I was given a box of Alpen Strawberry and Yogurt bars as a gift from my boyfriend after I happened to mention to him that I like any kind of dried fruit or nut that has been coated with yogurt. Well, it certainly was an original gift, I'll admit, and very thoughtful, so I'm only telling dooyoo (but I won't mention to him) that I really didn't like these bars!

Alpen Strawberry and Yogurt bars come is a very bright, vibrant red box with a picture of a bar nestled between piles of strawberries in front of the classic Alpen mountain range.

The picture of the bar on the front of the box is a fairly accurate representation of the bar with the exception of the size and quantity of strawberry pieces in the real bar. There are not as many and the chunks are not quite as big as depicted in the picture. The box states that these are now "even tastier" with 30% more fruit. They do contain quite a lot of strawberry chunks, just not quite as much as in the picture.

The bars come individually wrapped in a plastic wrapping that makes them very convenient for lunch boxes and the like. The plastic is easy to tear open, revealing these cereal bars which do indeed have a generous coating of yogurt on the bottom as well as a nice drizzle of it along the top.

The first thing I noticed when biting into these is the nice, chewy texture. The second thing I noticed immediately after this is that, oh my goodness, are these bars sweet! Each bite tastes to me like a bit of cereal bar with an unwanted added spoonful of granulated sugar on top. These make me feel my teeth are rotting with every bite.

Now, I do eat Alpen but always buy the no sugar added variety, so perhaps I'm just not the target market for these bars. Other people seem to love them, though, and they do contain only 121 calories per bar so they make a good alternative to chocolate bars which usually contain at least twice that.

I don't know how much these cost but I think they are about £1 a box. They are manufactured by Weetabix.