Blasphemous as this may be in the blog world, I’ve said before that I am not a big fan of Trader Joe’s. I am, however, a fan of PURE bars, which I could never find anywhere else. I wanted to try the other flavors before buying anything in bulk online, so I contacted the company, and they graciously agreed to send me a sample pack.
I was very excited when the package arrived … PURE bars!
In alphabetical order, because I’m anal like that. 
I wasn’t hit with the aroma of cinnamon when I opened the package, so I thought I wouldn’t be able to taste it… but that wasn’t the case. The flavor was phenomenal. It was the texture that I wasn’t crazy over, because there were far too many nuts for my liking. I did like the chewy bits of dried apple, though.
I originally reviewed this flavor here. I didn’t lovelove it, but it was the only flavor aside from the chocolate brownie that I could find, and it did grow on me a little bit.
I originally reviewed this flavor here, and my opinion still stands: most awesome natural chocolate-flavored bar ever.
The scent test (what, you don’t take a whiff of a bar you’ve never tried before?!) provided me with a lovely citrus-y aroma. And the taste was much the same. It was a bit too greasy, but other than that, I loved it; the perfect balance between sweet and tart.
This one was slightly disappointing. I couldn’t really identify the aroma — something like a cross between raisins and sunflower seeds? Which is weird, because I couldn’t really detect either of those in the taste or texture. I was sure that the cacao bits would be my favorite part, but they were far too bitter.
I was afraid that this would be sickly sweet, as dried berries tend to be, but it wasn’t. There were definitely dried berries in there — indentifiably! — but it didn’t taste cloying at all. I liked it.
Overall, the chocolate brownie is still my favorite, but I’d buy any of them, with the exception of the trail mix flavor.
Great reviews: your opinions of the PURE bars co-incide exactly with mine! The Chocolate Brownie was my favourite too, though the Blueberry was a very close second.
I don’t think that I’d rate the chocolate one as the best raw/healthy chocolate flavoured bar ever, because I love my Nakd Coco Locos too much. I just wish that the latter were Kosher so I could send you some!
I was disappointed in the trail mix one too for the exact same reason: I thought I’d love those cacao nibs but they were totally bitter and tasteless…in fact the bar didn’t really have a strong flavour at all aside from the apple pieces. I think with the apple one itself I still prefer the apple pie Larabar because it’s less sweet and more ‘natural’ tasting.
Never tried the Cranberry Orange one though, although being that I hated the cherry one it’s probably just as well!
Hope today is a better one for you than the previous couple have been.
Take care
~Jess~
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Oh my goodness I looove Pure bars! The chocolate is definitely my favorite but I like the cherry as well… I haven’t been able to find any other flavors and didn’t even know they existed! I shall be on the lookout now
the chocolate brownie looks CRAZY GOOD! i seriously will pick one up since uve reviewed them! <3
have a gorgeous sunday love
those look awesome–esp that wild blueberry and chocolate one! i’ll have to keep my eye out for them!
I always feel so left out when people do these kind of reviews, because bars are one of the popular blog world things that I can’t really enjoy thanks to allergies. I guess I just have to be content with the fact that I can make my own… when I’m not too lazy
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YUM i love pure bars! they’re such a convenient snack and they are actually a bit cheaper than larabars down here in the dirty dirty.
Love pure bars! I’ve only had the chocolate and blueberry thus far. Blueberry was SOOOOOOOO good! I get them at a local health food store
Dana xo
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Yay! Thanks so much for the great review of Pure Bars. We just also changed our packaging so check out our new look on the website
Thanks again! xoxo
Veronica
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