Larabar Cherry Chocolate Chip Fruit & Nut Bites — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Larabar Cherry Chocolate Chip Fruit & Nut Bites by Larabar TREAT — score 45/90.

A short, clean list of dates, almonds, cherries and chocolate chips - basically a candy made of whole foods. Simple, but sugar-dense from all that dried fruit and the sweetened chocolate.

Why this verdict

• Sugar-dense: dates plus dried cherries plus sweetened chocolate chips stack the natural and added sugar
• Almonds add real protein, fiber and healthy fat - a genuine plus
• Short, recognizable whole-food list with zero artificial additives or emulsifiers
• Indulgent but simple - a clean candy, not a health food

Ingredients (6)

• Dates (moderate) — Whole-food sweetener with fiber and potassium, but extremely sugar-dense - this is the main reason the bites are so sweet.
• Almonds (safe) — Whole almonds in the coconut pieces — a real nut with healthy fats. A small positive.
• Semisweet chocolate chips (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla extract) (moderate) — Real chocolate, but the added cane sugar is the only true added sugar here - it's what disqualifies the 'no added sugar' positioning.
• dried cherries (moderate) — Real fruit with antioxidants, but dried and concentrated, so another hit of fruit sugar.
• Coconut flour (safe) — Minimally processed whole-food flour adding a little fiber as a binder.
• Sea Salt (moderate) — Adds sodium for flavor. Fine in moderation, but worth watching if you're salt-sensitive.