Lara bars!!1 YUM

[Surlygirl]

My new favorite lara bar is the lemon. Really good and not to sweet. The cinnamon roll is good to but much sweeter. I love the cocoa Mole too. There is ginger snap, banana, cherry pie, apple pie and chocolat coconut chew.
I like the Luna bars too but they seem to have gone over to all these chocolate ones that just don't stand up to the heat. I like the old fruit flavors, lemon, key lime, orange etc. Trader Joe's usually has Lara bars and you can buy them by the box.

[pooks]

Do the Lara bars use cane sugar instead of corn syrup?

[FreshNewbie]

The sugar in larabars comes only from the fruits, there is no added sugar.

[pooks]

Terrific! Do they have any protein?

[slinkedog]

The lemon one has 5g protein. I think it varies from flavor to flavor. Here's their site... lots of info and nutritional info on each flavor.



https://www.larabar.com/secure/index_.php

[FreshNewbie]

It's 4 grams of protein, which is not so much, 24 grams of carbs ( if i am not mistaken). 9 grams of fat that comes from nuts only. All in all it's not the best source of protein, luna bars have 14 grams. I think if you eat a good combination protein+carbs meal before your rides and use larabars as snack after rides or during it should be good. I personally bought it after a spinning class, and just really liked the taste.

[pooks]

Thanks -- I've been a fan of Balance Bars for years and haven't branched out to any of the others.

[surgtech1956]

Just bought some, one of each, Cashew, Cherry Pie, Peanut Butter Cookie and Apple Pie. Haven't tried them yet, but from the posts here, sounds like they're all very yummy.