Well Fed Network

This isn’t the review I wanted to write. Why? Because I really wanted to love this bar. An all natural candy bar, with a great company backstory, Q.bel seemed like the perfect answer to my chocolate cravings.

The owner of Q.bel started the company as a healthy dad’s answer to his son’s desire to eat the same snacks as his friends. Rather than cave and give him foods filled with artificial flavors, colors and additives, he created his own all natural chocolate bars. The bars are made with real chocolate, and:

• No Artificial Colors
• No Artificial Flavors
• No Preservatives
• No High Fructose Corn Syrup
• No Hydrogenated Oils

This is such a great idea that I wholeheartedly support. We should all encourage the snack industry to create products that aren’t filled with artificial nonsense. I’m not asking for diet food. I am aware that there will be sugar, fat and calories in my snacks; I would just prefer them to not have artificial additives. This is why it makes me so sad to say that I was not wowed by this bar.

I found Q.bel at Whole Foods Market. They were on sale that week for a dollar each, so I decided to give one a try. The variety I chose is a pair of milk chocolate covered wafer bars topped with a layer of crisped rice. The chocolate cream-filled wafers were rather flavorless, and the crisped rice top layer was a distracting textural element. The bars are very light and crispy but just don’t pack much flavor. They are by no means bad, but this just isn’t what I would reach for when I’m having a serious chocolate craving.

I’m sorry Q.bel. I really did want to love you.