i made the mistake of buying a box of assorted Cliff bars a couple of years ago, i don't remember how many was in it (way to many) but I finally gave away the last 2 or 3, to this day I can't eat Cliff bars at all. What I did discover about Cliff Bars is that beyond the initial thin coating the inside is the same in all of them. In addition to Power Bars having the texture of road tar, as another poster noted, the tase is pretty close also. I just eat what ever I can find along the way and not worry to much about if I will die from eating it, I figure I will at least get home before it kills me, thus saving someone the problem of transporting my body and bicycle.
As another poster said bananas and fig newtons are my favorites.
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