Product: Good & Gather Bars
Description: Here we have two different bars containing minimal ingredients and belonging to Target’s wholesome and expanded line of Good & Gather food products.
The “apple pie” bars are made from dates, almonds, apples, walnuts, raisins and cinnamon. They contain 180 calories each.
The cashew butter-chocolate chip bars feature only four ingredients—dates, cashews, chocolate chips and sea salt. Those pack 190 calories each.
Preparation summary: Ready to eat
High points: A growling appetite can potentially be offset by a single bar, thanks partly to their high-calorie counts. Both are rich, dense and moist.
Juicy raisins and dates rule the flavor of the “apple pie” bar—and in a good way. There’s enough clues from the nuts and cinnamon to tell your palate it’s autumn, just in case the bombardment of seasonal marketing hasn’t already done so.
The cashew butter/chocolate chip bars are more decadent-tasting in comparison, with the fruitiness of the dates poking through rather dominantly as well. The presence of sea salt is teasingly faint.
Low points: Don’t mistake these for protein bars, as they only contain 3 and 4 grams, respectively. They’re instead high in carbs (26 and 25 grams) and natural sugars, which means you’ll need to throw down a few eggs or chomp into a chunk of cheese 
beforehand to properly balance your diet.
Average Retail Price: $4.79 per box of five bars
Availability: Target