I’m a huge fan of white chocolate, and white chocolate cookie dough is my dream come true (#dreambig), so I had high hopes for this bar. Jaffa Cakes, Terry’s Chocolate Orange, Lindt Orange Intense, Grenade Jaffa Quake – anything chocolate orange is good stuff to me, and this is no exception. In truth, there was nothing ‘deluxe’ about this bar – it was a fairly standard chocolate protein bar. More ‘meh’ than ‘wow’. It’s great to satisfy a chocolate craving, but there are more interesting flavours out there. As expected, the texture is wonderful. Unlike the White Chocolate Cookie Dough flavour, this bar has a soft centre and a good chew. The macros are nothing to complain about – 195 kcal, 7.3g fat, 11.1g carbs, 21.2g protein – and the protein comes from whey, but there are much better flavours out there. Chocolate Orange 9/10.

Essentially, I just don’t think dark chocolate and rich salted caramel flavours work here. White Chocolate Peanut & Caramel – 10/10 Fulfil have tried to achieve an irresistible blend of sweet and salty but, in reality, the dark chocolate isn’t sweet enough to balance the saltiness of the base.The macros for each flavour varies slightly, ranging between 180-220 calories, 15-20g carbs and 8-10g fat, but all have at least 20g protein and under 3g sugar. The bar looks pleasant enough. Dark chocolate coating, gentle scent of cocoa, obvious cookie-like texture. On the inside the ‘cream’ aspect is obvious, sandwiched between two crunchy layers. The caramel flavour really comes through and works really well with the saltiness. Salted caramel is a classic, but other protein bars have tried and failed to nail it, so kudos to Fulfil on this one. The macros are solid – 210 kcal, 9.7g fat, 15g carbs, 1.9g sugar, 20g protein – and, even though the added ‘palm fat’ might be an issue for some, you are getting 100% of your vitamin RDA. Once again Fulfil have smashed it with this one.

In an ideal world, protein bars would taste good and do good. That being said, a lot of great-tasing protein bars are laden with sugar, and mysterious ingredients, offering little else than 20g of protein. Fulfil bars come in the following flavours (with new ones released periodically), each of which you’ll find my thoughts on below:The best part is definitely the caramel layer. It’s rich and deep, there’s lots of it and, crucially, it blends so well with the white chocolate. Triple Chocolate’ is one thing, ‘Triple Chocolate Deluxe‘ is quite another. I expected big (deluxe?) things… Coming soon. Stay tuned… Chocolate Salted Caramel 10/10. Apologies for the ugly bandages – broken fingers don’t fit the aesthetic… I think if I had one complaint it would be that the chocolate coating was a little thin. More cocoa flavour would have given this bar more depth of flavour – right now it’s far more coconut than chocolate. But looks can be deceiving. Initially there’s a pleasant cocoa taste, but as I chewed it began to take on the classic ‘protein’ taste and ended up tasting strangely of marzipan. It was too sweet then too bitter, probably because someone was a little heavy-handed with the sweetener.

My hopes were dashed, but I wasn’t mad about it. Unlike some of Fulfil’s later bars, the coconut chocolate flavour is simply a nougat-like centre coated in milk chocolate – no fancy crispies or caramel layer. Having had my moan, I will say that the chocolate coating is nice. The flavour is dark and rich, but still not enough to mark the other, more unpleasant, aspects of the bar.Overall this bar is delicious. It’s the perfect balance of sweet and salt, it’s soft yet chewy, and there’s enough caramel to mean it oozes out when you take a bite. Macros: 197 calories, 15g carbs, 20g protein and 8g fat. Available in both 55g and 40g. Chocolate Hazelnut Whip 9/10. As usual, the macros are really good – 6.9g fat, 10.3g carbs, 2.5g sugar and 19.7g protein – and it’s one of the lower calorie bars at 189 kcal.

Irish brand ‘Fulfil’ have set out to change this, offering a protein bar with added vitamins that’s high in fibre and low in calories. Each bar has 9 added vitamins, including Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Thiamine and Folic Acid. This is one of my favourite protein bars out there – it makes Grenade’s ‘Caramel Chaos’ look like a chunk of cardboard in comparison. I can’t recommend highly enough. It has to be said that initially this bar is quite tough, the centre being a little chewier than other Fulfil flavours. It’s not unpleasant by any means, and the caramel layer offsets it a little, but I do prefer the softer nougat-y core of the other bars. All in all a great bar, especially if you’re a woosie not a fan of dark chocolate. Chocolate Caramel & Cookie Dough This bar weighs in at 60g, 5g more than Fulfil’s standard 55g, explained by the more dense and chewy core. The macros are still stellar with 207 kcal, 8.4g fat, 11.7g carbs, 2.1g sugar, and 20.6g protein. There’s also a hefty 11.2g fibre in there and the protein comes from milk.

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For 213 kcal you get 7.2g fat, 2.3g sugar and 20g protein. The carb count is slightly higher than usual at 20g, but with the inclusion of lemon peel you can’t really complain! Triple Choc Deluxe 6/10. It’s fair to say Fulfil has been hit and miss on its peanut flavours so far. I wasn’t thrilled by the Peanut & Caramel bar but I did love the chocolate Peanut Butter, so this could really go either way. Overall I’d describe this as ‘not bad’– perhaps not the best of compliments but certainly not the worst. It’s essentially average, and average isn’t always a bad thing. Peanut & Caramel Lemon is not a common flavour among protein bars – Oh Yeah!’s lemon drizzle cake ONE bar is the only one that springs to mind. I’ll admit I went into this a little sceptical, but I came out pleasantly surprised. The macros are good – 208 kcal, 9.3g fat, 8.2g carbs, 1.9g sugar, 20g protein – but the protein does come from soy which might cause alarm among the whey puritans out there. But then again the reason I would swerve this bar isn’t because soy protein is the first ingredient…