Customer Reviews

Clif Shot Energy Gel with Caffeine, Strawberry, 1.1-Ounce Packets (Pack of 24)

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You couldn't beat the price for these gels, but the taste is just awful. I've been running for years, so I'm used to taking gels on the run without water - can't do it with these.

This is a good product to use while exercising, if you are exerting yourself it will replenish your energy. It taste a bit like eating strawberry jam, however.

I have tried several energy gels and find the Clif Shots the easiest to digest and the best tasting. If you can't handle the heavier flavors, such as the chocolate, this strawberry flavor goes down smooth and has just the right amount of caffeine to give you that extra boost needed during long endurance exercise.

Keeps my energy going on my 2 hour runs and not bad tasting......kind of like honey.

I'm currently trying to consume one of these while writing this. I have the strawberry version, because I genuinely do not mind fake strawberry taste. What I got, though, was not strawberry. It was an almond-like taste with strawberry highlights. An odd combination, when not on some sort of pastry. The gel is gooey and is reminds me of all the slimy science fiction monsters I've seen in movies. I can't help but think a couple of aliens from the Alien movies are stuck in a factory, drooling in to these packets; the texture is pretty thick, and it quickly turns to a highly viscous fluid when meeting the mouth. The initial taste is extremely bitter, and then rolls in to the almond, and trailed by a short burst of slight strawberry taste that quickly leaves you, as if it's off to find greener pastures in other processed energy supplements. The taste alone gives me chills.

If you're used to eating borderline scary food, hey, maybe this isn't so bad. This gel, however, is so awful in texture and so peculiar in taste that I can't recommend it on that, alone. I'm sure if you could get it down, say as an eclectic spread on toast, it would do it's job. I wouldn't know, though, because I can barely stomach a fourth of this thing.