Simple Squares

Another day, another brand of snack bar to review.

"Clean energy and made with only 5 ingredients, SIMPLE is perfect for CrossFit, workouts, travel, meal replacement"

Simple Squares are yet another non-gmo, paleo, gluten-free, organic, kosher, etc bar.  No dairy, soy, wheat, gluten, refined sugars.  The name is straightforward: simple ingredients, and, unlike most products of the kind, they are squares, rather than rectangles.  They come in 8 varieties.

Chili Pep.

"The zest and zing of Chili Pepper provides numerous benefits to the body. Chili Pep delivers a punch of flavor to your taste buds and goodness to your heart."

I went for the one that sounded like a flavor punch: Chili Pep.

The ingredients list really is simple foods: cashews, almonds, honey, unsweetened coconut, chili pepper, sea salt, and vanilla extract.  I count 7 ingredients, even though their marketing boasts 5.  I guess salt and vanilla don't count?  Regardless, there are indeed no strange chemicals, no isolates, and no fillers.

The bar, er, square, tastes about like what you'd expect from these ingredients.  Slightly sweetened nuts, a bit of coconut, and a zing of heat on the finish.  The nuts are all tiny little chunks, as is the coconut.  You can't easily distinguish any particular bits, but you don't need to.

Does it taste amazing?  Nah.  But it is good?  Yes.  Simple, but yes.  Rather than munching on a bag of nuts, you can munch on this instead, and at least it is a bit more interesting.  It reminded me slightly of baklava filling, which really doesn't make sense since there is no pistachio and it is spiced, but I think I don't have many other "tiny chopped sweetened nuts" items that come to mind.

I easily finished my bar, and I'd like to try others.

****.