Cookies & Cream 12ct Quest Protein Bar

Something about the idea of "birthday cake flavor" really activates my neurons, so much so that I've undertaken a side quest to determine the best tasting birthday cake flavored/branded bar, and to my surprise, it's this one. I say surprise because I had a quest bar variety pack a while ago and all the normal quest bar flavors in there were kinda mid. Best protein/calorie ratio of any brand besides David though. But yeah I've tried the birthday cake flavor from: Rule 1/Bar 1, One, Pure Protein, Barebell, David ('cake batter' technically), and Quests crispy birthday cake bar, but this one right here seems to be the goat. Lacks the chemical taste birthday cake flavoring seems to have sometimes (also tried birthday cake extract/flavoring which had those chemy vibes), the Pure Protein and Bar1 birthday cake bars suffer from that pretty significantly and barebells flavor to a lesser extent. The interior of this bar is soft and moist in a way reminiscent of what you'd expect from something cake-y, and the white-chocolate (or whatever it actually is) coating is pretty good and not weird as well. The runners up are probably the Quest Crunch Birthday Cake bar in a close second place, and Ones take in 3rd. The barebell one is worth at least trying if you're really into the birthday cake flavor idea. The rest are kind of trash tbh (respect to David for the great macros though, I would get those more if I wasn't poor lol. And Pure Proteins salted caramel is one of my favorite things to eat period so not trashing the other brands in general here). Essentially, if you seek a good birthday cake flavored bar, you need look no further (unless you have a thing for rice crispy treats or that kinda vibe, then definitely try the Quest Crispy Birthday Cake bar as well. Maybe the Bar 1 bar as well, was like a big rice crispy treat but flavor was slightly questionable, not too bad though.)