Rise Whey Protein Bars - Mocha Almond | Breakfast Bar & Protein Snack 15g Protein 4g Fiber Just 5 Whole Food Ingredients Gluten-Free Soy Free

Love these bars! They are basically almond and honey, and this means they are delicious and taste a lot like actual food instead of the weird synthetic tastes you get with so many protein bars. They are energy dense and work well an hour before a long run. I have had zero issues with dried out bars like some reported. The chocolate flavor is really good, but the plain almond/honey is very hard to beat.

It's so hard to find a protein bar/energy bar with minimal ingredients that is both free of artificial sweeteners and tastes good. Usually, I'm lucky to get one of those things in a bar. But these bars actually taste like snickerdoodle! I have a lot of dietary restrictions and I struggle finding protein bars that don't cause me GI upset. These bars have only 5 ingredients all of which are safe and healthy. Rise bars are a winner. They check all my boxes! I'll be ordering more. Lots more :)Pros:Tastes really good!It's soft and chewy, not-break-your-teeth-hard-to-chew like protein bars tend to beMinimal ingredientsWhole ingredientsNo artificial sweetenersNo SteviaProtein rich (20grams/bar)Cons:Can't think of anyEdit: the bars I've been getting are no longer soft and chewy. They're pretty tough and require lots of chewing. Also they've been covered in oil. I think they do that so the bars don't stick to the wraper but, it's way too much oil! I try and pat them down with a napkin or wrap them in a napkin but the napkin fuses with the bar in places, so then I'm eating almonds, whey, honey, cinnamon, and paper. This wasn't just one box but several.Still, these issues aside, I'm not changing my rating, because the minimal, safe, healthy ingredients win me over. So I'll keep ordering them and I'll probably keep muttering and complaining to myself as I eat them.

Less quality ingredients disguised with a new wrapper, please consider this review and photos:You get lesser quality ingredients! The “new bars” have less protein, more salt, more sugar, and a higher fat %/DV as add ins, so disappointed RISE has shifted into the propaganda/content shift of processed foods with more addictive ingredients. The bar tasted just fine as it was.Very disappointed with the swap of ingredient content here! When advertising “new look…” companies will change quantities and ingredients, so please look out for you; they will not. While the calories overall remain the same 280, they are now putting in less protein and more sugar/sodium. Vegan protein bars offer 15-18g at this high of calories and a quality animal protein bar should be offering 20-25g at this calorie count. Sugar and sodium are addicting and inexpensive for companies compared to protein. The RISE bars now have more preservative products that are cheaper than protein and yet the bars remain the same if not higher in costs to us, the consumers. These bars do not cost any less with the “new look” however, the manufacture is surely saving money.You now get 2g less protein (20g Vs 18g) and MORE of what we do not need in our diets…sodium is now 40mg Vs 20 (DOUBLE!!) more added sugar, 15g Vs 13g and the fat percentage increased, from 21% DV to 25%. This is a protein bar I have enjoyed for years and now, at the same or higher price you are getting less of the ingredient driving us to PROTEIN bars.

This is my breakfast. Every. Single. Day. Don't know how I'd live without them! Delicious, nutritious, filling.

After having researched many protein bars for several reasons. One big reason: I despise any sort of artificial sweetener (including Stevia, monk fruit, etc.). They placed highly on various lists of "best rated protein bars". The simplicity of the ingredients (only 3!) was also a definite plus. The protein content is high and they taste good as long as they're chilled. This is a personal preference, though, and may not be necessary for other buyers, and I still carry one in my purse.My only issue is that the surface of the bars is quite oily - in fact, I stained a pair of pants after having set what I thought was a closed one on my leg.[Another plus: my 1-year-old grandson loves them (he's ok to eat honey as he passed the 12-month mark). I feel very good feeding him such a "clean" food.]

While these are great bars with a fantastic flavor and no disgusting artificial sweeteners; i must dock a star because the texture and quality varies wildly between shipments. Sometimes these bars are soft and delicious, others they are very dry and hard. I understand that's part of the deal as mentioned on the label.

Delicious. High quality. Size is small. Dry. Not much Sugar. Good in between of meals which can fill you.

“Chocolaty Almond” is intentional misleading. It has zero chocolate and zero chocolate flavor. And 270 calories is too many when you are only delivering 15 grams of protein. I regret this purchase.