Celebrate S’more (National Smores Day)

My love for S’mores started when I was a child. Who could resist the chocolate, marshmallow gooeyness, smushed between two graham crackers and cooked over a roaring fire?  As I grew older I wasn’t able to have S’mores  often, but I never lost my taste for them.  For the past two years I have worked with Balance Bars and use their bars for quick snacks or quick breakfasts and lunches.  When they contacted me to tell me August 10th is National Smores Day and offered me a box of their S’mores Balance bars, I couldn’t say no.  Satisfy my S’mores craving while getting 14 grams of protein and 23 vitamins and minerals? Yes, please.

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Balance Bars help keep me going because they are designed with the 40-30-30 nutrition principle, a proven formula developed by scientists to help stabilize your blood sugar levels. Forty percent of calories come from carbohydrates to help sustain energy levels, 30 percent of calories come from quality protein and 30 percent of calories come from dietary fat.   That means I stay full longer, which is what I want when I am out running errands during the day.

Here’s the lowdown on the Smore’s Balance Bars:  a layer of crunchy graham cracker, topped with a layer of creamy marshmallow filling and covered with chocolate.  But, the big question is, how does it taste?  I had the kids, except my daughter, who bemoaned the fact that it is not gluten free, test taste.  Believe me, if they don’t like it, they take one bite and hand it back to me.  This time the reactions ranged from, “Hey! This is not bad!” to “I really like this.”  Since I eat these maybe it wasn’t a good idea to let them taste test. Now I have to compete for my S’mores Balance Bars.

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Have you tried Smore’s Balance Bars?  What are you doing for National Smores Day?

154 Comments

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  2. dark chocolate

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  4. I have tasted a few of the Balance Bar flavors, but the dark chocolate is my favorite!

  5. Christian Alejandro

    Cookie Dough is delish!

  6. I like the chocolate mint bars

  7. I like chocolate peanutbutter

  8. Chocolate Peanut Butter is my favorite flavor.

  9. Dark chocolate Crunch

  10. I like the Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bar.

  11. The Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch Balance Bar sounds good to me.

  12. I have never tried them, but would love to try the smores

  13. I’ve never tried Balance Bars, but the Balance Bar Dark sounds really good.

  14. I’ve never tried Balance Bars brand before, but the Chocolate Coconut sounds great.

  15. My favorite balance bar flavor is almond brownie =)

  16. Any with chocolate!

  17. chocolate peanut butter

  18. my favorite is the dark chocolate crunch!

  19. Cookies ‘n Creme!

  20. Gold Bars Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch is my favorite

  21. dark chocolate coconut

  22. Balance Bar mini energy bars

  23. I like the Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bar.

  24. Jennifer Peaslee

    cookie dough

  25. No, I have not tried them yet. If it is chocolate, I will try anything once.

  26. I would like the smores bars.

  27. cookie dough

  28. We like the Chocolate Milk Cookie!

  29. peanut butter!

  30. Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bars sounds great

  31. This is a funny coincidence — I always opt for chocolate, but a friend at work at a lemon balance bar just the other day and gave me a bite, and it was awesome!

  32. Jessica @ OrganicallYou

    I would love the double chocolate brownie! YUM! Rafflecopter name: Organicall You

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  33. i’m a cookie dough fan!

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  34. I like the Peanut Butter Balance Bar

  35. Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bar looks great – I am going to have to watch for these 🙂

  36. My favorite is the Lemon Meringue Crunch.

  37. Dark Chocolate Coconut

  38. I like the Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch.

  39. My favorite is the dark chocolate crunch.

  40. I love the Cookies ‘n Creme

  41. I would love the cookie dough

  42. Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bars!

  43. My favorite flavor is the Cookie Dough.

  44. Chocolate PB is my current fav, but the S’mores sounds really good.

  45. The S’mores actually sound the best

  46. I like the Original Balance Bar Almond Brownie.

  47. My favorite flavor would be the smores

  48. My favorite flavor is almond brownie.

  49. I love their Cookie Dough Balance Bars. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
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  50. The Chocolate Raspberry.

  51. My favorite balance bars are the mocha chip and the peanut butter

  52. I like chocolate almond biscotti

  53. I like the Chocolate Almond Biscotti.

  54. yogurt honey peanut is my fave

  55. dark chocolate crunch would be my Balance bar of choice ( besides s’more )!

  56. THE MINT CHOCOLATE VARIETY!

  57. S’mores is my favorite, yummy!

  58. The Lemon Meringue Crunch

  59. Triple Chocolate Chaos is my favorite

  60. Melanie Montgomery

    i wanna try the cookie dough flavor

  61. My favorite is cookie dough

  62. All of us like Cookie dough the best!
    Thanks!

  63. My favorite is the Caramel Nut Blast Balance Bar

  64. love smores flavor

  65. The Chocolate Carmel Nut.

  66. Honestly the smores ones are my fav!

  67. My favorite is the Caramel Nut Blast Balance Bar

  68. I think the Gold Bars Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch also sound good.

  69. Cookie Dough

  70. Chocolate Peanut butter.

  71. My favorite flavor is The Chocolate Almond Brownie!

  72. I like Cookie Dough

  73. chocolate peanut butter

  74. I love their Cookie Dough Flavor.

  75. I have tried the Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Balance Bar and they are delicious!

  76. I would like to try the chocolate mint bars.

  77. Chocolate Raspberry

  78. Dark Chocolate Crunch

  79. never tried them, but the cookie dough or smores sounds good.

  80. My favorite flavor is Chocolate Almond Biscotti.

  81. I like cookie dough

  82. Dark chocolate crunch for me

  83. I would love the s’mores but would also like to try the Peanut Butter Balance Bar

  84. Cookies ‘n Creme!

  85. almond brownie

  86. I would like the cookie dough

  87. Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bar

  88. I have never tried these before but the chocolate peanut butter sounds great.

  89. Stephanie Larison

    The Mint Cookie Crunch

  90. carmel nut blast

  91. I love the caramel nut blast

  92. The only kind I’ve had before is the dark chocolate crunch and I loved it! I’d love to try them all especially S’mores mm hmm! Yum!

  93. My favorite is Peanut Butter

  94. I like the double chocolate brownie

  95. Double Chocolate brownie is my favorite.

  96. The chocolate mint bars

  97. I would like to try the cookie dough flavor

  98. I would like to try the Dark Chocolate Peanut Balance Bar.

  99. Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch for me, please.

  100. Lemon Meringue Crunch Balance Bar is my favorite.

  101. the Smore flavor

  102. My favorite is the Chocolate Craze Balance Bar. Thanks.
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  103. Love the dark chocolate crunch.

  104. Definitely Honey Peanut or cookie dough

  105. Dark Chocolate Crunch is good!

  106. Dark Chocolate Peanut Balance Bar – thank you.

  107. I like the chocolate ones 🙂 I have a feeling though that if I try these I will have a new favorite 🙂

  108. I love almond brownie but would really love to try the s’mores.

  109. I like cookie dough

  110. Chocolate Raspberry

  111. dark chocolate!!

  112. dark chocolate crunch flavor!

  113. minty chocolate taste great!

  114. I would love to try the Dark Chocolate Crunch Balance Bar

  115. I have never tried them! I really would like to try them though, all the flavors sound so good!

  116. Valerie Taylor Mabrey

    mint cookie crunch
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  117. I want Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch Balance Bar

  118. Dark chocolate crunch

  119. Dark chocolate coconut for me!

  120. I love the Mint Cookie Crunch.

  121. I like the Balance Bar Dark

  122. I love the dark chocolate crunch!

  123. I love dark chocolate. it is my favorite.

  124. Almond Brownie Balance Bar

  125. the smores

  126. The Dark Chocolate crunch.

  127. Lemon Meringue Crunch Balance Bar

  128. I’ve never tried Balance Bars, but the triple chocolate chaos bar sounds good.

  129. Balance Bar Dark Chocolate Crunch

  130. Chocolate almond biscotti

  131. I’d love to try the Chocolate Almond Biscotti
    Balance Bar.

  132. I want to try the S’mores flavor.

  133. I would like to try the Blueberry Acai Balance Bar Bare.

  134. I love their Double Chocolate Brownie flavor! Oh my goodness!

  135. My favorite Balance Bar flavor so far is the Double Chocolate Brownie Balance Bar but I would love to try more varieties.

  136. the s’mores is my favorite flavor

  137. Dark chocolate Crunch is sooooooo nummy!

  138. Katherine Donovan

    The S’mores Balance Bars sound good! I would also love to try the Dark Chocolate Crunch Balance Bar.

  139. Cookie DOugh!

  140. I like the dark chocolate coconut.

  141. My favorite variety is Gold Bars Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch

  142. I am excited to try the Smore flavor. Right now my favorite flavor is the Chocolate Peanut Butter Balance Bar.

  143. I’d love to try the Balance Bar Dar – Dark chocolate Crunch – WHAT!!!!

  144. Stephanie Phelps

    I love the s’mores as well it is so good! I normally hate marshmallows but this was the best thing I have ever had.

  145. I’ve never tried their bars before but the smores bars look really good.

  146. favorite balance bar flavor is almond brownie

  147. I actually would love the s’mores. I just ate one a little bit ago to celebrate! 🙂

  148. I would like to try the Chocolate Raspberry Balance Bar.