Product Review: Exo Cricket Flour Protein Bars

I was really excited when Exo offered to send two protein bars for only the cost of shipping (around $2), so I didn't pass up the opportunity. About a week after my order, I received two protein bars in the mail. It never hit me that they were made out of crickets until they came in, and I realized that I was the one that was going to be eating them.

Slightly timid and afraid, I opened the box and saw two well packed bars. One flavored "Cocoa Nut" and the other flavored "Blueberry Vanilla"

They also sent a little pamphlet with some interesting information.
Im not sure if I regret reading this pamphlet or not.

-40 Crickets per bar
-5 crickets per bite
-and 80% of the world eats insects regularly? who? what? why? where? HUH
-I believe it but I don't understand it

So next, I slide my hand timidly to grab the Blueberry Vanilla bar. I slowwwwwly unwrap it, afraid to see what the inside of the wrapper might look like. It looked close to a Blueberry Muffin Lara Bar (a bar made from fruit and nuts).

My first bite (and last) was a scary experience. It didn't taste bad but didn't taste good. But I knew that I had just ate 5 crickets in one bite so I but the bar down. It tasted pretty close to the Lara Bar flavor. Im not sure what I was expecting.

I proceeded to taste the second bar, Cocoa Nut. This bar looked like an undercooked brownie with nuts. Dark in color. The taste of this bar is much better than Blueberry Vanilla. The consistency is also better because it has nuts change up the taste. But wholly cow, this bar had 20g of fat! and only 10g of protein. I should put this one down. I don't love it. I like it, but don't love it. Plus the fat calories don't help. Although, the cocoa taste definitely helps dissolve the thought that you are eating crickets.

-Would I buy them? No.
-Am I happy I tried them? Of course. Now I can say I have eaten more than 5 crickets.
-Would I buy the Cocoa Nut if I was trying to gain muscle/fat? Eh maybe, but I would probably lean towards a Clif Builders Bar or something with more protein and less fat.