Product: KIND Fruit & Nut Delight Bar – $1.99+
My co-worker and teammate at the office provided me with my first KIND Bar…which I ate without blogging about. Why? Because I didn’t have the resources available to properly document the occasion. And she also provided me with my second KIND Bar…which I also devoured and didn’t take the pictures necessary to blog about it. Silly me.
But, it is because of her that I have discovered this amazing gluten-free snack bar.
So, thank you, Andrea!
As luck would have it, while on my trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania, we stopped off at a travel oasis in Pennsylvania to grab something light to eat for lunch. Well, all of the restaurants that were featured at this place didn’t have anything that I would be able to eat. But, thankfully, the attached gas station had a travel center, which I ducked into and started to glance around to see what they had that I could use as a snack for lunch.
And in with the granola and protein bars…there, shining like a beacon of gluten-free goodness…was the KIND Fruit & Nut Delight bar. And I couldn’t have been more excited to see that than I was just then.
And…this was a flavor I had yet to try! Even better.
The KIND Bar that I found was the Fruit & Nut Delight. This snack bar is a scrumptious mix of healthy mixed nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, peanuts and walnuts) with dried apricots and raisins. It wasn’t the ideal flavor that I would have chosen, but it was all they had. It was also gluten-free, so I figured…yes…this would be my lunch.
The KIND Fruit & Nut Delight Bar sets you back 180 degrees for the entire bar and 11 grams of fat, which seems high, but keep in mind that much of this fat comes from the nuts, which are truly a healthy fat. This bar also provides a 5 gram punch of protein.
And…despite not being a flavor I would have chosen on my own…I loved it. The nuts and fruit, with the addition of gluten-free puffed rice and honey and other seasonings, was a perfect blend of salty and sweet. Everything about this bar was delicious. There was the right amount of flavor with the blend of nuts, and it wasn’t overly salty. True, this bar does contain 11 grams of sugar, which I do find high, but much of that probably stems from the honey and the dried fruit. So, I give that a pass.
I really wanted to feel safe eating my food before the half marathon I was running and I knew that I could trust KIND Bars to deliver a safe, delicious, and relatively healthy gluten-free snack. I wasn’t worried about having a bad reaction to it. It is even labeled as gluten-free. And with all the nuts and the protein hit…quite filling as well.
With every KIND Bar that I try, I fall more and more in love with it as a product. Every flavor has won me over..and this was the very first one I had without some sort of chocolate being involved. And guess what…it’s been my favorite.
Thank goodness for companies that put out gluten-free snack bars that are healthy, delicious, and safe for those of us who just can’t grab a granola bar or a protein bar without checking the ingredients first.
KIND Bar…I tip my hat to you in thanks. And can’t wait to try more of your bars in the future!
The Celiathlete 