Make your own granola bars with YouBar

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 30th 2008 @ 8:06PM

If you stand in front of the shelves at the grocery store with a blank stare on your face, maybe you're just not able to decide on which of the bazillion protein bars you want to get. If that's the case, why don't you just make your own?

With YouBars, you can make your own, and you don't even have to go to the kitchen to get them; unless your computer's in the kitchen. You just pick all the ingredients you want in your bar, submit your order, and magically, they appear at your door! You get to pick the base, protein source, and any number of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, and other "stuff." The handy ordering form also keeps a running total of nutrition information as you make your choices.

It costs $40 for a box of 12, which comes out to about $3.33 a bar. That's quite a bit more expensive than what you'd pay at the store, but getting to name your own bar might be worth it.

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Tags: america, chocolate, fruit, grains, meal replacement bars, nuts, protein bars, ProteinBars, rice, seeds, snack bars, snacks, spices, sugar, vegetables, you bar, YouBar

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1-30-2008 @11:27PM Matt said... Oh please. Look at Alton Brown or numerous other sources and make your own granola for a tenth the price. As for the bar, that just means you need the Kayro syrup to glue it together for a lot more calories, as opposed to a ziplock bag. A little less convenience equals a lot less calories, a lot less overpricing for packaging, no waiting for the product to be manufactured and shipped, and the self control of tweaking your recipe as you like.
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1-30-2008 @11:45PM Big John said... Yikes, you cite Alton Brown and then give the worst way possible to make a granola bar? He had an entire episode devoted to bars like these.