Atkins bars

[Heidi3]

I was beside myself yesterday with hunger and had to cram something on a very short break ...I ran to the store and bought an Atkins Advantage Bar...all I can say is it is a good trash can filler...what the heck is the thinking here? it was horrible..I never eat that kind of thing ..but in the past in a bind there have been bars I could cram with a big glass of water and cup of coffee and call it food...this however was the worst thing I have ever tasted...and a cruel joke to my taste buds!! ...it looked like chocolate smelled a little like chocolate and tasted like fat, cardboard and bitter!!! Who tastes these products and says "oh my this is wonderful lets see if we can sell it for an really high price to an insane public!"...it kept growing and growing in my mouth to the point I had to spit it out!!!...oh well this is just MHO!!!

[ButtrShots]

I can't stand any of the bars. Early in my induction before I found this board and learned they were a no no, I tried a couple different kinds of the Atkins Breakfast bars but they were all horrid. I can't imagine how bad they would taste to me now after re training my taste buds.

Kathy

[Moochiecat]

I used to eat them pre-Atkins when I was useless about packing snacks or lunches :geek but one day I tried the coconut one and it made my mouth itch and my tongue tingle. Kinda freaked me out.

[Heidi3]

well it also bumped me out of ketosis with only a few bites ...nothing else in my diet changed..what a stupid thing to do ...so they suck not only in flavor but in the ablitiy to help loose weight....they are horrible...oh Moochie anything that makes your mouth tingle is ...bad....do you have nut allergies?

[NulloModo]

I will eat almost anything, but the Atkins bars taste like ****. Not even good farmer's market ****, more like nasty mass-produced trans-fat laden ****.

[Moochiecat]

well it also bumped me out of ketosis with only a few bites ...nothing else in my diet changed..what a stupid thing to do ...so they suck not only in flavor but in the ablitiy to help loose weight....they are horrible...oh Moochie anything that makes your mouth tingle is ...bad....do you have nut allergies?

Nope, I for sure don't have nut allergies because I eat mixed nuts every day now and no itchiness or anything.

Oddly enough, I bought some no-name brand sf peach jello from Save-on foods this week, (I've had sf jello occasionally since about the third month) and it makes my mouth tingle too, so I'll be ditching that brand and sticking to official Jell-0 if I choose to eat it again.

[Heidi3]

I will eat almost anything, but the Atkins bars taste like ****. Not even good farmer's market ****, more like nasty mass-produced trans-fat laden ****.

that is it Nullo you discribed them exactly ..****!....bitter sawdust, transfatty flavored **** bars....hahahah...horrible...if I make something horrible I hear about it forever...this company makes something horrible and I bought one...good lord what a waste of money!!!!.....

[AmyInOrlando]

The triple berry granola bars are great, and I also like the golden oat ones. They're crunchy... not like the other flavors. They make a great meal replacement when you absolutely can't prepare anything else.

[Heidi3]

The triple berry granola bars are great, and I also like the golden oat ones. They're crunchy... not like the other flavors. They make a great meal replacement when you absolutely can't prepare anything else.

that is nice to know I tossed the three I purchased into the trash as I am not even going to give them away as awful as they tasted...I do not think I had a berry one in the bunch ..I always go for chocolate anything and this was not chocolate!....thanks for the support you guys I was not sure..I am kind of a food snob and like food that is fresh and home made period...so this was an extreme circumstance!!! I need to find something to keep in my car for just such an occasion the problem with this WOE is everything I eat is fresh and goes bad so it is hard for me to find stuff to stash for an emergency!.....I added nuts this weekend and went way overboard and ate two cups! along with everything else I ate that was legal!!...so that is not a good idea for me!!!.....

[Shilorunamok]

I agree with AmyInOrlando. I like the granola bars, both flavours. I bought a box of them at Sam's Club the other day.

I'm trying to cut back on the bars and such though, I've been eating alot of MRP's lately, and although I'm not gaining any weight, I know I'd be much better off preparing whole, natural foods.

[Grillmaster]

So this guy walks into an Atkins Bar...

I've tried just about all the "bars" out there. The Atkins "chocolate" ones are not very good. The coconut one is especially bad, an I think it is the coconut flavoring that they use must have some serious alcohol content in it (maybe what made Moochie's mouth tingle). To me it tastes like the coconut flavoring straight out of the little bottles, which would be a bad thing if you are going for "real coconut taste".

I like the Apple Crisp breakfast bars. The Strawberry crisp isn't bad, but it has an artificial flavoring taste. But these are "emergency snacks" IMO, not meant for daily consumption. I am fortunate not to have the "instant stall" gene, so I can eat an occasional bite of something that isn't grown on a farm and not go into biological shutdown. But I agree that it's always better to choose natural foods over processed foods if you can.

I've taken to eating more soy based bars like aforementioned Atkins Crisp line or Genisoy's LowCarb Crunch bars when I need a treat or snack-on-the-go. The granola ones were okay, but they made me crave fruit (especially raisins, for which I cry on my pillow for some nights!), so I stick to ones that remind me of good things, not "bad". heh heh

[ladysinger68]

I have found that i really like the PB flavored granola bar from Atkins. If they are wrong to eat, why do the bare the Atkins name. These products were out long before the Dr. left us.

[MotherOfGizmo]

I have found that i really like the PB flavored granola bar from Atkins. If they are wrong to eat, why do the bare the Atkins name. These products were out long before the Dr. left us.

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[not2late]

The Advantage bars were out before Dr. A. died. But the Morning Start bars and the granola bars are new.

I might try out the granola bars when I get to the grain rung of OWL. But I was never a granola fan to begin with---unless I made it myself, otherwise all the pre-made stuff was way too sweet.

[Heidi3]

Granola Rocks!!! I love it ...Atkins bars taste like crap!!!! I am looking so forward to trying granola again!!!....I hate package foods I think that is my problem...other than my chocolate addictiion I just can not swallow the stuff anymore..I ate bars for years and then it was like over night I could taste the waxy coatings and all the crap they put in makes them vitaminy!...I am picky I guess...Never liked fast food either...but chocolate and marshmallows that kind of crap ...always called....I think that is why I keep testing these stupid bars to see if they would ever do it for me...and that was my last test ...The Atkins bar taught me a lesson ...I am still scraping my tongue!!!...