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Special K Protein Bars, Variety Pack, 18 ct.
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1,156 ratings1,136 reviews
  1. 5 stars71% (817)
  2. 4 stars19% (217)
  3. 3 stars6% (65)
  4. 2 stars1% (16)
  5. 1 star4% (41)

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Mar 8, 2026
Reviewer name: Gina
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great for grab on the go and flavorful!

They are good! Would get them again. My favorite is the peanut butter chocolate however the strawberry is full of flavor too! (I wish it was chocolate on the strawberry too not white chocolate. Lol) that’s just my personal preference. They are great to grab on the go!

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Aug 18, 2026
Reviewer name: Crystal B
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great protein bar

Delicious! These are not dry and they actually have a nice flavor

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Jul 17, 2026
Reviewer name: April
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great taste

These are delicious, I like the strawberry best

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Apr 27, 2026
Reviewer name: Jeff
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

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Pretty good

Pretty good. The strawberry tastes the best. My son and I eat these at work but they really gas us up and faster than any other protein bars do.

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Mar 11, 2026
Reviewer name: Brenda
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Skip This Box

The peanut butter chocolate bar is literally trash! And I love peanut butter. My husband and I couldn't go past one bite! They taste like salted cardboard lol However, The strawberry flavored ones are actually good, I'm looking forward to purchasing a box of just that flavor.

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Jul 22, 2026
Reviewer name: anonymous
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

They taste like sadness and regretful choices

These just really aren't a good taste or texture experience. I only got through half a strawberry bar, and it tastes a bit like torn up cardboard mixed with dehydrated strawberries that sat around well past their “best by” date aka no taste. And then they covered it in a skim of an artificially sweetened, chalky, paste like substance. I haven't even tried the chocolate/peanut butter bars yet, and IDK if I even want to put myself through that.

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Mar 23, 2026
Reviewer name: Alabama Southern Bell
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!! Why do companies change or discontinue products that are actually selling? I’ve never understood that. These were perfectly fine and suddenly a change in recipe. Stop messing with stuff……Go back to the original “yogurt” recipe.

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Aug 27, 2026
Reviewer name: Mom87
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

New taste and texture is awful!

I used to really love these, and when I bought them just a couple weeks ago, the flavor and texture were completely different! Very chemical tasting, and a slippery texture! I had been buying them steadily for several years, and suddenly they are completely different!! Please tell me you'll change them back! I can't eat these, they are awful!

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Jun 9, 2022
Reviewer name: Disappointed
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

New Formula is Disgusting

I have been having one of these almost every morning for many many years. I love(d) them! I have Sjögren's Syndrome, and these were one of the only things I could swallow without drinking water. They actually made me salivate! (If you understand anything about Sjögren's, you know how extremely rare that is.) I buy them in bulk. Recently, I received a large shipment of them and was beyond disappointed when I bit into one and realized they now taste completely different! The flavor is so gross. There are weird bits of powdery chocolate that appear to be mixed with some kind of sweet goo, and they now have big chunks of salty peanuts that are difficult to chew. And whatever magical property that caused me to salivate is now gone. I don't know what I am going to do with all these boxes of yuck, because I can't return them, and I it would be cruel to give them to anyone else. Please, for the love of God and everything holy, return to the original recipe!!!!

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Jun 17, 2025
Reviewer name: Rtenyer
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Chocolate and peanut butter bar recipe change.

I have been eating and buying the chocolate and peanut butter bars for nearly 20 years and I eat them 90% of the time for breakfast. This latest recipe change has me looking for a new bar to consume. The crunch and texture of the bar has totally changed and you feel like all you do is chew… It's a very unpleasant texture and flavor… Please bring back the original recipe prior to this calendar year 2025.

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