Homemade Energy bars anyone??

[gauvin]

Tired of the junk they sell and interested in making my own. Anyone have a decent mix they are willing to share??

Thanks
Gauvin

[DCT]

calling rwsaunders.....

he makes a good one

[GSmith]

Homemade is great, but if you don't have the time there are good alternatives. My personal favorite is ProBar, www.theprobar.com.

Each bar is a whole food meal replacement (average bar is 350ish calories), and come in an oversized wrapper that allows you place partially consumed bars back in your jersey poockets (and they're easy to handle on the bike).

It's real food, not some processed and extruded goop, and they come in a wide range of flavors (my personal fav is KokaMocha), and they are owned and operated by a great group of folks out in Utah.

[gauvin]

Wow, seems like a great product, I will get some today. Seeing how work is abit slow I would still like to give a recipe a try . ( anyone))

[bbillington]

Here's one I stole from another site. They are good... I sometimes sub out the wheat germ w/ oats and add some granola to it as well. Either that or sub the chocolate for vanilla protein powder and use vanilla/cinnamon/orange extract for flavor. Basically, the base recipe can be modified significantly, but you might want to make it per the directions the first time.



2 large eggs
½ c. raw sugar
1 c. honey
½ tsp. salt
½ c. chocolate-flavored whey protein
2 Tbsp. canola oil
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
½ c. powdered milk
½ c. wheat germ
2 c. fine whole wheat flour
1 c. raisins or mix of chopped dates and raisins
½ c. chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350. Beat eggs until thick and lemony. Beat in the sugar until the mixture is thick. Beat in the honey, salt, and whey protein. Dissolve the cocoa in the oil and stir into the egg mixture. Mix the powdered milk, wheat germ, and flour together and stir into the egg mixture. Stir in raisins and nuts. Mixture will be very thick. Smooth into an oiled 9" X 13" baking pan with a moistened metal spoon. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool in the pan. Cut into squares, remove from pan, let dry overnight. Makes 15 bars, 2½ oz. each.

Per serving: 268 cal., 19% (54 cal.) from fat; 12% (8g) protein; 6g fat (1g sat.); 69% (50g) carbo.; 85mg sodium; 31mg chol.

[WadePatton]

if you change one ingredient, then you _own_ the recipe. hell i just use recipes to get me pointed in the right direction.

going to try that someday. fig newtons and 'nanners for now.