Pure Protein Bars 1.76 oz, Variety 18-Pack

I've tried every flavor! Note these are 2/3rd the size of standard protein bars, which is helpful to me, these only being 5 grams fat is great instead of most protein bars have 8 to 15 grams fat. Its not filling for a full meal but perfect snack to hold you in between meals and sugarfree. The mint, bday cake, and churro are my favorite, a few others are OK, and a few taste like sand! The ones that taste like sand, they are good if youre on a diet so you don't crave them but keep it in your pocket when your out and about or clubbing with friends until you seriously need to eat so you don't give into a greasy food truck stand. But the pricing has become insane. It used to be $9 for 12 bars here, $7 for 12 at Walmart. Prices can go up over time but double in a few years? no thank you. They are similar taste as thinkthin and ONE but better macros and those have been overpriced for years so I don't even check on those, sometimes a grocery store has those and the pureprotein on closeout sale, probably cus no one is going to pay these prices. But online where there is no cashier or staff to pay, it's silly to have same in store price or in this case even higher. My history says I've bought these bars 28 times! Cus usually get 3 boxes for going on tour since bars at a gas station are usually high sugar high fat crap and old and hard and even higher prices. My bandmate and dancers like the lemon and caramel so when they were real cheap i bought extra to share but these days its every man for himself! So even those these are 5 star really, I am putting 1 star for the ridiculous price climb. Do not buy these for $26 or even $18 is too high. I will wait til they come back to 17 or less and have 4 other subsbribe n save items so they will be 15. Occasionally they do drop the prices. Meanwhile I am just bringing other snacks to work even if its just keeping a free bagel from another day in a baggie in my pocket, I get more than enough protein anyway I eat about 5 or 6 or sometimes 7 times a day to get 1800 to 2200 calories, no whey is even needed these honestly just for a sweet tooth since I quit eating sugar over 10 years ago. (If these were made with stevia or monk fruit sweetener and high fiber and no weird additives and in biodegradable packaging, the higher price could almost be OK, i would not be interested since these are good how they are and my other meals are real clean (rice beans potatoes oats dairy eggs meat/tofu) and not too wasteful, but some people would, these are just a typical processed treat, still highly recommend if the price is fair. I like that the sweetener is Malitol since the one quest uses is recently linked to cancer.) I was able to do a total of 13 months on tour over the last 3 years with these absolutely every day before or after performing, and my other cheap healthy items without having to buy any restaurant food and not gain any weight occasionally lost some, so I want to share this info if you happen to see this and need to travel for a week or month or happen to be living in your car, some good ideas are these bars, also a high fiber bar like no cow dipped or quest crunch (not the chewy regular ones), packets of tuna or chicken, nuts, oats, dates, dry milk powder, unsweetened dark chocolate and stevia (so you don't crave junk food and end up buying a $8 milkshake) instant mashed potatoes, clementines, cans of pumpkin for vitamin a if 1 day a week u mix it with stevia and oats and nuts, just add water lentil pasta, dried chickpeas or cans of beans, dried soybeans, ready to eat chili packets, and once a week if I pass a Walmart I grab 1 salad to get some vit K and 1 yogurt for that day plus a 4 pk of boca patties - those are 14 grams protein almost no carbs or fat and stay good in your car from frozen to thawed for a couple days, cheaper than beef jerky and easy to chew. Sorry TMI but we live in hard times and a lot of people still travel and spend $30 or more a day on food when it's possible to get all your nutrients for about $10 a day, i still bring magesium supplement and tums for calcium and potassium salt a dash a day, plus those food ideas you should be able to still get lean and mean on the road, don't let your buddies make you feel like you have to get a hot meal at Dennys and then come back with in debt as well as put on some extra baggage. I actually got very worn out and malnutritioned my first tour since I only ate protein bars and oatmeal and beef jerky, (and also had trouble going to the bathroom!) I didnt think of the other nutrients or electrolytes so hope this info helps others and hope the prices will come down soon lol