F is for…Frank Bar!
I’m cheating on my Vegan MoFo A-Z pantry series today…I had planned something else but, although the dish I made was delicious, by dinner time the light had gone so I didn’t get any decent pictures. As I said, it was very tasty so I’ll be sure to make it again and post the recipe after Vegan MoFo.
Anyway, I am still sticking to the planned letter “F” today and bring you a review of a new snack bar on the scene: Frank Bar.
I’ve told you how I always travel with chocolate, but I always travel with a couple of snack bars in my bag too. As a vegan, it’s still not all that easy to find a good snack if you’re out and about, and even harder to find a healthy one, so I leave the house prepared!
I was really pleased to discover Frank Bar at the Allergy & Free From Show earlier this summer. They’re 100% natural, made from oats and dried fruit and topped with a delicious dairy-free coconut cream chocolate layer. They’re also entirely free from gluten and nuts, which makes a nice change, as the snack bars I’m used to often have nuts as a main ingredient. Another thing I really liked is that they’re packed with fibre and also contain pea protein which makes them seriously satisfying for their small size.
So how do they taste?
I loved them! The creamy chocolate layer is the perfect foil to the chewy, oaty base. Frank Bars are currently available in 5 flavours:
Strawberry & Chocolate- If you like chocolate-coated strawberries then you’ll love this one! That’s exactly what it reminded me of.
Orange & Chocolate- This was my 2nd favourite as I love orange and chocolate together. Terry’s chocolate orange anyone?!
Blueberry & Chocolate- The berry flavour really comes through in this one and isn’t dominated by the chocolate as I expected it would be. This one surprised me with how much I liked it.
Double Chocolate- What’s there to say about this one? It’s double chocolate! It’s obviously fantastic!
Oat & Chocolate- This was my favourite flavour. It’s slightly different to the others in that the main bar doesn’t have cocoa powder in so there’s more of a contrast between the base and the top chocolate layer (see image below). Maybe choc-chips would be good in it though?
Here’s the ingredients list and nutritional info so you can see for yourselves how nutritious Frank Bars are. This is the Blueberry & Chocolate flavour but the nutritional profile is pretty much the same for all the flavours. Nearly 4g Protein and 4g Fibre in each 35g bar and only around 120 calories.
You can find them in various independent stores across England as well as in Planet Organic in London, and online from the Frank Food Co. website. A mixed case of 20 bars- 5 of each flavour- is currently on offer for just £10- that’s only 50p a bar!
Are you a snack bar eater? Which are your favourites?
UK folk, have you tried these yet? If not, ask your local health stores to stock them.
I’ll be back on my pantry A-Z series tomorrow with a recipe for you! Can you guess what the letter “G” will be?
Oh these look good!
Letter G, let me see, is it green smoothie? Gluten-free cupcakes, Grain-free oatmeal? Gin and tonic? Now I’m getting ridiculous!
Hehe…nice tries! All my letters are pantry ingredients. You’ll have to check back tomorrow for the answer!
Hehe, I should have checked the ‘guidelines’.
Garam masala?
Those look amazing! Maybe in time we’ll be able to get them in the US too.
I hope so! They only launched in 2012 but I’m sure they’ll be heading overseas before long
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Thanks so much Poppy! I’ll get on that
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Mm these look so good! I hope I’m paired with someone from the UK next Vegan Package Swap and that this someone sends me one of these bars.
Awesome that you’re taking part in the International Package Swap! It’s such fun. Fingers crossed for Frank Bars for you
Gosh! I haven’t tried these, they look lovely and I sympathise with you about the light! I’m limited to cooking at weekends once September is past, it’s so annoying!
Definitely recommend them, especially if you like chocolate
This is my first year blogging but now I’ve had my first taste of how irritating winter is for photography!
Oat & Chocolate was my favourite too! I didn’t try strawberry though ad now I really want to, yum.
They’re all really good. Lucky I’ve got a few more to munch my way through
Grapes! Ginger! Goobers! Gumbo! Gatorade! ALPHABETICAL!
Yeah for Frank bars!!!! Only tried a couple of flavours, choc and choc blueberry, oh and strawberry. Loved the blueberry one the best. Nice solid bar, totally different from nakd bars which are soft and chewy. Both heaven
Exactly. The chewy texture is what really makes them for me
I hope I can find those here at some point, I’m still on the hunt for some new snack bars since I’m kind of getting sick of just Clif and Larabars.
They’re still fairly new so let’s hope they make it Stateside before too long
The packaging looks so fun and lovely! I love neat packaging (hehe I have a designer eye)! I would love to try the Strawberry or Orange with Chocolate….miam!
Lucky I’ve got a few left to enjoy
Choc-orange tasted especially good to me.
These sound really good! They sound perfect for lunch boxes. Thanks for the heads up about the special offer.
Definitely good for lunch boxes. I can only imagine the delicius lunches you pack for Lil’L!