LARABAR
One of the first things I went looking for when traveling around the US was a bar that I could have in my handbag for when I needed a snack. I was excited to find the LARABAR range in Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s (more on these in another post!).
The LARABAR range are a blend of unsweetened fruits, nuts and spices containing 100% whole food and no more than 2 to 9 ingredients. This means that they are all gluten free!
After trying my first LARABAR (Cherry Pie flavour) I was hooked and since then I have been attempting to try all of the flavours. So far my favourites are:
- Banana Bread
- Carrot Cake
- Cherry Pie
- Coconut Cream Pie
- Peanut Butter and Jelly (which really does taste like PB&J!)
Cherry Pie LARABAR (photo courtesy of kansascitymamas.com)
Unfortunately LARABAR’s are only currently available in the US, however maybe one day they will be available all over the world!
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Oh really that’s interesting… I haven’t tried the plain chocolate yet – might have to do that! I wish I had a fig tree – lucky thing! Let me know how they go…
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It’s less of a fig tree, and more of a fig stick.
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