I picked up Larabar's
Chocolate Maya (formerly Jocolat) energy bar at
Whole Foods. This is supposed to be a vegan treat (I've found it sold on a few vegan websites). Now I'm not a vegan, as you've probably guessed by now. But there's no rule saying I can't eat vegan food if I want to. Doesn't usually taste that good if it's
manufactured for vegans, like in a factory. But I will try any food once.
The thing is nasty. I mean
naaaaas-ty! I usually finish what I start eating. I took one bite of the chocolate energy bar and had to spit it out. I think it was flavored with fermented prune juice.
P-toey!
UPDATE: Someone from the Larabar company emailed me. It reeked suspiciously of spam, the type of post they would send someone who simply wrote about it, no value judgment. So I didn't post it.
3 comments:
I think you have it backwards. Maya Bars were discontinued (as far as I can tell for the exact reason you cite ... they taste horrible).
They were replaced with the much better Jocolat Bars.
Well then, maybe the guy who commented wasn't a salesman per se. Though it still seems odd, seeing that Whole Foods gladly still sells 'em.
Dear John,
I am writing to further clarify confusion with Maya and Jocalat.
Grocery stores such as Whole Foods will often carry an item that is being discontinued until the item sells out- that is why you still found them there.
Jocalat is our new product line and if you are interested I would love to send you samples of it and see what you think of our changes- we were not happy with Maya and thus why we discountinued it and came out with Jocalat.
Let me know if you are interested.
Best wishes,
Lara-- CEO & Founder of LARABAR
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