March 22nd, 2022 
A good friend, George, popped me this power bar meme the other day.
The reason for disappointment: just look at the ingredients listed on a random search for power/protein bar nutrition labels.
About the only flavorful – and potentially real – ingredients in the above three labels combined are organic cashew butter, chocolate, peanuts and peanut butter.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
For the past 2 weeks, since two good cycling buds, Sean and Eddie, asked on a ride about making homemade power bars, I’ve been reworking older power bar recipes and working up new ones – and have sure learned a lot.
The most important lesson learned – that sometimes came the hard way: make is fully flavorful as quickly and easily as possible. And that’s how I approached this very easy-to-make power bar sandwich made with only the fully flavorful and full-on energy sustaining ingredients shown below: whole grain bread; nut butter; choice of honey, jam (fig butter) or cookie spread; fresh fruit; raisins; and chocolate chips.
Regarding proof under fire, the power bar sandwich you see here – with coffee -…
…sustained me easily, with no need to refuel on the fly, for a 40+ mile North Carolina bike ride.
Click this link or any picture on this page for power bar sandwich picture book directions.
