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Yes, we all love Carb Killas and yes they taste great, but still not quite like having a regular chocolate bar, brownie or cake are they?
Enter Protein Pantry.
I first Heard about Protein Pantry on To Hall and Dan Meekās podcast, Push Pull Legs, and after several episodes hearing them harp on about it, I thought Iād try it out (marketing works).
Protein Pantry essentially make protein bars on steroids (not literally); if you like Carb Killas, youāll love what these guys do.
Each item is handmade (or at least it looks like it is, and comes in packaging that looks like itās been baked in a little farm shop in Shropshire.
Theyāre a little higher in calories than Carb Killas, and quite a bit more expensive, but christ they taste good.
In fact, I think Protein Pantry of achieved the holy grail of producing protein treats that might actually taste better than the real things; as well as having acceptable calories and protein.
Peanut Butter Cups
I tried these first because you get two in a pack. I told myself Iād have one and save the other one for later. They were both delicious.
The structure of the chocolate is very much like a Reeses Cup but a bit bigger and quite a lot thicker.
The Peanut Butter filling was quite disappointing though and had more of a āgelā texture than a butter. It also lacked a bit of saltiness.
Regardless, it (they) still tasted pretty good (as anything thatās vaguely chocolate and PB-based will); the issue with these is the calories – one cup as xxx calories and only 10g of protein.
The other problem with these is that they use brown rice protein; not ideal for for Muscle Protein Synthesis if youāre eating these on their own.
Calories: 211 (per piece)
Protein: 10 (per piece)
5/10
Jaffa Cake
Jaffa cake on steroidsā is the best description of this bad boy.
This is basically a chunk of cake with a layer of orange stuff on top completely covered in dark chocolate.
I really bloody enjoyed this; it doesnāt taste much like a jaffa cake, but thatās only because itās so much better (and probably what itād be like if someone like M&S made a really posh Jaffa cake), the chocolate is much darker and richer, and the orange stuff (does anyone know what that actually is?!) is more bitter, like a good quality Marmalade.
Texture-wise itās pretty chewy, but I like that. I donāt want to be able to eat something like this in 3 seconds like you can with an actual Jaffa.
The calories and protein are decent as well. Impressive.
Calories: 262
Protein: 20g
7/10
Cherry Bakewell
Wow. This is just incredible; genuinely better than the shite you get from Mr Kippling.
More of a cake than a tart (oh er) – but not JUST a cake, the bottom half is also encased in a thick layer of white chocolate.
I looked at the calories for this and initially thought they were high, and maybe they are for a protein snack/treat, but this isnāt just a protein treat, itās a treat in itās own right with the added bonus of having some protein thrown in.
Now, the protein amount isnāt great – only 18g so less than a Carb Killa but you can forgive it because it tastes so great.
Calories: 256
Protein: 19g
9/10
Birthday Cake
Birthday Cake is a really easy flavour to get wrong; and I a lot of brands (Grenade *ahem*) do. What most of them miss the crucial jam component; but Protein Pantry bucks that trend with a pretty much perfect cake/jam/icing/sprinkles ratio.
The icing is actually white chocolate, but thatās better than icing anyway.
This is pretty much like eating a slice of cake out of a party bag from your mates 8th birthday in 90s, but chewier, and with more protein obviously.
If you love birthday cake, youāll love this.
Calories: 282
Protein: 19g
8/10
Chocolate Honeycomb
This looks rich and it is – unlike the other flavours this contains more of a āpasteā than a cake-type filling – that description does it absolutely no justice because it tastes incredible, laods of thick darl chocolate on the outside and a massive bit of honeycomb in the middle, plus a an extra bit of honeycomb on top and a few salt flakes which makes a HUGE difference.
I canāt really find anything bad to say about this other than Iām not a huge fan of honeycomb, but thatās me being weird.
Pretty strong calories and protein as well.
Calories: 262
Protein: 20g
7/10
Summary
I donāt really see Protein Pantry as a āprotein barā brand, itās more just delicious treats that happen to be high in protein.
Given the calorie amounts for some of the bars, these arenāt really substitutes for a protein shake which I see as a regular part of my diet, but more of an occasional treat.
They are slightly higher in calories than Carb Killas, but at the same time theyāre much tastier, if you like Carb Killas youāll love these!
Cost-wise these aren’t cheap; they all go for Ā£3.75 (apart from the Hazelnut Butter Cups which are Ā£4). That’s Ā£1.25 more than the average price of a Carb Killa, but again, these aren’t something you’d have every day and in all honest they’re such good quality I think that price is probably justified.
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