Blogger Bake Sale Begins & Bar Review 1/5!
Happy Monday! I think Tuesdays are the new “Mondays†for me…Mondays I am refreshed, full of mocha, and in a pretty great mood. Tuesdays, I am dragging and not so peppy.
So there is a lot going on this week. I’m still busy editing (hopefully only through next Sunday!), I’ll have a guest post on Dori’s blog later this week, we’re planning for my parents’ visit in a few weeks, Passover starts Thursday, we need to dye some Easter eggs, the Blogger Bake Sale starts today and we have lots going on with applications at work.
To keep up my posting all week, make sure I try some new delicious things and save me from coming up with a new post idea or meal all week, I’m doing a series of bar reviews! Turns out, the blogging world LOVES bars, breakfast cookies, mini snacks…really things that come in wrappers and taste delicious. Last week, on my way back into the office on afternoon, I stopped in the school bookstore and realized they have an entire wall filled with bars! All different brands, flavors, sizes, shapes, etc. So, I spent a decent chunk of money on a big pile of different bars…the person working there must have thought I was at least a little nuts. Plus, I got a staff discount! Discount bars are my favorite!! So, I have 5 bars to try this week and the plan is to share one each day.
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Today’s Bar: Oskri Coconut Bar with Mango by Oskri Organics |
| Package Goodies: Gluten Free, Lactose Free, Vega, USDA Organic, and it has some symbol that I absolutely don’t recognize.
Ingredient List: Coconuts 50%, Rice Syrup, Mango Concentrate 1% Such a basic list of ingredients! The nutrition facts are not crazy wonderful for this, but it’s nice and simple, so at least I know that the calories and fat I’m getting from the bar aren’t coming from a ton of additives and other junk. The Verdict: This is pretty much what it says…Coconut. Shredded coconut packed together in a bar shape. There are little bits of mango throughout and a slightly orange tint to the coconut, but not a hug mango taste at all. At first, I thought it was a little too dry and plain flavored, but as I kept eating, the coconut was really nice (if you like coconut!) and not too sweet, which is definitely a plus. I actually nibbled on little bites of this one throughout the first hour or so of the day, because it was a little too much coconut for me to eat all at once. If I was in the right mood, I’d probably get this again…not necessarily for a breakfast bar, but more as a snack to last me through the morning or afternoon. I like things that I can consistently snack on for a long period of time…which is why chips or nuts or other bite size things are my downfall. “I’ll just have a few of these chocolate covered edamame†turns into “Hmm…how’d that entire container get empty??†|
 Make sure you check out Meghann’s Blogger Bake Sale. It just started today and there are a TON of amazing-looking goodies on there to bid for (plus some customizable nut butter cups from me!). The proceeds go to a great cause, and you’ll end up with some really delicious treats!
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11:55 am on April 6th, 2009
I never heard this bar! But I want!
10:18 am on April 7th, 2009
Mallory, I totally bid on your nut butter cups, but I’m sad to say I lost out.
They looked SOOO good. 🙂
8:00 am on April 11th, 2009
[…] of which ones to grab depending on whether I feel like chewy, crunchy, sweet, salty, etc. The Oskri bar from Monday was good, but I definitely need to be in a big big coconut mood for that one! I bet it would be […]