So I discovered a wonderful find today. At my costco, they are now carrying a protien bar in the same brand as my protien shakes.  The sugar carb on the three flavors is 8,9 and 10, which is a little high on my program, but with the new football activity level is within my restrictions.  Three flavors, and 24 bars for 19.99.  The bar gives 30g of protien!  And it tastes amazing.  I actually felt a little guilty eating it.  It totally tasted like a candy bar!  No vitamin taste, no protien taste.  Just YUMMY!  I am so excited.  The brand is Premier Nutrition. Oh and they are 2.5 ounces.  Totally doable.  Some of the high protien bars are so big you can only eat half.

I drink thier premade shakes which are also 30g protien, chocolate and only 1 gram of sugar.  Very mild and good texture.

Thats my helpfull costco plug o the day! :)

Thanks for the info.  I was looking at protein bars over the weekend and found that all the ones at the grocery store are too high in sugar.  I workout like a fiend, but I don't want to put that sugar in - other than Splenda in my cereal, I've gotten away from sugar. 

Are you by chance a chocoholic?  I am...not joking.  I can't just have one piece of chocolate...I have to have 10 pieces or two candy bars...or a combination.  I turned to chocolate as a kid and didn't stop until four months ago.  Do you think this bar would lead you to try regular candy again?  I'm someone who once I decide to stay away from something I can...I haven't had a coke or McDs in 8 years, but if I have something that's close to what I'm trying to avoid, it becomes a slippery slope.

Brid 

I personally am not a huge sweet person.  I prefer savory.  So the deep fried burrito is my enemy :)  I hope that its not a gateway drug to a three musketeers, but I guess I will see if that happens.  It was so totally satisfying that I did not like want to eat two.  Actually I couldnt finish the whole thing.  Let me know how that goes if you try it.  I too, only eat splenda on rare occasion.  I have not had a soda in 6 months and am ok with that.  I suppose it ultimately comes down to the fear of screwing this up for me.  I am determined to be successful!

Oh I hear you.. sniff.. sniff.. The deep fried burrito, the sourdough with real butter.

Ok enough, I have had the protein drinks you are talking about but not the bars. I will have to give it a shot (half in the AM and half in the PM should keep me under my 5 grams of protein)

Cool, we are off to Costco today anyway. Might keep me away from candy...

I bought some of these recently and I agree with you, totally awesome find!  They didnt have that way too dense gritty taste of other bars and the size was doable for me, and I didnt dump, which was best of all!

Wow! Those are the best protein bars. And you are right, tastes like a candy bar. I have one a day to make sure I have enough protein in addition to meats and beans.

Arent they the best?  They are now a total part of my meal plan for the day with Football.  I love them!

When can we start eating protien bars?   I am so ready for something like that.  

Unfortunately every program is different!  My program does not actually allow them.  I have been given special dispensation from the NUT Gods to allow me to have additional carbs due to the demands of playing Professional Tackle Football.  I need the energy.  Its definately a case of following your programs rules.  Some programs have no problem with supplements, some do. They are all so different!  Good Luck!