{"id":2137,"date":"2009-01-28T14:21:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T00:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2023-08-25T21:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:03:41","slug":"review-vosges-mos-bacon-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/28\/review-vosges-mos-bacon-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Salty and sweet should just get a room already. <\/p>\n

A lot of confectionary companies have been putting the two together for years, but let’s make their joining official. I say we stick them in a hotel room, close the door behind us, hang a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door knob, and let nature takes its course, like newlyweds consummating their marriage.<\/p>\n

Although I will feel sorry for the person in housekeeping who has to clean up that mess after salty and sweet do their thing.<\/p>\n

One candy company has come up with a creative way to blend salty and sweet. The Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar, on paper, is a sexy three-way copulation between applewood smoked bacon, alder wood smoked salt and milk chocolate. It’s not titillating because there’s a lot of wood involved. It’s hot because Vosges takes two things that are already sexy on their own — bacon and chocolate — and puts them together into an exotic amalgamation that your grandma wouldn’t approve of. I guess the Mo’s Bacon Bar is like the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt of candy bars. And your grandma who wouldn’t approve of it is Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n

As appealing and exciting as it seemed on the outside, the taste of Mo’s Bacon Bar on my tongue teetered on the borderline of interesting and slightly disgusting. When there was too much bacon in a bite, it tasted like what I imagine the aftertaste of shotgunning a bottle of Bac-Os would be, but when there’s only a hint of bacon its salty and sweet combination isn’t bad. The bacon not only gives this candy bar its saltiness, smoky scent and ability to make people say “What the fuck?” in the middle of a fine foods store — where you’ll probably find these — it also provides the bar with a little crunchiness, like toffee pieces would.<\/p>\n

To fully enjoy the candy bar, there are some optional instructions: “Rub your thumb over the chocolate bar to release the aromas of smoked applewood bacon flirting with deep milk chocolate.” I did do this, but all I ended up with were chocolate covered fingers from rubbing too hard and fast, which I guess is really my fault since rubbing really hard and fast is a force of habit.<\/p>\n

I thought bacon made everything better, but the Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar has proven me very wrong. And now that I know it’s not true, I don’t know what to believe in anymore. Maybe there is a Santa Claus. Maybe I CAN put my entire fist in my mouth. Maybe Simon Cowell gives constructive criticism. Maybe I’m the last Cylon.<\/p>\n

I don’t know anymore.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 3 squares (2.5 servings per bar) – 170 calories, 12 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams dietary fiber, 20 grams sugar, 3 grams protein, 4% Calcium, and 6% Iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

(Editor’s Note: Thanks to the TIB readers who recommended this product. Candy Addict also reviewed this exotic amalgamation<\/a><\/b>.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar
\nPrice:<\/b> $7.99
\nSize:<\/b> 3 ounces
\nPurchased at:<\/b> R. Field
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Not bad when there’s a hint of bacon. Bacon gives the bar a nice crunchiness. Gluten free. Being able to say “What the fuck?” in the middle of a fine foods store.
\nCons:<\/b> One the borderline of interesting and disgusting. Kind of gross when there’s too much bacon in a bite. Cleaning up after salty and sweet do their thang. Learning that bacon does not make everything better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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