Over the Clif

Peanut Butter Banana w/ Dark Chocolate

★★★★★5/5

This is the optimal Clif bar. Nothing can match its flawless execution of flavor, texture, creativity, and repeatability. To eat anything else is only to satiate a desire to explore that leaves you homesick for this masterpiece.

Crunchy Peanut Butter

★★★★☆4.5/5

The peanut butter-centric Clif bar captures the true essence of what it means to enjoy a Clif bar. It nails the texture and flavor profile it advertises. Its repeatability is the only drawback; avoid making it a daily habit.

Cool Mint Chocolate

★★★★☆4.5/5

The minty impact of this Clif bar realizes that unknown desire to have Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream in a Clif bar. Excellent execution.

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut

★★★★☆4.5/5

This eloquent combination of flavors makes for an excellent Clif bar. It is one of the most repeatable flavors, but it always leaves you with a small, unsatiated feeling.

Caramel Chocolate Chip

★★★★☆4.5/5

This recent addition to the Clif bar lineup has exceeded expectations. While I have yet to explore its repeatability, initial tastings show promising flavor, texture, and creativity.

Chocolate Chip

★★★★4/5

The classic staple of Clif bars. What it lacks in originality, creativity, and flavor, it makes up for in nostalgia, repeatability, and a solid texture.

Cookies & Cream

★★★★4/5

Cookies & Cream is a lackluster execution of Cool Mint Chocolate's fantasy. A solid flavor nonetheless, but eating it makes you dream of its better counterpart.

Chocolate Brownie

★★★★4/5

Chocolate Brownie is a high performer in many regards, but it is weighed down by a feeling of guilt being the most dessert-like Clif bar.

Oatmeal Raisin Walnut

★★★☆3.5/5

Where Blueberry Almond Crisp fails to meet expectations, Oatmeal Raisin Walnut succeeds. It helps that I like oatmeal raisin cookies, I suppose. A great low-guilt option.

Vanilla Almond

★★★3/5

Vanilla Almond improves on the shortcomings of Blueberry Almond Crisp, but does so in an unremarkable way.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch

★★★3/5

Mush. Smells of soy. Has no distinct or impressionable flavor.

Blueberry Almond Crisp

★★☆2.5/5

Blueberry Almond Crisp specializes in fulfilling the need for a Clif bar without the guilt or aftertaste of having eaten a sugary flavor. In all other regards, it is the worst Clif bar.