Fabulous Bakers Banana Brunch Bars

Last month I reviewed the chocolate chip flapjacks from the fabulous bakers, and this time I'm sampling one of their more creative products: their banana brunch bars. 

I think banana is one of those foods that people tend to love or hate (I even know a young lady with a phobia of them!) Luckily, I fall into the former camp and adore anything banana, both artificially flavoured and the real deal, so these brunch bars are definitely up my alley. 

The bars are attractively packaged, with each pack containing four individually wrapped treats. They look like flapjacks and are described as 'fruity oat bars with banana and raisins' (another divisive fruit that I adore!) 

I don't like that they are branded as brunch bars because to me brunch is a weekend replacement of both breakfast and lunch. They are a reasonable snack size but I don't think they could replace two main meals, but rather serve as a stopgap between the two; that's my pedantic nature satisfied for the day!

The packet tells me that they're natural with no artificial flavours or preservatives, and that they're the first bars with no added sugar, syrups or date paste (whatever that is.) 

I like that unlike their chocolate chip flapjacks, the raisins are studded throughout their bars and not just dotted on top. They are quite soft and squidgy- a relief for my filling filled teeth. They melt in the mouth deliciously, but have added texture from the crisp rice that they've added to the mix. I can taste the banana- the real deal that it promised of. I can also pick up the cinnamon which is not overwhelming and perfectly complements the banana. 

I love these banana brunch bars, and I'll certainly buy them again. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for their mango & pineapple oat bars, strawberry & blueberry flapjacks and Banoffee muffins. YUM! 

8/10

Fabulous Bakers 'Chip Off The Old Choc' Flapjacks

Today's review is of the Fabulous Baking Bros 'Chip Off The Old Choc' Flapjacks. I bought them from ASDA at the current offer price of £1 for a pack of four (normally £1.50)

I was a bit confused because the packaging looks spookily similar to the 'Fabulous Bakin' Bros' range of bakery goods often sold in Tescos. I've had the Fabulous Bakin' Bros flapjacks before and so I did a spot of research into the company. It seems that the Fabulous Bakin' Bros and Fabulous Bakers are actually the same company, the latter name being the subject of a substantial rebrand following financial difficulty last year. 

The new range stocked in our local ASDA includes the chocolate flapjacks, and standard flapjacks, but also:

-Banana Brunch Bars (I think I previously mentioned being a big fan of anything banana related),

- Raspberry & White Chocolate Popcorn Bars, 

-Apricot, Almond & White Chocolate Popcorn Bars

-Double Chocolate Cupcakes

And 

-Vanilla & Chocolate Cupcakes

Anyway, back to today's fayre: the chocolate flapjacks.

They are bigger than the flapjacks pre-rebrand

When I opened it up I was a bit disappointed to discover that the chocolate chips are just dottedon top, and on mine they were only at one end. There's no little nuggets of chocolatey goodness throughout, and so I saved the best til last by sampling the plain end first. It was lovely and soft, the way I believe a flapjack should be. I did find it very sweet, and I felt like a bit of salt would've helped offset the sweeteness.. But I then again I am very fond of salt.

The chocolate helped as it was plain chocolate, and I really enjoyed the naughty chocolate end.

Overall, it was a nice flapjack and Id happily pay the £1 offer price for them again... However the Banana Brunch bars sound very tempting, so it'll probably be those that I choose next time! 

7/10