Luna Sunrise Bars = YUCK!

[Tesseract]

I don't like eating Luna bars for breakfast because of all that sweet frosting they put on them, so when I saw this in the store the other day, I grabbed a Vanilla Almond flavor, hoping it would be a less sweet, more granola-ish Luna bar for AM consumption.

Boy, I could not have been more wrong! The damn thing had super-sweet vanilla frosting on the bottom, a layer of caramel-y type stuff on the top, and MORE vanilla frosting drizzled over that. It was a gooey mess after 30 minutes in my pocket when I went hiking this morning, and I almost barfed trying to choke it down on the trail. It's even sweeter than the Caramel Nut Brownie flavor, which is already sugar overkill. Ugh. If I wanted a confection for breakfast, I'd have a frigging donut. I think this thing was even sweeter than a donut. Imagine a vanilla and caramel frosted donut and you'll be close.

I don't recommend these, and I plan to write Luna to tell them how much I hate their new product.

OK, well maybe "hate" is too strong a word. It probably would have been pretty decent as an afternoon snack (maybe still a little too sweet for me), but I don't need to be sugar-shocked first thing in the morning.

[ProudVegan]

I have only tried S'mores and absolutely love it!!! It tastes great!!!

I think i have tried one of the nutty ones and peanut butter or something.. but Im sticking with S'mores.

[Cissy]

toasted nuts and cranberry's more granola-y... it's my favorite :)

[Tofu-N-Sprouts]

Blegghhh.. sounds TERRIBLE!

I'm definitely NOT a 'sugar in the morning' sort of person, and rarely eat Luna Bars anyway, but if I had tried this, I think would have had the same reaction.

Generally I've discovered anything with the word "vanilla" in the description usually means "sugary sweet with white frosting" no matter HOW 'nautral' or healthy it's supposed to be.

Thanks for the heads up!

[rabid_child]

I have only tried S'mores and absolutely love it!!! It tastes great!!!

I think i have tried one of the nutty ones and peanut butter or something.. but Im sticking with S'mores.

You're thinking of regular Luna bars. Luna just came out with a new "breakfast" luna bar that comes in stawberry, blueberry, and vanilla almond... the latter of which is what the OP is referring to.

I bought one but haven't tried it yet. Thanks for the heads up! I wasn't intending to have it for breakfast anyway... I'm more of a toast/oatmeal in the morning type! I was hoping it would be cereal-like... guess not!

[IamJen]

You might try the Nature's Path "Optimum" bars Tess. They have some icing on the top, but it's just a smidge. The blueberry ones are divine.
http://www.naturespath.com/products/bars

I have to admit, I like the sweet though sometimes. Those ZBar brownie things that Clif makes...ohhhhh, yum. :lick:

[Lumos]

I just bought one of these. I think I might lke it since I'm a bit of a sugar addict and I hate cereal.

[Trivegelete]

[QUOTE=IamJen]You might try the Nature's Path "Optimum" bars Tess. They have some icing on the top, but it's just a smidge. The blueberry ones are divine.
http://www.naturespath.com/products/bars

I just discovered these bars and love them. I strongly recommend them. The peanut butter ones are my favorite.

[southern_vegan]

toasted nuts and cranberry's more granola-y... it's my favorite :)

Me too! : ) It's the only flavor without added sugar(cane juice)

[Nonna]

The lemon is my favorite..(Regular luna) tho not for breakfast..Chai tea is good also...

[grain_girl]

Imagine a vanilla and caramel frosted donut and you'll be close.

Damn, sounds pretty good to me! ;)

[Tesseract]

Damn, sounds pretty good to me! ;)
Hey, if that's what you like, more power to ya. Me, I can't stomach that much sugar first thing in the morning. Gotta wait till the PM.

[flvegnewbie]

Thanks for the info. Tess, another forum I belong to had a thread relating to these & the posters went on & on about how good they were, but if they are that sweet then I'm with you, no thanks!

I do LOVE the lemon ones though, I think someone else posted about liking them as well. :rockon: But again, I put that recommendation out there & I had quite a few people come back & complain 'cause they didn't like them.
I like the lemon ones 'cause they aren't so much like a candy bar, they are still sweet, but don't taste candy barish.

Michelle

[Katieq]

wow Tess, I had the exact same experience! I don't like the frosted Luna Bars, which is why the plain Toasted Nuts and Cranberry is my favorite, but I saw the morning bar Vanilla Almond and thought it would be good for breakfast on the run - blech!

I also like Nature's Path Optimum bars - my favorite is the cranberry ginger kind.

[MZCsmpsns]

I haven't had the breakfast Lunas yet, but whenever I used to have a sweet tooth I'd have a s'mores, or peanut butter Luna. Half of one anyway... they're SOOOO sweet! I'd usually share one w/my friend's son, he LOVES them. Now the thought of how sweet they are makes me ill. I'd rather have a PB & banana sandwich when I want something somewhat sweet tasting.