MuscleTech NitroTech Crunch Chocolate PB Bar

[AntM1564]

AntM Reviews Muscletech Crunch CPB Bar




Texture/consistency

Almost perfect. If you have read my protein bar reviews before, you know this is a very important area of mine and I am critical of bars not having or lacking texture. Although this bar does not give you the candy bar type crunch, it gives you a lot more than most other protein bars. If you look at the picture, you can see a thin layer under the outside coating. This was a wafer type layer. It gave the bar some crunch along with the nuts under the coating. I wish the wafer layer was a little thicker, but overall, it did deliver some crunch.

Consistency was near perfect as well. The thick outside coating made the bar a touch chewy, but nothing terrible. I would actually make that thinner while increasing the thickness of the wafer layer.

Taste

This was chocolate peanut butter. If you love peanut butter, you will love this. As soon as I opened the wrapper, I was hit with a peanut butter scent. It was like opening a brand new jar. I am not the biggest chocolate fan, unless it is paired with peanut butter or another flavor I enjoy. Typically, CPB bars are very heavy on the chocolate and lack PB. However, this was little to no chocolate taste. For me, I was completely happy with this. Even though the middle of the bar looks like it is chocolate dominant, that is not the case.

Profile

Very good. First, the macros are pretty much on point with other bars. I do like they these are not heavy in fiber. I eat a lot of whole foods and often find myself getting too much fiber when I eat most protein bars that are out there. Here is the macro break down for this flavor:

Cals - 240
Fat - 7 grams
Carbs - 24 grams
Fiber - 5 grams
Protein - 22 grams

If I have to be critical of the profile, it would be of this. There is soy protein isolate. However, it is the last protein source listed. Personally, this does not bother me because one, a little soy won't kill anyone, two, it is not the main protein source and three, I do not eat protein bars daily. Just worth nothing.

Price

I cannot rate this since they are not sold anywhere, but the MT site and obviously, that will be a little more costly than purchasing from a retailer. The price point for most protein bars are $2/bar. I would not mind paying a little more for these. If they are $2.50/bar, I think that would be fair.

Bottom Line

The flavoring was perfect in my opinion. I would not change it. I think there needs to be a solely PB based bar and that is what this tastes like. I know chocolate is in the name, so it can be a little misleading. If you do not mind a dominant PB flavor, you need to get this. I would probably call this flavor PB Supreme or something similar. The texture is solid, I would rate these as having the second best texture. There could be a little more crunch, but these have a lot more than the majority of the bars out there. All in all, I am extremely pleased with these. I would highly suggest trying these and I cannot wait to get my hands on some other flavors! 9.5/10

[brazilianbadboy]

Thanks a lot for the review Ant!

That picture def made me want to try it more and more now even though im not a peanut butter guy.

Wafer you say? I love wafers!

You plan on checking out any of our other flavors? I heard that the others are amazing.

[AntM1564]

Thanks a lot for the review Ant!

That picture def made me want to try it more and more now even though im not a peanut butter guy.

Wafer you say? I love wafers!

You plan on checking out any of our other flavors? I heard that the others are amazing.

You guys need to come out with a variety box!

Here is the order which I am going to try:

1. Cinnamon Bun
2. Birthday Cake
3. CCCD
4. CnC

Not a big fan of CnC so I may forgo that.

[BlueRev]

You guys need to come out with a variety box!

Here is the order which I am going to try:

1. Cinnamon Bun
2. Birthday Cake
3. CCCD
4. CnC

Not a big fan of CnC so I may forgo that.

Just buy one of each flavor haha :P

But seriously the coating on that looks amazing

[omer46]

you are one of the top reviewers in the forums man! Great review. can't wait to try out my box tomorrow when my apartment complex opens

[llahhsoj]

You guys need to come out with a variety box!

Here is the order which I am going to try:

1. Cinnamon Bun
2. Birthday Cake
3. CCCD
4. CnC

Not a big fan of CnC so I may forgo that.

A variety box is a great idea. Thanks for the review man. I'm glad the chocolate peanut butter rated so high for you. I'm sure you will love the other flavors also.

[AntM1564]

you are one of the top reviewers in the forums man! Great review. can't wait to try out my box tomorrow when my apartment complex opens

Thanks my friend!