Product Review: Matisse and Jack’s Bake at Home Energy Bars and Snacks
I have a confession to make….I forgot to do something…and I feel really bad about it….
I get a lot of offers to do product reviews for a variety of different companies whose products either are or relate to food in some way. Some products I just refuse right away because I cannot support the ingredients – either they are not healthful or just full of preservatives. Then there are the many that I do try that just aren’t very good – either once I get the product I realize it is full of nasty ingredients or the taste is just bad– so I won’t feature them on this blog because it is not fair to you, my faithful readers. 🙂
But there has been one very strong exception to the rule, and here is my confession. I received 2 boxes of Matisse and Jack’s Bake at Home Snacks a loooong time ago and I tried them and LOVED them. But for some reason the first box I made, we forgot to take pictures and then it took me a while to make the second box – which I did do very recently.
Here is why I love these products:
1) They are all full of good for you ingredients that are all natural.
2) They are customizable – meaning you add your own goodies to them, and they give you plenty of suggestions – you can even make them vegan.
3) They are as easy to make as a prepared cake mix – you just add wet ingredients (like yogurt or applesauce) to the dry, mix and bake. It could not be easier.
4) Best of all – they taste great – perfect for breakfast, snack or dessert with a bit of ice cream for an a la mode.
5) They are helping the environment by reducing waste that usually comes with conventional energy bar packaging.
So finally here is a great product line that I can support, and feel good about! They are full of good ingredients with a wonderful taste AND a mind for helping control environmental waste! There is just so much to love about these products!
I am just so sorry I took so long to do the write up and let everyone know about these delicious bars!
(I hope the great folks at Matisse & Jack’s can forgive me! 🙂 )
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Judy - March 19, 2008 at 9:13 am
What a great product. I love the packaging reduction part of this. I get so ticked off with all of the healthy snacks being individually wrapped all the time!
Catherine - March 19, 2008 at 10:49 am
Wow. What a great idea. I’m increasingly frustrated with the over-packaging of the most simple things! It took me 10 minutes to open a package of bobbie pins, for cryin’ out loud! Thanks for posting, I’m going to search how to buy these.
Lidian - March 19, 2008 at 11:34 am
They sound amazing! I wish we could get them in Canada, but probably not!
holler - March 19, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Those do look exceedingly good Jenn. I loved your idea of serving them with ice cream!
Peter G - March 19, 2008 at 4:14 pm
It’s hard to find such good products like this, these days. Nice review Jenn.
Ingar Taste Memory Girl - March 20, 2008 at 9:50 am
okay ~ definitely chewable….has the healthy & happy thing combined ~ the ice cream is tempting to bite into the granola bar and then the gb tempts me to relish into the ice cream. Like the chicken or the egg. Great review ~ i’ll buy it!
Arlene (MOM) - March 20, 2008 at 10:25 am
Where does one buy these? Would be worth a try if you liked them. I know how particular you are about items having the right ingredients and I support that too.
Corinne M - March 20, 2008 at 5:24 pm
This looks awesome! I can’t wait to try it!
I wanted to thank you for your welcome to the blogroll and let you know that I love your blog and I can’t wait to see what else you have in store!
The Leftover Queen - March 21, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Yes Judy! That was their whole point – the single packaging of regular energy bars.
I know Catherine, this over packagng thing has got to stop!
I don’t know Lidian, they might ship to Canada – checkout their webpage!
They are great Holler! Yeah, I liked the ice cream too… 😉
Thanks Peter! I know I always get so excited when I see products like this!
Great Ingar! You will not be disappointed!
Mom! You get them from the website! 🙂
Yeah, you know me, miss particular!
You are so welcome Corrine! Welcome!
Windy - March 23, 2008 at 10:16 am
I guess one can find this product in the US only…? If I ever see it, I may try it since you highly recommend it. 🙂
Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy - March 27, 2008 at 10:10 am
Jen, I’m glad that you featured them…can you believe one of the founders is my ex-colleague from HP??? I couldn’t believe it – this was before I was a food blogger and we were both engineers. I wish they shipped to Italy.
The Leftover Queen - March 27, 2008 at 11:28 am
Windy! I am not sure – you should check out their webpage and see where they ship to.
Really, Sara??? Wow! Such a small world! Yeah, these really are great products – it takes A LOT for me to say that about a product! Can you tell them I am sorry for being so late??? 🙂