Customer Reviews for Special K Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar, 1.59 oz., 8 Bars/Box (KEE29189)
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Most helpful positive review
Posted Aug 23, 2025
Bring back
My family has been eating the Peanut Butter Protein Bars for many years. We eat them when we are unable to eat at home, such as traveling between school and sports or for lunch at work. I cannot find them anywhere and my family has tried the other flavors, but only likes the peanut butter. Bring them back!
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Posted Jun 17, 2025
Chocolate and peanut butter bar recipe change.
I have been eating and buying the chocolate and peanut butter bars for nearly 20 years and I eat them 90% of the time for breakfast. This latest recipe change has me looking for a new bar to consume. The crunch and texture of the bar has totally changed and you feel like all you do is chew… It’s a very unpleasant texture and flavor… Please bring back the original recip...
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Posted Aug 23, 2025
Bring back
My family has been eating the Peanut Butter Protein Bars for many years. We eat them when we are unable to eat at home, such as traveling between school and sports or for lunch at work. I cannot find them anywhere and my family has tried the other flavors, but only likes the peanut butter. Bring them back!
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Kim
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Posted Aug 20, 2025
Discontinued?
I've been eating these bars for breakfast for over a decade and now I can't find them anywhere. They're trying to push the brownie protein meal bars on me now and they are disgusting. I googled and it said they're discontinued? The change of recipe a year or so ago was not welcome, but it was still my go to protein bar. Why are they getting rid of something so good?
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Rtenyer
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Posted Jun 17, 2025
Chocolate and peanut butter bar recipe change.
I have been eating and buying the chocolate and peanut butter bars for nearly 20 years and I eat them 90% of the time for breakfast. This latest recipe change has me looking for a new bar to consume. The crunch and texture of the bar has totally changed and you feel like all you do is chew… It’s a very unpleasant texture and flavor… Please bring back the original recip...
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joelyjo
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Posted Feb 1, 2025
Filling and tasty
These are delish! AND filling! I am so happy to have found them!
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Jane
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Posted Nov 30, 2023
Not great
Am I the only one who thinks these taste TERRIBLE?
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Josi
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Posted Sep 18, 2023
Love it
Crunchy and a perfect taste, I would buy it again and again
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Al
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Posted Aug 16, 2023
Disappointed
I used to love these! Since they added the whole peanuts, they haven't been the same. 😕 I miss the old recipe.
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ibyula
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Posted Oct 28, 2022
disappointed in new recipe
I've been eating these at work for years! They were the only thing I could find that was quick and helped me make it all the way to lunch. I don't know why, but they have not been the same in the last few years! The new recipe is NOT good. Please go back to the original recipe!
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KimmeeSue
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Posted Oct 3, 2022
Great flavor!
We love these protein bars! We keep them on hand to eat for breakfast or snacks. They taste so good!
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bam19
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Posted Aug 24, 2022
Very Tasty!
I bought these for my family and we all really enjoyed them. The flavor and texture is amazing.
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Sfl
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Posted Jul 7, 2022
Why do they taste awful now?!
Ok I've been eating these for over a decade and the last box I just purchased is noticeably different. The bars are thinner, there are now random chuncks of chocolate and peanuts in them, and they taste like rancid peanuts. They used to literally taste like a candy bar and were delish. These are simply awful. This will be my last purchase unfortunately.
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Posted Jun 9, 2022
New Formula is Disgusting
I have been having one of these almost every morning for many many years. I love(d) them! I have Sjögren’s Syndrome, and these were one of the only things I could swallow without drinking water. They actually made me salivate! (If you understand anything about Sjögren’s, you know how extremely rare that is.) I buy them in bulk.
Recently, I received a large shipment...
Recently, I received a large shipment...
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kjb
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Posted May 13, 2022
Changed recently
I have eaten these for a long time as I have digestion issues. This last box that I bought are completely different. They now have whole peanuts in them, and are extremely salty and taste bad! Please go back to the original recipe. Now I have to find a new protein bar. Disappointed.
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Don
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Posted May 5, 2022
The new recipe is terrible!
These used to be really goo, but they have now changed the recipe and they are not good at all. Very salty. I have reviewed this before but they don't post this review. PLease, just change it back. They were great before the change!
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blaze
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Posted Apr 30, 2022
Too Sweet
The bar is good but super sweet. Two of the top three ingredients are sugar. I think it would be a much better product and lower in calorie if they would lower the sugar content.
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S
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Posted Apr 13, 2022
Tastes great, but recipe change was disappointing
I discovered these chocolate peanut butter protein bars a couple of months ago and absolutely loved them! I usually hate protein bars but these taste SO good. The one issue I have with them is that the recipe recently changed, and I don’t like the new version as much. I’m not a fan of the big peanut chunks that were added in. Still pretty good, but the old version was w...
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Unhappy
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Posted Apr 9, 2022
Inedible!
I have been eating these meal bars for breakfast ever since they first came out. I just stocked up on several boxes and they suddenly taste horrible! I couldn't even finish the bar. These always seemed to be a popular product as is. Why would anyone change it to this extent? They've ruined the product and now I have to find something new to eat for breakfast on the go...
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shell0319
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Posted Mar 31, 2022
Why did you change them?
I've been eating a bar each morning for years and loved them. Not too sweet, just right size. I just replenished my bars and was so disappointed to find they have changed. The peanut butter has been replaced by peanuts and they are sweeter. Now I have to find a new breakfast bar.
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MomD
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Posted Mar 17, 2022
What changed??
My family has bought these bars for years. They are our favorite go to breakfast on the
run but lately the taste has not been good. We've noticed that there are whole peanuts in the bars now and it has a very salty taste. I was hoping that it was a temporary thing but four boxes later we're still not happy with them. Please change the recipe back to the way it was or ...
run but lately the taste has not been good. We've noticed that there are whole peanuts in the bars now and it has a very salty taste. I was hoping that it was a temporary thing but four boxes later we're still not happy with them. Please change the recipe back to the way it was or ...
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issmly
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Posted Mar 2, 2022
Used to be my favorite, not sure what happened...
For the past several years I have eaten one of these bars nearly every morning. They seemed to have a good balance of protein and fat without being too "protein-y" or too overly sweetened like many protein bars. Unfortunately, recently they changed the recipe and now they are terrible--tastes like fake sugar/corn syrup and overly salty peanuts. I also noted the nutritio...
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