Nutritional Bars – A Review

Dear Jess, Thanks for your last post on home made nutrition bars. I usually avoid buying snack bars for my kids because of the cost. On Sunday, my 2 daughters (ages 9 and 11) and I tried out the recipe for “Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Bars”. It was an easy, fun activity and the girls love the bars. And so do I! They have been enjoying them as after-school snacks (and sometimes bedtime snacks). Thanks for the good idea! DC

I am so happy to hear you like the bars; thanks for sharing your experience with me!

Let me also include my own review of the nutritional bar recipes that I tested last Saturday. The goal was to provide you with a healthy, tasty snack alternative to expensive commercial bars. Having tested a few batches of different recipes in a morning, I, also, attest to the fact that they are, indeed, fun and easy to make. And, in comparison with commercial bars going for upwards of $2.50 for organic, whole food bars, the homemade variety are much less expensive. I used all organic ingredients for my bars and my rough estimate for the Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice bars was less than 50 cents a serving. Be forewarned though…they are so good that it would be easy to eat $2.50 worth!

Of the 5 different varieties that I mixed up last Saturday, the biggest batch was the Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Bars…and, no surprise; they were the first to go.

The second largest batch, the Seeds and Figs recipe, went shortly thereafter…but only after the Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Bars were gone.

The 3 varieties of my attempt to imitate Lara Bars were tasty to be sure. While they have been nibbled away at by interested samplers, the remainders are still sitting on my kitchen counter. I have no doubt, though, that they will be finished off by the end of the week.

Salud-
Jess