Customer Reviews

Balance Bar Complete Nutritional Food Bar, Mocha Chip, 1.76-Ounce Bars (Pack of 15)

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

My whole family loves balance bars as a quick way to get a breakfast start when there isn't a lot of time. We used to get them at Trader Joes. My youngest son and myself love the mocha chip the best. My other two like them too but I can get them a couple of other flavors. They stopped carrying any of our favorite flavors at Trader Joes. I decided to try a find them directly- online. When I did they came up on your site which we consider reliable and trust worthy and you had a good price and shipping deal. So we can't miss. Just don't buy too many at once so we don't get them too stale. The first shipment seemed like they may have been on the truck awhile. But we love them and have orded on 3 occassions and plan to again.Thanks.
Lisa

Great taste for something that has 200 calorues & 15g protein! I just wish it had more fiber. I guess you can't always have it all!

At first I didn't care for this flavor, but by the end of the box I was ordering another box of the same flavor. This 'Mocha Chip', and 'Triple Chocolate Chaos' are my favorites!

The other Balance bars I've tried taste much better (Balance Gold, with peanut butter, I believe). These taste awful -chalky, cardboard-like. And it's not just me - no one in my family likes them!

I love Balance bars especially the mocha chip and cookie dough, Yum! However, if it is hot weather don't order any just yet as it comes with the chocolate melted somewhat sticking to the wrapper. Then it spoils the taste a little. But otherwise they are great.

I usually don't buy chocolate-flavored protein bars because 1) I tend to eat them for breakfast, so I prefer more fruit-type flavors, and 2) I find that the chocolate bars tend to be more artificial tasting. However, I saw one of these bars on sale, and because I absolutely love mocha, I decided to give it a try.

Taste-wise, this bar is excellent. It is rich, chocolate-y, and has a very good, distinct mocha flavor too. It was pleasantly chewy without having the overly nougat-like consistency that some protein bars have. Overall, I definitely enjoyed this bar, and from a flavor perspective, I would not hesitate to buy it again.

The reason I gave this bar 4 stars instead of 5 was due to the nutritional profile. At 200 calories, it is about what you would expect from a protein bar; I was fine with that. But both the fat content (7 grams, including 3.5 grams saturated) and the sugar content (17 grams, or over 3 teaspoons) were a little on the high side to me. Some bars include fiber; this one has <1 gram. It does have 15 grams of protein, which was a big plus.

So, in the end, I probably will buy this bar again, but I will limit myself to using it occasionally rather than as a more regular, healthy part of my diet.

I have tried many Balance Bar flavors, and Mocha Chip is one of my favorites. It has a great chocolatey taste which satisfies my sweet tooth while still being healthier than a chocolate bar. Keeps me full, too.

Amazon shipped it quickly, and the item arrived fresh and undamaged.

I love the original Mocha Chip balance bars. They were terrific. But, they put them in new packaging (fine, who cares, right?) but they also re-formulated them and it's really sad what they've done to them. They're sickly sweet now, they have a cake-y consistency that's not appealing and there's barely a "chip" in sight.

It's all bad. I bought tons of these and ate them for breakfast. No more. The new ones are so bad, I threw out the ones I bought after trying a few times to eat them.

Good price on a good food bar. Only tried one flavor so far, but I want more of it.

I have been eating the Balance Mocha Chip bar for several years now (it is my afternoon snack in the office).

Now, there is a "Best By" date on the box. However, the fact is that even within the sealed packaging the bar starts to dry off well before the "Best By" date.
The ideal condition for the bar is that it should be soft and chewy and not dry and hard.
When I buy these from a store, I test it by pressing one of the bars. If it can be pressed using slight pressure, it is good.
The problem is that not many stores carry this flavor.
I joined the subscription program with Amazon thinking it is a hassle free way to get these.
However, they shipped me a box in March 2009 that had a Best By date of July 2009.
Whereas, I had bought a box in Feb 2009 from the local store that had a Best By date of December 2009.
Needless to say, the bars from Amazon were hard and dry.
I cancelled my subscription and am going back to buying these from the local ACME store.