The BellyBar – Preggo? Curb your hunger and your sweet tooth
September 20th, 2008
What is lusciously chocolaty yet packed with a healthy granola crunch that doesn’t leave you with a toothache? The Baby Needs Chocolate BellyBar… 
it seriously satisfies not only your hunger but your cravings for something sweet, all while providing you with a punch of vitamins, minerals and Omega 3 DHA that are good for you and the baby while you’re pregnant and nursing. But… judging from how good they are, you might want to keep eating them long after your nursing bras go into storage.
I bought myself two varieties the last time I went to Target: Baby Needs Chocolate and Berry Nutty Cravings, and I must say they are both delicious! Chocolate has a slight edge, though, because that bar has the right combination of chocolate that’s sweet but not too much so, toffee and granola that’s just right. I don’t like my chocolate bars to taste too sugary, and this hits the nail on the head. Oh, and whether or not you choose to believe it, my nausea definitely subsides when I eat chocolate or drink chocolate milk… and no that’s not just a lame excuse to get my chocolate fix!
As a full time working mom, I find the individual wrapped bars to be convenient for snacking on the go (or on the job!) without resorting to your run of the mill unhealthy vending machine options. As an added bonus, I’ve found that littleQ really loves the BellyBar too. It’s healthy and full of DHA for his developing mind, so when he asks for one or when he asks for a bite out of mine I don’t feel guilty giving him a bar, even if he spies it out of the corner of his eye at Destination Maternity and refuses to stop asking for it until it’s paid for, out of the wrapper and in his mouth! Oh I’m sure the little peanut in my tummy’s enjoying it too 
[Gasp!] While I was browsing the BellyBar site I see that they also have these BellyBar shakes. I’ll have to get myself some of that, you know, because it’s good for me anyway, and my interest has nothing to do with the fact that I really want to taste it because if it’s anything like it’s predecessor it’ll taste phenomenal.
When I was pregnant with littleQ Ensure had put out that Healthy Mom shake which they soon discontinued. Now I know that some people didn’t like them but call me crazy I didn’t think they were bad at all. Considering the amazing flavor and texture combinations put forth with the BellyBar brand’s original product, which surpasses that of the Healthy Mom snack bars of yesteryear tenfold, I have no doubt the shake will kick butt in every way shape and form and will be craved for by even those who are non-preggo, just like the BellyBar itself. Now I just have to find out who has that in stock right now….
Erm.. Excuse me I get a little obsessed distracted when it comes to foods I love. You should have seen me the other day when mrQ was a little too slow in getting me my Pad Thai. Blame it on the hormones!
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