The other day I struck up a conversation with a lady in the local grocery store. We were standing by the protein bar/protein shake section and she was raving about the chocolate mint protein bars. "They taste like Girl Scout Cookies," she said. She also had mentioned that she ate them instead of Girl Scout Thin Mints, alluding to the idea that the protein bar was way healthier than the Thin Mints.
So I looked at the nutrition facts for both. Here are the facts for Girl Scout cookies. Four cookies are 160 calories, 7 grams of total fat and 11 grams of sugar.
For the Clif Cool Mint Chocolate bar you have 250 calories per bar, 5 grams of total fat, 22 grams of sugar and added caffeine. The company says chocolate and mint are a match in Heaven; add a little caffeine and you are flying to cloud nine. Sugar/caffeine buzz with a crash to follow! There is nothing wrong with a treat and if you are exercising your brains out and need a protein boost then grab the clif bar, it will definitely keep you going. But if you are planning on couch potato/channel surfing, go with the Thin Mints (and stick to the four!).
Plus you help out a great organization and a bunch of really cute girls! (who will probably be your kid's boss in 15 years)
For the Clif Cool Mint Chocolate bar you have 250 calories per bar, 5 grams of total fat, 22 grams of sugar and added caffeine. The company says chocolate and mint are a match in Heaven; add a little caffeine and you are flying to cloud nine. Sugar/caffeine buzz with a crash to follow! There is nothing wrong with a treat and if you are exercising your brains out and need a protein boost then grab the clif bar, it will definitely keep you going. But if you are planning on couch potato/channel surfing, go with the Thin Mints (and stick to the four!).
Plus you help out a great organization and a bunch of really cute girls! (who will probably be your kid's boss in 15 years)
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