Happy Saturday!
I feel like I start every post this way, but thank you guys SO much for the support and comments on my last post. I appreciate EVERY ONE from the bottom of my heart! Y’all are the greatest friends ever!! 
Well, there’s two things on the agenda today.
#1 Swanson. Holy Toledo this site is AMAZING. I honestly think they have everything under the sun when it comes to health products: protein supplements, vitamins, unique food items, you name it. You have to check out all they have to offer…prepare to be floored at their prices too 
So when I contacted them about their blogger review program, Ben and the Swanson team were so nice and sent me an online coupon code to do a review on some of their swag. UMM YES PLEASE. 
(note– I wasn’t paid by Swanson in any way to say any of the following and received my products free of charge. The review is all my opinion.)
So what did I blow my dough on?? Well it was super hard to decide, but I finally chose Brownie Quest bars. You guys know my love affair with them. I’ve tried almost all the other flavors except for these, so when I saw they carried them, I jumped on it like a gorilla on a pile of bananas!
With my past experience with Quest bars, I’ve found they usually live up to their flavor name.
Strawberry cheesecake? Strawberry cheesecake.
Lemon Cream Pie? Lemon Cream Pie.
Vanilla Almond? Vanilla….with almond.
So as you can see, they’re track record has been pretty dang awesome in my eyes.
These brownie flavored ones? LEGIT. Chocolate brownie doesn’t even begin to describe the awesomeness of this bar. It tastes way to amazing to be good for you.
I tried it numerous ways.
Straight up outta the wrapper.
Nuked in the microwave for 15 seconds (personally my favorite way– the picture was oober boring though haha)
And paired with the best smoothie I’ve ever made…which brings me to part 2 of this post.
IT WAS IDENTICAL TO ICE CREAM. so thick I needed a spoon.
Are you ready for a foodgasm?
- 1 large frozen banana cut up in chunks
- 1 cup almond/coconut blend milk
- 1.5 scoops whey protein (I use MGN vanilla)
- spoonful of peanut butter
- handful of ice cubes
Blend all that up, stick it in the freezer for around 30 minutes to get thick and chunky and prepare your tastebuds for a flavor party. It tastes even better when you eat it with a crumbled, warm quest bar!! It’s like a healthified DQ blizzard!
Swanson, thank you SO much for letting me do this review and allowing my love of quest bars to grow exponentially. You guys rock!
Now I’m off to go get ready to run errands, do homework, and relax!
Have you ever heard of Swanson? Favorite smoothie combo?
So much yumminess in this post! I just had a look at the Swanson Blogger Program (thanks for sharing) but unfortunately it’s only open to US residents! They sound like a very generous company! Right now I am loving smoothies made with banana, cantaloupe, plain yogurt, soy milk & vanilla essence!
Omg cantaloupe in a smoothie?!?!??!?! That’s genius!
That looks sooooo yummy! Enjoy the weekend girl!
Mmmmm that smoothie looks amazing!! But I’m a sucker for anything peanut butter
I just love bars that have that brownie feel to them
I’ve never tried the Quest bars because of the whole “traces of peanuts” thing, but I’ve come across a few bars in my day that make me feel like I’m eating a chocolate brownie. I’ve never tried warming them up though, so I’m going to have to remember that for next time. As for favorite smoothies, I looooove almond butter and frozen banana. But a close runner up is frozen mango and vanilla Greek yogurt!
Almond/coconut blend milk is my FAV! I’ve never heard of Swanson but now I want to check it out! The quest bar sounds awesomd
I love the Swanson brand! My favorite products from them are their Coconut Flour and their Cacao Nibs — both are absolutely DELICIOUS and at such great prices!
I just tried a Quest Bar for the first time and I had the brownie one. I was surprised! It really wasn’t bad, considering it was SO healthy haha. I didn’t know Swanson carried them! I might have to order some
Oh man that smoothie looks awesome! And I love how thick it is!
One of my favourite smoothie combos is a banana, strawberries, Greek yogurt, milk, and flaxseed. Strawberry-banana has been my favourite flavour combo ever since I was a kid!
i’ve ordered from swanson before and they do seriously have everything under the sun! i’ve been an iherb girl for so long i just dont know if i could switch! i vote you take of DQ for a day and serve people your banana ice cream!
Yum, that smoothie + protein bar combo does sound better than DQ:)
I’m SO excited you won my giveaway! I gave them your info today, hopefully you get that soon!!
I got that review thingy to from Swanson. Can’t wait to get my order in!
This smoothies are the best! Love.
I just got nominated for a Liebster Award! I wanted to pay it forward by nominating you too!
The Rules:
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2. Answer the 11 questions the person giving the award has set for you.
3. Create 11 questions for the people you will be giving the award to.
4. Choose 11 people to award and send them a link to your post. Go to their page and tell them.
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There is a hole lot of deliciousness going on in these here post! First, I ADORE Quest Bars, I am actually going to buy some after I comment! And the smoothie is a winner as well, you come up with such good stuff
yay for winning!
I’ve got a brilliant mental image of a gorilla jumping on a pile of bananas now…
I’ve heard of Swanson, they sound fab, and those bars sound great too; I love your analysis of the flavours!
I LOVE Swanson, they were one of my first blog reviews, and sooo generous!! This loot looks sOOOOoO good!!
Yum.. I love chocolate brownies so I bet that Quest bar was te bomb.com with your homemade ice cream
Being a chocolate lover, this looks like the perfect smoothie combo to me! For smoothies I can’t say I have one particularly combo I have as a favorite. I like to always change things up to keep smoothies from coming boring
I’ve never ordered anything from Swanson before (I dont know if they ship worldwide.. but will check!). I always order from iHerb and Goodness Direct.
Oh those Quest bars sound so good! Would love to try them! Your ice cream looks goooood!
I FLIPPED when I saw this recipe posted on Instagram last night!! I haven’t tried the brownie Quest Bars yet either, but now I *need* to continue the search process (for some reason my local GNC doesn’t carry them) so that I can make myself a batch of this epic ice cream! I bet the bars are delicious “melted” in the microwave and slathered with peanut butter too. Oh yum. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
Happy Sunday, lovely!! xoxo <3
I am SO trying this recipe NOM NOM
I regularly buy from Swanson…love them and their awesome prices!! And that ice cream is right up my alley! I would gladly have some healthified blizzard action every night please and thank you.
Hope you are enjoying the rest of the weekend girl!
That stuff looks great, plus nice recipe!
HOLY YUM! I want to dive into that cup… is that bad? maybe I could use the Quest bar as a diving board
Bahahahaha!!!! How about two quest bars– they could be water skis!
omg! i was wondering why u stopped blogging, turns out that youre over here!
this new blog looks so bright and eye catching!
Yum, I love super thick smoothie combos like that! I’m really loving more fall inspired smoothies right now, like sweet potato and chocolate!
Thanks for the great review, Alex! Also, is there anything better than a banana-peanut butter combo?
No problem, thanks again!
AHH yess, it’s best combo EVER!!
i LOVE swansons! and they have great customer service! those quest bars are awesome, too! especially the coconut!