Clif bars?

It depends on what you mean by good and bad. The ingredient list looks healthy at the beginning but quickly becomes a list of chemicals. I consider that bad.

I pretty much eat a builder's bar per day (though am currently out, sadness). They're my go-to post-work pre-exercise snack, along with a cup of iced coffee. I find that a pretty optimal combo for maximum energy before working out, and they help me meet my protein goals while also satisfying a craving for sweets.

Although I also feel that the mint and chocolate peanut butter flavors are the best. Cookies & cream are decent, as are chocolate chip, but regular chocolate, vanilla, and regular peanut butter leave me unmoved.

They are good. I keep Clif Bars, Builder Bars, and Luna Bars (which I find way sweeter than Clif bars and very, very dessert-like) on hand for emergency meals. I usually have one of those in my bag, in case I am somewhere and don't have time to get food/can't get food. I will also eat half before/after a workout if I've had a lower calorie morning.

They are all pretty sweet, so I think they are a decent replacement for cookies, etc. I've made my own before, and I would prefer that (if I had the time )

arditarose wrote: »

They're good, but I'd rather have a serving of ice cream for those calories. There's not even much protein in them, so my "bar" snacks are Quest bars.

But the carbs in them are awesome for all day hiking/backpacking, long range biking, etc...if you look at the background of the founder and the company, it is those types of activities that the Cliff Bar was made for. It isn't advertised and marketed as a protein supplement like Quest bars...

Also, much of the fiber in them is of the soluble variety...which is a very good thing.

I like Clif bars but they're too high in calories for a "bar" snack for me. I'll have one if I'm out and about I need something quick as a meal replacement. I prefer to make my own energy/granola bars!