Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars - Two Great Tastes that Lose Weight Together!
Written: Jun 15 '04 (Updated Jul 06 '04)
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Pros: Great taste, low carbs
Cons: expensive
The Bottom Line: If you are doing the low-carb thing, and need a snack, be sure to check these out.
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| martytdx's Full Review: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut Low Carb Snack Bar |
My name is Marty, and I have a sweet-tooth. Since starting the Atkins Diet, I have managed to lessen that a bit, since I cut most sugar out of my diet, but there are times when I just can’t hold back. Most of the time that has been eating Breyer’s No Sugar Added ice cream, but my wife also discovered the perfect low-carb ‘on the go’ snack for us - Slim-Fast Chocolate-Peanut Butter Snack Bars
[ • nutritional INFORMATION • ]
• Calories: 120 (25 from fat)
• Total Fat: 3 grams (2 saturated)
• Cholesterol: <5 mg (1% USRDA)
• Sodium: 85mg (4%)
• Potassium: 55mg (2%)
• Total Carbohydrate: 18g
• Dietary Fiber: 1g
• Sugars: 0g
• Sugar Alcohols: 14g
• Net Carbohydrates: 3g
• Protein: 6g
• Vitamin A: 15% USRDA
• Vitamin B6: 15%
• Vitamin B12: 15%
• Vitamin C: 15%
• Vitamin D: 15%
• Vitamin E: 15%
• Calcium: 25%
• Riboflavin: 15%
• Pantothenic Acid: 10%
• Iron: 15%
• Thiamin: 15%
• Niacin: 15%
• Folate: 15%
• Biotin: 10%
• Phosphorus: 10%
USRDA based on 2,000-calorie diet
Ingredients
Maltitol Syrup, Chocolate Flavored Coating {Lactitol, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Polydextrose, Cocoa, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Monoglycerides, Acesulfame Potassium (Nonnutritive Sweetener)}, Soy Protein Isolate, Partially Defatted Peanut Flour, Calcium Caseinate (Milk), Rice Flour, Fructooligosaccharides, Oat Fiber, Barley Malt Extract, Natural and Artificial Peanut Flavor, Salt and Thiamin Hydrochloride.
Vitamins and Minerals
Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Ascorbate, Ferric Orthophosphate, Vitamin E Acetate, Niacinamide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine HydroChloride, Riboflavin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3), and Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12).
[ • how’s it TASTE • ]
My wife and I tried several other bars before we found the Slim-Fast versions. For the most part, they were pretty bad, but some were atrocious. Why couldn’t low-carb be good? I mean, they have been developing for diabetics (who were sugar-free long before Atkins), why not use the same ideas?
When we finally picked up the Slim-Fast bars, we got these and the Chocolate Brownie boxes for $6.99 for 6 bars. Kind of steep, but if we wanted snacks, we’d have to splurge to stay within the low-carb ‘regulations'.
I opened my first one that night. It looked like a lot of chocolate peanut butter snack bars -–nothing remarkable. So, I took my first bite. Hmm, kind of chewy, but in a good way. Hey, this actually tastes like peanut butter! And chocolate! I took a couple more bites, and found that I actually liked this bar quite a bit. It has a chewy quality to it, which I happen to like, and a texture that matches the regular snack bar versions I’ve had elsewhere.
The taste is pretty good – unlike the Chocolate Brownie bars, it doesn’t have that distinct artificial flavor that many diet snack foods do. To be honest, I wasn’t sure that it was a diet product, but the 120 calories (more importantly, only 3 net carbs) proved it. I happily snacked away, savoring the chocolate and peanut butter flavors. In the end, the small bar actually quenched my thirst for sweets and managed to make me feel full, too!
[ • final THOUGHTS • ]
I would still much rather eat a bowl of ice cream, but these snack bars are great. I take them to work with me for a mid-afternoon snack to tide me over until dinner. They offer great taste – especially compared to other bars I have tried – and fill me up enough to hold me until dinner. As a true snack, they quench the sugar/chocolate desires both my wife and I harbor. I’ve tried other varieties as well (including the new crunchy peanut butter version), but this remains my favorite.
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