Delicious new bars I've tried, from PowerBar and The Food Doctor, packed with protein and other yummy goodness!

So last weekend, as you may have seen in a previous post, I did a mini haul in Holland and Barrett and picked up lots of new things to try. Well... Now I'm finally getting around to telling you about these bars!

First of all, the vanilla and coconut flavoured 'protein plus' PowerBar. Before I get on to anything else... THIS WAS DELICIOUS! I'm a huge fan of anything coconut flavoured and I also love vanilla flavouring and these are just perfect. They're soft and spongy bars of yumminess! They're coated with a sneaky, thin layer of white chocolate which also make the bars really tasty. These bars come in at 191, which actually, for a protein bar, is considerably low! And this certainly isn't because the bars are tiny - they're quite chunky, 55g bars, compared to the lovely Nakd bars which are 30/35g. SO, for less than 200kcals you're getting a chunky 55g bar, 17.3g of which is protein and they're delicious too! The Institute of Medicine recommends that at least 10% of daily calories should come from protein so, and especially if you a gym-junkie and trying to tone up and/or build muscle, eating one of these bars should be a totally guilt-free and delicious way of getting protein. The bottom line is, I really recommend these bars for their chunkiness, tastiness and high protein content!

Now onto the mango and fig The Food Doctor bar! This bar is really quite different, and I'd call it a kind of 'robust' food because it's chewy and crunchy due to all of the nutritious seeds and grains it's contains, and with that of course protein! They're a really interesting and tasty snack and because it takes a while to chew and eat, you don't feel dissatisfied when the bar disappears in 10 seconds! These bars have 9.7g of protein from totally natural sources which is truly great because it's a great way to get protein and you don't have to worry about eating unnatural and processed protein. As well as this, the bar is totally vegan and only contains natural ingredients so everyone can enjoy it! It's 37.3% fruit (mango, figs and papaya) and then is also packed with sunflower kernels, hemp seed, linseed, quinoa, rice bran and buckwheat puffs, all of which come with their own benefits! It's free of wheat, dairy and soya and like I said, totally vegan - so anyone can enjoy these bars! Oh! And also, for all of this goodness and crunchy, chewy yumminess, they're only 103 calories - so what's not to love? I also wholly recommend this bar!

Finally, I can't really decide which bar I prefer! They're both quite different, and both great for different reasons, so give them both a try! Perhaps if you're more of an athlete, try the PowerBar and if you're just a foodie, then go with the Food Doctor bar! I hope you give them a go and love them as much as I did! :-)