My wife and I have been running a tournament, of sorts. My wife really likes dark chocolate. So, for last several months I've been buying her a bar every time I happen across some at a store. I've bought her Dagoba, Lindt, some endangered species emblazoned bars, some from the local confectioner, and a host of others. For my wife's last birthday we went around to a number of shops and bought as many different dark chocolate candy bars as we could find. She was amassing quite a collection. Well, we got it in our heads that we would work through them, comparing two bars at a time, to determine which we liked the best. We've narrowed the field down to the last four after sampling a lot of bars- what torture!
So I'm thinking, why not take a look at nutrition bars? They aren't a daily thing but from time to time I use them to fill the gap in my six-meal-a-day self-inflicted weight loss program. Every once in a while, the little sweet treat during the morning is a welcome departure from my regular meals.
I had a few in the pantry; some samples from PureFit and a Clif Bar I hadn't noticed before on my sporadic trips to the market. They'll be the first in my ongoing quest to find my favorite nutrition bar.
The Clif bar was a heavy and sophisticated blend of crunch and sweet that looked better, was more filling and satisfying than the Purefit. Nutritionally, the Purefit less fat, fewer carbs, and less sodium. If I had to pick one that I could say was "better for me" I probably go with the PureFit.
Flavor-wise it was no slouch either. But, and I always have to throw my big but into it, I wasn't completely in love with the dry pastiness of the bar and the code-blue necessity to wash it down with something/anything just to get it out of my mouth. It (PureFit) reminded me of those SpaceFood Sticks that were popular for a time in the 1960's, or the bottom-most strata of you-mix style peanut butter that you didn't quite get mixed so well and had to chip out of the jar.
The Clif bar was visually massive in comparison and flavor combined with the chewy crunchiness of the whole affair left me a lot more satisfied and eliminated any feelings of hunger. The PureFit, had I taken a number of bars and chopped them into bite-sized morsels, would make a snack that I would unconsciously munch on until I had consumed an entire case. Like I used to do with Nilla Wafers and other things that tasted good, but didn't provide quite enough feedback to trip the mental switch that tells you you've had enough.
Between the two, the Clif bar beat out the PureFit by the narrowest of margins- and primarily in categories that should not really matter to me. This being a completely subjective competition means that my choices are more personal preference than anything else. So even though the Clif won out, I'll probably maintain a small supply of PureFit bars for times when I'm craving their particular qualities.
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