What protien/energy bar do you recommend?

I personally would stick with making my own. The Quest bars, and others, may be low in sugar, but they do contain sugar alcohols which aren't great for our bodies. Making your own you can control the ingredients you put in them and it's sooooo much cheaper. Make a few batches of different flavors and freeze some from each batch.

I really like the cliff snack size bars mint chocolate. 10 g of protein low in carbs and sugar and 130 calories.... Keep them in my purse for those days Im out and about and hunger striks.. Also eat them after a workout

Think Thin Chocolate Fudge are better than any Quest bar I've had, IMO.

240 calories

20 g protein

0 g sugar

They taste amazing and have all natural ingredients. They are sweetened with sugar alcohol and that's the sketchiest thing in them.

My favorite protein bar is Cliff Builder Bars. They have 30 g of protein and 270 calories but I have one in the a.m. and it keeps me filled up to about 1pm. They are like a treat in the a.m. with my iced coffee. i particularly like the peanut butter chocolate ones. They go on sale at Target periodically, otherwise they are about the same price anywhere you go.

While I like the taste of most protein bars, to me, they aren't worth the bang to the buck. That is, they seem to run over 200 calories for less or about 20 g of protein. While most protein shakes are 150-170 calories and 30 or more grams of protein.

So...I skip protein bars most of the time and instead have a shake.

Just my two cents.

Quest Bars are hands down the best I've found nutritionally and for taste.

I recently have been using LifeChoice bars. 21g of protein and 7-8g of sugar. They come in a box of 5 I think and only around $6 if I remember. I found them in the cereal aisle at Walmart.

I really dislike the Chocolate Mint LifeChoice bars, but the rest seem pretty cook. If I'm low on protein for the day I have one bar with a cup of goat milk as my bedtime snack. They are a little less expensive where I am, but yes, I found them at Walmart, too.

I just tried a Quest Coconut Cashew bar and now I'm in love. I zap mine for a few seconds in the microwave, although I'm fine with the texture. I like them for work because normally I only get a 15 minute break and it keeps me going through a 6 hour shift.

Thanks all for sharing. I do agree the home made ones will beat anything in the market. However, I find Quest bars really satisfy my hunger, one moment I'm hungry, then BAM Quest bar and I'm full for a couple of hours. I don't feel guilty having them.

I do agree the texture can be better.

As for shakes, not my thing

Microwave them for 15 seconds - BAM, better texture. I can't eat them without microwaving them, but heated up they're really good.

No ingredient side effect when heated?

Such as? Protein is still protein, whether it's heated or not.