Nature's Bakery Oatmeal Crumble Bars - Apple

Ah! I really liked the strawberry flavor of these, and in general I like apple things more than strawberry things, but I think the strawberry flavor might still be best here, even though I do like these as well. Apple is more muted, dryer, and way more crumbly, and strawberry is sweeter and brighter and moister. I do recognize that this could be a sampling error, but even just on the flavor, these were less flavorful than I'd expected. More bar than filling, and not a lot of the cinnamon-spice vibe you might expect from an apple oatmeal bar. Love the nut-free-normalcy these exude though.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10

Nature's Bakery Oatmeal Crumble Bars - Strawberry

These are solid sweet morning snacks! Of course I'm very familiar with the fig bar line, of which I am a fan, but these are similar in theory yet taste noticeably different (namely, no fig!) which is fun to experience. The downsides are that these are so so messy to eat (crumbles everywhere) and also a high sugar amount for your everyday, but they do taste good and sweet and are allergen-free! I'll definitely hit up the other flavors eventually. 

Overall
Cost: 6/10 (About 1$ per bar)
Taste: 7/10

Nature's Bakery Fig Bars

Check out this trendy new packaging! Anyway, these fig bars are solid. I'm not sure when they came out, but I first noticed them in the ~healthy~ section of my grocery store about 5 years ago, and since they were nut free and about a dollar (the single-serve option is a mega plus) I picked up a variety of flavors. Bear in mind that all the flavors are still fig flavors, but with other things there too. So these are like dolled up thick Fig Newtons. If you like that aesthetic, you'll probably like these. They're 200 calories for the two bars in each package, and so they make a filling little snack on-the-go. I see they also make brownie bar things too, which I will have to check out! They have a separate gluten-free line which is not very tasty, so I'm glad they kept it separate. And everything they make (at least that I've seen so far) is nut free!

My favorites are probably apple cinnamon, lemon, and solo fig, but they're all decent. Blueberry is good too!

Raspberry: These are also good! You can definitely taste the raspberry, which is nice. Like the raspberry jam PepFarm cookies, but in a fig bar. 7/10

Apricot Peach: These too are good! They don't strike me as especially good in the moment, kind of a mild flavor, not much fig flavor either, but I sure do crave them anyway. I dropped half of one and it basically ruined the rest of my day. Orange wrapper is pretty, too. 7/10

Pumpkin Spice: Ooh, this is a special seasonal edition that I got on Target.com. It really does have the pumpkin spice flavor to it, which is definitely a special and unique fig bar flavor. It smells like a dense spiced pumpkin cake, extra dark. Good, but I probably would burn out of these if I had them often, so I'm happy it's a rarity (and that I got to sample it!). More of a dessert than a brekkie. 8/10

 

Strawberry: Finally tried this flavor! It's good. Made a nice change of pace after months of blueberry (zzz) and apple cinnamon (good but still zzz). Do they even make lemon anymore? Anyway, the strawberry flavor is quite mild; it's very fig forward. But I like fig. 6/10

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 8/10