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SeasonOWL Energy Bars are a rotating small batch craft style energy bar that can be purchased online and at select stores.  

SeasonOWL flavors are inspired by the essence of our New England seasons.  The creativity this evokes is reminiscent of a visit to the farmers market and the challenge to bake with “what is in season”.  These fun new OWL flavors always get rave reviews and pleas to “make more!”  You have to act quick however….these small batches are only available in limited quantities.  Once we sell out, that's it!  We move onto the next season!  

If you're lucky enough to get some delicious bars, eat them, enjoy, and stay tuned for the release of our next SeasonOWL announcement in our Newsletter, on Facebook, and on Instagram

SeasonOWL Energy Bars are a rotating small batch craft style energy bar.  When the season ends, or we sell out of that limited batch, we move onto the next seasonal flavor.  This is intentional to keep things fresh and exciting.  Subscriptions that include our SeasonOWL flavor are for the adventurous palate and for die-hard OWL Bar fans who know we won't let you down.  If you like predictability, we recommend ordering or subscribing to our full-time-year-round flavors: Original, Cherry Almond, and Maple Pecan.

We use pure Vermont maple syrup and local raw honey as sweeteners in our energy bars.  We choose these sweeteners because they are natural, local, and create the texture we aim for in our recipes. These natural sweeteners are lower on the glycemic index and create a balanced sweetness. 

Please note, we do not add refined sugar to our recipes, but some of our dried fruit is sweetened.  As such you will see sugar listed with that item as a sub-ingredient on our ingredient panel.  The sugar used to sweeten our dried fruit is non-GMO.

We do not use palm oil in our recipes.  We choose to use natural peanut butter and almond butter which do not contain palm oil (added to many commercial nut butters primarily as a stabilizer to prevent natural oil separation and maintain a smooth, consistent texture). This decision requires us to take the added step of reconstituting the naturally separating oils of our nut butters before adding nut butter to our main recipes.  We gladly take this measure!  It allows us to avoid the negative effects palm oil has on the body and on the environment.

We do not add sunflower oil to our recipes, however some of our dried fruit is processed with sunflower oil.  Sunflower oil is used in small amounts in the packaging and processing of dried fruit to avoid sticking/clumping.  This is why you will see sunflower oil listed with that item as a sub-ingredient on our ingredient panel. 

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Our recipes are built around real, recognizable, natural ingredients like organic oats, nuts, seeds, spices, honey, nut butters, maple syrup, chocolate, and fruit.  We do not use fillers like puffed rice because we do not feel it adds any nutritional value to our energy bars.

A “best by date” is printed on the back of every bar.  Original and Cherry Almond flavors have a best by date of seven months past their production dates.  Maple Pecan and all SeasonOWL flavors have a best by date of five months past their production dates. These dates are not expiration dates, but they are meant to communicate when our products are at their best. From a food safety perspective, our foods are safe to eat well beyond their best by dates. 

In our bars, the whole grain organic gluten free oats will slowly absorb the natural oils released by the nuts, causing the bars to become drier and less soft over time. We think our bars are best in the first five-seven months, hence the best by date. 

We recommend storing any uneaten OWL bars in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight.

Our products are shelf stable and therefore refrigeration is not necessary.  To preserve your OWL bars/pellets for longer periods of time, you may refrigerate or freeze them without worrying about quality decline. 

If you have a potentially dangerous or life-threatening allergy to peanuts and/or tree nuts, PLEASE DO NOT TRY ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS. We do our best to make it clear on our website, packaging, etc. that all our products are made in a single dedicated facility, on shared equipment. 

We follow a rigorous food safety plan that includes steps designed to minimize allergen cross-contamination. These steps include adherence to FDA-guided Good Manufacturing Practices involving ingredient/allergen separation in storage, cleaning and sanitizing equipment between allergen-specific runs, and scheduling allergen-specific production runs on separate days.  

We list all allergens on our packaging.  This information may also be viewed in the product descriptions in our online store.  If you have a severe allergy to peanuts/tree nuts, please do not try any of our products.  

Our Maple Pecan flavor is made with maple syrup and is therefore vegan.  All of our other flavors are made with honey. 

Our Maple Pecan flavor is made with maple syrup while all of our other flavors are made with honey. There are few (if any) other manufacturers who sweeten their energy bars with just maple syrup (not combined with rice syrup, corn syrup, honey, agave, etc). To make our Maple Pecan recipe food safe and shelf stable, we must bake it which results in a different mouth feel and texture than our other honey-based recipes.  We love how the maple syrup results in a robust toasty flavor reminiscent of a New England breakfast without being too sweet.

OWL Bars were designed for the active lifestyle.  These bars are meant for rugged moments, when your hangry, when the mountains beckon you to keep going, or simply when real food seems like the fuel you need.  There are carbs and sugar in all of our bars….although some less than others like maple pecan.  Rather than focusing on marketing positioning, fads, or trends, our bars are designed with an emphasis on flavor and texture.  If portion control is what you’re after, consider the OWL Pellet (100-calorie-individually wrapped servings).

OWL Bars are handcrafted in small batches.  We make everything we sell in-house.  For this reason, we ask that you allow 7-10 business days for your order to ship.  Once your order has shipped transit times will depend on the carrier (USPS or UPS) that you choose at checkout.  We fulfill orders in the order they are received.

Yes!

We have a licensed commercial kitchen and dedicated gluten free facility in which we make all of our energy bars. We handle all aspects of production from raw ingredient procurement, to recipe development, to manufacturing, packaging, and shipping.

Thank you for your interest in visiting, but for food safety reasons, we are not open to the public. We do not have a storefront.  If you have placed an order on our website for local pick up, you will be notified when your order is ready and it will be set outside our facility for no-contact pick up.