Product Review: Nature's Bakery Fig Bars

[runpunkrun]

Nature's Bakery Fig Bar: Raspberry: I mostly gave these a try because they had ingredients I could eat. I was pleasantly surprised by how soft and tender the cookie part is, though I can't say it has a flavor beyond being pleasantly whole grain. The filling is sweet and crunchy with fig seeds, and I could really taste the raspberries. Could I taste the figs? Maybe, in that they were toning the raspberry flavor down in an earthy kind of way.

This is called a bar, but really it's a Fig Newtonesque cookie, two per package, with six packages in a box. I found them at Target in the granola/protein/snack bar aisle, but they're too sweet for me to be anything but a dessert. They're also marked "low sodium" (70 mg for two cookies), but they always make me very thirsty, so idk.

In addition to Raspberry, they come in Blueberry and Pomegranate. If you're in the market for a GF Fig Newton analogue, you might give these a try. Though for whatever reason they don't have one that's just fig.

Certified GF, vegan, kosher, non-GMO. Made in a dedicated peanut and tree nut free facility.

Current Ingredients: Brown Rice Flour, Brown Rice Syrup, Fig Paste, Raspberry Jam (Naturally Milled Sugar, Cane Sugar, Glycerin, Rice Starch, Raspberries, Apple Powder, Natural Flavor, Pectin, Citric Acid, Locust Bean Gum), Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Gluten Free Five Grain Flour (Amaranth, Quinoa, Millet, Sorghum, Teff), Date Paste, Whole Grain Oats, Glycerin, Flaxseed, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda), Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid.

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[jesse_the_k]

...they are indeed soothing in their crumbly-coated way, and highly raspberry, and wicked sweet. I recall that Pamela's Figgies & Jammies taste almost identical. Pamela does offer an all-fig version.

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[runpunkrun]

Soooo sweet, though I assume that's the fig's doing.

all the figgies

[harmonic_tabby]

I first met the Pamela's figgies and very much enjoyed them. Then I bought the Nature's and enjoyed them as well. They are both excellent for a 'newtonesque' experience although I find the Nature's softer in texture. The Pamela's cookie wrapping seems harder/drier to the taste.

From a serving standpoint, two of the Nature's is just right for me. Opening the Pamela's package means I need to consider how to keep them moist until I can finish them all.