A couple of months ago the kind people at Promax sent me a box their Chocolate Peanut Crunch HFCS-free bars to sample and review for the blog.
And for the past month I have been cutting each bar in fourths and enjoying the quarter of the bar before each week day run.
I prefer chewy granola style bars to soft creamy bars, but this one wasn’t too bad. I felt like I was eating a reeses before each run. The quarter of the bar was perfect for fueling me through my early runs and allowed me to come home, shower, and dress without having to chew my arm off for breakfast.
Likes:
- Taste
- The option of HFCS free
- Large size of the bar for the calories you get
- Kept me full
Dislikes:
- Super long ingredient lists
- A little heavy in my stomach if I ate more than a quarter
- The price if I were buying them individually
- The somewhat chalky texture
Overall if I were in a pinch I would purchase this bar again, but I would not see it becoming a regular thing. 
But you don’t have to take my opinion for it – try for your self!
Here is your chance to win a box of Chocolate Peanut Crunch Promax bars.
To enter leave a comment on this entry telling me what your favorite flavor you prefer your energy bars. Are you into peanuts? Chocolate? Fruity? Let me know!
You have until tomorrow evening when I will pull a random winner!
Good Luck!
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With chocolate and peanut butter!
Mine has to be chocolate and peanut butter. . . i don’t like fruity bars!
I love anything with coconut in it!
cashew butter!!
Chocolate and peanut butter!!
The best bars have lots of oats.
Anything with chocolate or peanut butter and I’m happy. And if a bar has both then all the better!
I’ll eat anything if it has chocolate and whole peanuts
I love the peanut butter crunch Clif bar! I haven’t had the chance to try many other Clif bars but the look delicious! I’m definitely a Clif bar fan!
anything containing peanut butter is heaven to me.
I love anything with chocolate and peanut butter!
i love chocolate and peanut butter…but chocolate with anything is good with me!
Chocolate peanut butter — mmm!!
I Love Bars with Peanuts and not too mcuh chocolate- I find that bars with chocolate tend to have a chalky taste if it is something like a probar or meal replacement bar
I like dried fruit. Especially cranberries!
Big fan of chocolate or peanut butter bars. However, the lemon Luna bar is my favorite!
Hmmm…I would say no fruit, yes chocolate, yes peanut butter!
I love anything with chocolate, peanut butter or MINT. mmm
Anything with chocolate and any kind of nuts!
peanuts! I love peanuts- then I like a lot do date and chewy fruit
hate anything fruit, love anything chocolate!
would have to be anything containing nuts, chocolate and caramel!
Love chocolate in my bars..it’s like candy!
I enjoy fruity bars and nutty bars. I’m not a huge chocolate person but I do enjoy the mini chips in some.
Definitely chocolate! I like a few fruity bars but will usually go for the chocolate when given the choice!
Chocolate and nuts….I like fresh fruit too much I think to enjoy it in a bar!
chocolate or peanut butter for sure
Huge fan of chocolate peanut butter :O)!!
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I’m going with a lot of other people on this one and must say chocolate or peanut butter are my favorites! And, when combined, they’re even better!
Luna Caramel Nut Blast–love it!
I love chocolate! It makes me feel like I’m eating candy, but also helps pre and post workout
Kind bars are my fav…ones with lots of nuts!
I prefer something with chocolate, although I don’t go for the fake chocolaty taste. I’m a bit picky. =P I do enjoy one with oats too.
I usually go for the chocolate peanut butter bars. I can’t stand fruity ones! Blech.
I really love bars that taste like reese’s, but without the nasty ingredients in a reese’s!! I hope that you are having a great ski trip!!
I like the clif mojo bars best, because I love peanuts and chocolate.
YUMMM chocalote peanut butter!
Anything with chocolate!!
I’m a big chocolate fan!
Must have chocolate or peanut butter, of course!
Chocolate and peanut butter…yumm!
I like a granola-like texture as well…but not too fruity. I like nuts and seeds and definitely dried apricots…getting a bit tired of the dried cranberries!
chocolate. or peanut butter. nope, both!
I like the fruity and vanilla ones best!
I like fruity bars. I like to eat bars before my morning workouts and chocolate does not appeal to me at 6 in the morning.
Chocolate and peanut putter – although I love cherry pie LaraBars. But not the other fruity flavors.
I guess mine would be chocolate and peanut butter too. I do love smores flavored bars as well. Thanks!
I love Chocolate in bars
I like peanut buttery bars, perhaps with a little chocolate, but not overload.
My favorite has to be peanut/peanut butter…..I just can’t get enought of it!!
I would have to say that peanut/chocolate is my favorite. I am not really into fruit bars, because it taste fake to me. I like my fruit fresh. But the peanut or peanut butter versions taste like a healthy candy bar! mmm!!
Anything with nuts, chocolate or chocolate chips. Cashew cookie Larabar is my all time favorite.
I love the chocolate/pb combo. For my bars, I prefer chocolatey to fruity, but not super chocolatey…
definitely chocolate! a little PB is ok, but sometimes the taste lingers a bit longer than I’d like once I start running.
I like them all. Depends on my mood, some chocolate and peanut-y, other times I want dried fruit with tons of warm spices!!!
I love anything with peanut butter in it!
I am not a big fan of the fruity bars but I looove chocolate a sometimes a little peanut butter!
i like peanuts and granola together. some chocolate is ok but too much makes my tummy go wacko!
chocolate-y graham cracker flavor
Chocolate peanut butter all the way. And I hate caramel protein bars. Fake caramel=gross!
Peanut butter and chocolate!!
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate!
My favorite is definitely anything chocolate!!!
I love love love peanut butter, chocolate and any energy bar with almonds
Chocolate and/or peanut butter!! Or, if I’m feeling like switching it up, I really like the apple cinnamon and honey graham zbars!
I tend to like peanut butter flavor! Thanks for the giveaway
Chocolate and peanut butter!
chocolate or pb
Chocolate all the way, fo sho.
Thanks for the giveaway!
For protein bars, I actually like the (sometimes fake!) chocolate. I feel like I can satisfy my sweet tooth with something moderately healthy. I would love to win a box of promax bars!
I’m a chocolate peanut butter person all the way, although sometimes in a pinch I’ll go for a vanilla flavor.
Definitely something with big chunks of nuts and dried fruit– love the crunchy/chewy combo!
anything with almonds!
I like PB and chocolate!!
chocolate/peanut/caramel…anything that makes it taste like a dessert is good for me
Anything with peanut butter, chocolate, or both. I like Crunchy Peanut Clif Bars the best!
I love chocolate! I pretty much only buy bars with chocolate, sometimes just nuts. These look interesting!
i love chocolate caramel flavors the best.
your skiing pictures are too cute!
I like fruity bars the best, but I would love the chance to try these!
Fruity is the way to go as long as it is real fruit and not a flavor. I can’t stand banana or orange flavored bars becasue they taste too fake.
MochaChip balance bars. 100%. Even though they have a long ingredient list, something about them just hits the spot.
I am definitely a chocolate and pb girl!
chocolate, nuts, and fruit aka larabars!
I like dried fruits in my bars.
Chocolate for sure
Anything with chocolate in it is a winner in my book (um… stomach).
My favorite all-time bar is Chocolate Brownie Z-Bars! I can eat, easily, three a day.
I am a sucker for peanut butter. Especially on my ice cream, or on a banana, or in a snack bar, or on a spoon. Yum!
I LOVE chocolate and peanut butter! Makes me feel like I’m eating a candy bar without all the guilt!
DEFINITELY chocolate and nuts of any kind!
I like chocolate peanut butter!
i love chocolaty energy bars!
chocolate peanut anything!!!
anything with pb
Peanuts all the way! No-go on fruity bars, yuck!
anything with peanuts!
I kind of prefer anything that’s more chocolate-y. That way I feel like I’m getting dessert!
I like peanut butter or chunky peanuts, but not too sweet and sickly.
Jealous of your ski trip BIG TIME!
I love chocolate + peanuts!
I like bars with texture that aren’t overly sweet – so I love ones that are salty or taste muffiny, but chocolatey ones are overwhelming to me!
I must be opposite to everyone…I like fruit bars better because chocolate/pb ones seem more like dessert and I end up eating more than one a day!
I love fruity bars!
I love anything chocolate and PB as well! And minty ones too. But also unique flavors like carrot cake draw me in.
I love chocolate and fruit and maybe some almonds!
MMM! I am always into a new bar…anything with chocolate or nuts (chocolate and nuts?! Even better!)…is right up my alley!
I love chocolate & nuts (or peanut butter). Then it feels like a treat.
Omg that is so weird because I tried to use a coupon I received from them but I couldn’t find them at stop and shop!
Jenna
It depends on the kind-for Lara bars I like fruity, but for a simple granola bar, I like chocolate! This would be sooo awesome for my husband who is in construction and has such fast metabolism. He could use quick and easy calories in those bars!
Great giveaway, my hubby loves these bars! My favorite flavor of protein bars is generally peanut butter or mint.
Have a great day!
Dayna
peanut and chocolate all the way!
chocolate peanut butter is the best combo hands down for any bar!
PEANUT!! with chocolate of course!
I like anything with peanut butter!
I had an oatmeal raisin walnut cliff bar today- yum!! but usually anything with crunchy peanut butter
Chocolate, peanut butter, and cookie dough are my favorite flavors!
Great giveaway, I LOVE to snack on energy bars. They’re so portable and delicious.
I usually go for something like choco-pb, carrot/spice cake or cookies and cream!
I definitely prefer chocolate. Any reason to have chocolate is a good reason
I usually go for a chocolate/peanut butter combo.
Peanuts, definitely! Are these really all-natural now? If so, wow they could be good
It depends what I am in the mood for, but generally there is chocolate involved for a little jolt of energy.
Oh chocolate for sure but if it’s got peanut butter in it that’s even better
I haven’t been eating energy bars for very long but so far the fruity ones are my favorite! This really surprised me because usually I’d pick a chocolate bar over a piece of fruit but fruit bars are so good!
CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter flavored bars are my favorites! Thanks for the giveaway!
chocolate and peanut butter!
Love the chocolate, it tastes decadent
chocolate and peanut butter are usually the best across different bars…I only like fruity ones if they are larabars.
OMG, I can only do fruity
Definitely chocolate and pb…soooooo good…
Would definitely love ‘em both!
Definitely something chocolate and peanut butter!!
Have fun on the slopes! Have you ever tried snowboarding?
Chocolate PB all the way!
my fav energy bars are minty and chocolatey!
lo
I love any sort of chocolate-nut combo. Yum!
Chocolate and peanuts!
i love anything with PB!!
any combo of chocolate, nuts and pretzels – you can’t go wrong!
I mix between chocolate, PB, and fruit. Right now the kick is the Berries Go Mega by Odwalla! Tasty!
Chocolate with peanut butter.
I am obsessed with peanut butter anything
anything with PB or chocolate!
blueberry and white chocolate macadamia nut are my favorites at the moment
Any kind of nuts. Almonds and cashews are my favorite. Yumm
chocolate with nuts especially almonds
Cookie dough (pretending to be healthy)
Anything with peanuts or peanut butter gets me going!
chocolate and peanut butter!
I usually prefer a nuttier/heartier bar and not so much the fruity. But I also love the sweet bars on occasion.
Classic will always be Chocolate and PB!
Peanuts with chocolate, a classic but so good
Anything with caramel OR mint. NOT both! Peanut butter is alright, but not I’m not a fan of peanuts in bars.
Chocolate!
The best bars are peanuts but slightly sweet
It’s hard to go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate!
you can never go wrong with peanut butter !
I definitely prefer a chocolate peanut butter combination….I find the fruity mixtures tend ot be too sweet for me…. Hope you are having fun
i love bars with peanut butter!
I am really into anything chocolate really. Toss in some peanut butter and I’m in heaven.
i am sucker for anything peanut butter. but no so much the chalky texture. but definitely worth a try…right?
Definetely chocolate, I usually get the chalky texture w/ peanut butter ones
chocolate and nut…yum!
I always appreciate a good chocolate-PB combo!
For fueling before a run, I like the chocolate-nut combo. But for a mid-afternoon snack, I go with a fruit and granola bar.
I’m an equal-opportunity energy bar lover – all flavors work for me!
crunchy (not crispy), chocolate and coconut!!!!!
anything chocolate–although dried fruit is always good too.
I typically like chocolate or a combination of nuts and fruit in my bars
Mmm… chocolate peanut butter is definitely my most (guilty) favorite!
Happy ski-ing
I like chocolate and peanut butter. That way the bar feels like a treat and I am more inclined to work out harder after I eat it.
I love bars with almonds and cranberries in them!
chocolate chip cookie dough has been my favorite
I really, really like all of the nut flavored bars.
Chocolate peanut butter is one of my favorites!
Oh, chocolate peanut butter is so good! It looks like I’m not the only one who thinks so.
Anything chocolate and peanut butter please!