NUGO POST: FREEBIE FOR....

I want to give a HUGE thanks to NuGo Nutrition for not only sending ME 3 sample bars (REVIEW AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST)

, but for sponsoring my 12bar GIVEAWAY!! I got some REALLY awesome responses, and picked a winner with the most genuine reasons for wanting to win. Before I announce... I just wanted to pay homage to some of my favorite responses to "what I look for in an on-the-go snack"


*tastes like swedish fish. alas, my downfall. nothing tastes like those fish, besides the fish.*


*cheaper than the unhealthy snack i really want to buy*


*crunchy but not celery and carrots*


*pre expiration date*


AND MY FAVORITE OF ALL:
*****something you [body by liz] would recommend***** !!!!!!


Winner of the contest: SYDNEY from Long Island. She is a highschool athlete, and needs some healthier alternatives to the school cafeteria to get proper fuel for breakfasts and before practices. She is also a vegetarian, making a transition toward a vegan diet, so NuGo is a great place to start for great vegan bars! Congratulations, thanks for reading and sharing :-)


NuGo DARK review:
So, NuGo sent me 3 bars from their Dark chocolate VEGAN line: (200 cals per bar)
-Chocolate Chocolate Chip
-Mint Chocolate
-Mocha Chocolate


My favorite was definitely the Mint Chocolate. The bars are ENTIRELY COVERED in REAL dark chocolate--no powdered milk additives or anything--raw amazing and vegan. The Mint chocolate was rich, but palatable. I felt like I was eating mint chocolate chip ice cream. A really good idea would be to stick this bar in the freezer for an hour or so and THEN eat it (*mental note*) The bar was VERY sweet to me, because I am NOT used to sweets. The most sugar I'm used to is a raw banana. It was quite a shocker for my taste buds...not an entirely bad one though (For about 15g sugar total...)


Second favorite was the Chocolate Chocolate Chip. It wasn't super rich, and was entirely covered in dark chocolate like the other two bars. I was expecting a cookie dough taste, which I didn't get at all. It's a pretty basic bar. If you like chocolate you will definitely like it. I would eat it again, but the flavor wasn't as stand-out as the mint chocolate.


Lastly, the mocha chocolate. I absolutely LOVE coffee, but I am NOT a fan of mocha flavored things. Mocha is this strange intermediary between coffee and cocoa flavor, but is too strong and rich for my liking. However, I will say that the NuGo bar was good enough that I was able to almost finish the whole thing. I've had other "mocha" flavored protein bars, and thrown them in the garbage after one BITE, even if I was starving! The Nugo bar was good enough, and chocolate enough that I liked the taste, but it was too rich and mocha-ish for me to eat the whole bar. 


By the way, Nugo bars are HUGE !! Way bigger than balance bars, zone bars...theyre about the size of a Luna bar entirely covered in a coat of dark chocolate. But the center is made of these really yummy protein crisps, instead of some icky protein blend paste that's supposed to look like cookie dough or carrot cake or key lime pie. They are SO satisfying. Half way through the bar, you start to feel full. If you have the control, 1/2 of this with a hot cup of tea would be the perfect night time dessert. One last huge THANK YOU to NuGo nutrition, and CONGRATS to giveaway winner SYDNEY !! Hope you enjoy your bars, and would love you to write feedback for me to post up once you try out your bars :) 


Hope to have more giveaways in the future!! Much love, Liz