Not bad as a somewhat more nutricious alternative to cookies or candy, but these are still a bit too sweet for my taste
I've been eating Zone bars, here and there, on occasion, for a long time. I read Barry Sears book on the Zone, which was one of the earlier popular dieting books to suggest that a good diet should be neither &#34;low-fat&#34; nor &#34;low-carb&#34; but should deliver a good balance of fat, carbs and protein, and that eating foods with the proper balance would give you more energy (or put you in &#34;the Zone&#34;). That was a long time ago, and I've forgotten the specifics, but for a while I would buy Zone bars (or Balance bars, which seem to be designed on the same principle) as an alternative to, say, candy bars. I still do that sometimes.<br /><br />I've purchased the ZonePerfect Kidz bars occasionally as snacks for my kids lunches. They're a bit more like candy bars -- sweeter, with more sugar -- than the &#34;adult&#34; zone bars, but it's better than buying cookies. I hadn't tried the Fudge Brownie kind before, and I have to say I'm not a huge fan. It's a bit too sweet, and the taste isn't really to my liking. My kids will eat them, but don't love them either, so while I do expect to buy other flavors, I don't think I'll get this one again.<br /><br />Having said that, this is good deal, and buying them in these 30 count packages saves money over buying the single boxes in the local grocery store, unless they happen to be on sale. When you buy these, there's a generic cardboard box with 6 of the 5 count boxes inside of it.
Rating: 3 stars