Sometimes as a food blogger it is hard to review products. You need to take the time to taste, and reflect on your feelings about that product, rather than scarf it down in one or two bites. With Luna Protein Bar’s two new flavors, Lemon Vanilla and Chocolate Coconut Almond, this was hard to do. They were just too damn delicious!

I was sent the new bars as part of a promotional box from the company, which included not only one of each of their bars but also coordinated lip balms in those flavors, an exercise head band, nail file, and much more. The theme was gearing up for the gym, and it was an awesome surprise package.

The Lemon Vanilla bar is unique in that it’s cased in vanilla chocolate rather than the usual dark chocolate. Contrary to other power bars of lemon flavoring which I’ve found over powering, it is both sweet and tart. The chocolate balances out the sour flavor of the lemon, and makes for a taste like a sweet little pastry. It also has a great smell like lemonade, which to me was pleasing! The Chocolate Coconut Almond bar brings us back to the usual dark chocolate realm of Luna’s bars. The flavor is rather mellow and subtle, resulting in a refreshing bar that is great for a spring morning pick me up. They’re both rather ‘tropical’ flavors, helping you perhaps transport to someplace a bit warmer (if only for a few bites).

Overall these two bars are great additions to the Luna Protein Bar family. As a reader said recently these products taste like real clean food, which can’t be beat when you are looking for a quick bite to eat on the go. And those lip balms? Well, I don’t know if Luna Bar will sell them but they certainly should! They taste exactly like the bars and add some flavor to lip hydration!