Check Out This Review - Honey Stinger

I already found these "cookies" (I call them) at Infinite Cycles before I read this and decided to give them a try. I feel like Fatty, I also love these things. His blogging is very entertaining to me, maybe I have a warped sense of humor. He makes me laugh and learn. Check out the whole post for info on each of their products. Here is just a sample from a blog post of his:

Stuff Fatty Loves: Nearly Everything by Honey Stinger

OK, Now On With the Honey Stinger Love Fest

The most important thing you can do today is to find where you can buy Honey Stinger Waffles (you can also get them online), then pick some up, and then go out on a ride and try one.

And it’s very important you try it while you are on a ride or you will mistakenly think you have just had a really delicious treat, and that — hey, why not? — you’ll have another. And so forth, until you’ve eaten all of them.

So you’ve been warned.

Here’s what Honey Stinger Waffles have got going for them:

• They taste good. Seriously, like eat-them-recreationally good. Not as in “This is OK for on a bike but I wouldn’t eat it otherwise” good.
• Texture-licious. Crisp waffle on the outside. Honey on the inside. Yum.
• They are flat. There’s something to be said for energy food that goes into the back of your jersey without bulging it out. Stylie.
• They actually give you energy. I’ve been eating these while riding and they work. The Hammer and The IT Guy and Kenny and Heather have all been riding using these too. All agree: these are the real deal. Sadly for me, since everyone’s been snarfing my Honey Stinger Waffles, my supply has run low much sooner than I told the Honey Stinger guys it would, and now I’m going to have to give them a call and ask for more about a month early.

Are the Vanilla or Honey Waffles better? I don’t know. I like both the same. Which is a lot. In fact I’ll say this very quotable thing which I’m sure the Honey Stinger people will find eminently suitable for their marketing materials:

At 160 calories-worth of deliciousness, Honey Stinger Waffles are the best energy food in the whole world.
Elden “Fatty” Nelson
Award-Winning Blogger
www.fatcyclist.com

The first time I tried the honey stinger energy chews was at the Pamperfest Rockwell Relay, right before my bike leg down Provo Canyon. I really like these things too. Here is what Fatty has to say about these:

Honey Stinger Energy Chews

First off, major props must be given to Clif for inventing (as far as I know; I don’t actually do research or anything) energy chews in the first place. For years, Shot Bloks have been my go-to energy source for long bike rides.

But not anymore.

Honey Stinger Energy Chews are easier to chew, taste better, and are easier to get from the package into your mouth than Shot Bloks.

The Honey Stinger Energy Chews are, in fact, the thing that got me interested in other Honey Stinger stuff in the first place.

They open easily — just tear the package open in one tug with your teeth — and then squeeze the package so that the chews slide into your mouth.

A crude — but easy to learn and master — technique to be sure. But on-bike eating has never been a proper affair.

They’re delicious and soft — they go down quickly and easily, so you can get back to mouth-breathing ASAP.

These come in lots of flavors: Pink Lemonade, Lime-Ade, Fruit Smoothie, Cherry Blossom, Pomegranate Passion Fruit, and Orange Blossom.

My favorite flavor is Orange Blossom. Honestly, I don’t know what the “blossom” part of the name is about, and have to say I avoided these for a while because I thought they would taste like a flower. In reality, they taste like Orange Crush. As they should.