Coming in single serving packs, the Stinger waffle is available in two different flavors. \u00a0Those flavors seem to be varied by the type of filling crammed between the two waffle wafers. \u00a0Read the packaging and you'll find that each waffle is approximately 30 grams (hefty for its size), and packs in 160 calories. \u00a0You'll swallow 21 grams of carbs, 55mg of sodium and about 7 grams of fat (3 saturated.) \u00a0Looking at the ingredient list, you won't find a lot to be offended by: no high fructose corn syrup here. \u00a0Instead, organic oils and sweeteners are used, creating an energy dense snack that (presumably) won't kill you down the road. \u00a0And that's a good thing considering how addictively tasty these are.<\/p>\n

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Sweet, Sweet Stinger<\/h3>\n

It is so tough to imagine WANTING to eat food created for the sole purpose of powering our workouts. \u00a0I mean, imagine eating Clif Bars, one after another because they just taste so good. \u00a0(Really, don't. \u00a0It's not a pretty thought, unless you're partial to half sawdust\/half dried fruit bars.) \u00a0Don't get me wrong, people love Clif Bars, but after eating them on rides for years, I couldn't stomach them any more.<\/p>\n

When these little darlings began to pop up, I saw tweets and Facebook posts of people eating boxes of them. \u00a0Yes, boxes. \u00a0I couldn't possibly believe they were that good, so I picked up a few at the LBS for a test run. \u00a0A few days later, I was back to get a whole bunch more. \u00a0To put it plainly, these are fantastic. \u00a0They are about four bites worth of chewy, sweet, syrupy goodness. \u00a0Easy on the palate, easy going down, and easy digesting is the name of the game here. \u00a0There's no excessive chewing like energy bars, and there's no fumbling around like shot blocks. \u00a0In fact, next to gels\/gel flasks, these are the easiest thing to swallow on the bike that I've found to date. \u00a0The vanilla variety is slightly sweeter than the honey variety, but it does harken back to those childhood memories of vanilla whipped cream on top of your Sunday morning waffle. \u00a0I can certainly see how you could plow through a box of them in a day.<\/p>\n

The only downsides I found to these were that being a soft, almost gooey consistency, they didn't hold up well to being stuffed into a jersey pocket along with a wind vest and tool kit. \u00a0There were about 5 bite size pieces after 40 miles of riding, which isn't bad, but the accompanying crumbs were a bummer. \u00a0The packages are also exceedingly tough (or well sealed, depending on how you look at it) making them near impossible to open with full finger gloves. \u00a0The best solution comes with slicing off the top of the package before pocketing it, then just pulling it out and chowing down mid ride.<\/p>\n

Overall, Stinger hit the mark true and square with this offering. \u00a0It's the perfect blend of doughy, sweet, tasty goodness that will fuel you through ride after ride, assuming you can resist stopping at the local waffle house along the way.<\/p>\n

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Agree or disagree? \u00a0Tell me what I missed in the comments below:<\/p>\n

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I love waffles as much as the next person. \u00a0In fact, nothing hit that little nostalgic hole in my stomach as much as a big, crispy shelled, fluffy centered Belgian waffle. \u00a0Throw a bunch of fruit, syrup and vanilla whipped cream on top, and you have the makings of a perfect nostalgic childhood brunch. \u00a0And if you think about it, waffles have the potential to be one of the best energy foods out there. \u00a0But the thought of carrying a syrupy soaked breakfast pastry in your jersey pocket just doesn’t sit well. \u00a0So what are we supposed to make of the Honey Stinger Waffle then?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,49],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[3641,3645,3649,1574,3653,3648,3640,3357,1085,3646,3642,3647,3650,3644,3638,3637,3652,3651,3643,3639],"wppr_data":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11036,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/11036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}