Amazon. :flowerforyou:

Quest bars! I'm hooked on the cookie dough flavor. So freaking delicious.

Two boiled eggs! They fill me up way more then my old protein bars and that's 12 grams of protein :-)

I make my own - lots of recipes out there but mine is a no bake chocolate-peanut butter one with whey powder, peanut butter and linseed. Easy to make, keep them in the freezer and 20g protein each.

Another vote for Quest... because it's really one of the few bars (the only one I see on the shelves in stores I visit anyway) with no whey concentrate, only whey isolate.

I need the whey isolate because it's lactose-free. Whey concentrate gives me gas whether I take it as a powder, in a bar, or anything else.

There are other bars that have "Whey Isolate!" on the front of the wrapper (such as "supreme protein")... but in the fine-print ingredient list they include BOTH isolate AND concentrate. These still make be bloated & gassy... so if you have this problem, be forewarned.

I had my first protein bar today because I was in a total rush and it seemed healthier than an egg sandwich from Wawa. It was a Detour - Whey Protein Bar, Lower Sugar, Caramel Peanut, bar. The macros were 30 carb - 10 fat - 30 protein and the total calories was 340. I thought this was ok considering it was my breakfast after a CrossFit workout, but I see a lot of mixed opinions here.

Is this really all that bad?