I eat the Quaker oatmeal to go bars. Taste good, but kinda bulky and are 120 calories / oz.
Seems like there must be a better option out there

Snickers

Blueberry Pop Tarts, secured in the bottom of my cook pot.

Counts as a fruit serving, optimistically.

Usually whatever sounded good and I made before the trip!

Trout sautéed in olive oil, if available. Otherwise oatmeal loaded with dried fruit.

IF i had to choose a bar of sorts...
i dig on the oskri coconut bars, any flavor, though the choc. covered is B-O-S-S.
http://www.oskri.com/en/products/109/oskri-bars/coconut-bars/
they make smaller versions too...90 cal.
perfect scooby snacks.
but for breakfast, i prefer the full-on, caloric-ladened, full-fat version that teems with nutrition and bursts with flavor.
keeps me primed for a good few hours even.
lt

Probar is my favorite store-bought bar for breakfast. I was a week into hiking the JMT and already tired of Clif Bars. Met BPL member Andrew and he gave me half a dozen ProBars (and a pair of hiking poles!) Made breakfasts much better. Not quite as sweet and much bigger than most of the others. Expensive at $3.50, but under $0.01/calorie.

I like Art's Original and Whole Berry Blast, though I haven't tried all the flavors.

Art's Original is:
370 calories
85 grams total including:
48 grams carbs, including:
6 grams fiber
18 grams sugars
18 grams fats
10 grams protein

Logan bars (thanks to Bob Gross for the recipe)

Anything by Bear Valley. Although Larabars work if I don't have time for the mail.

The only bars I actually like are cherry pie larabars, so if it must be a bar, that's the one. I usually eat bars for snacks and not breakfast, though.

Check out 'Stoats' bars. Made in Scotland, but there are US stockists on their website. Details here

I am usually eating whichever recipe I am trying that trip. For an awesome list of recipes, including Bob Gross's logan bread (tasty), check out the following thread.

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=40938

I really like balance bars

3C Instant Oats
3/8C Honey
3/8C Maltose
1C Peanut Butter
Dried fruits
M&M's

Warm the honey, maltose and Peanut butter over low heat. Mix the liquids into the oats and fruit, warming for a few seconds in the microwave if it becomes too stiff. Add the M&M's last. Spread on wax paper and roll about 1/2" thick. Cut into bars.

This is my adaptation of a powerbar recipe I found online. Substituted the maltose for half the honey, which yields a much less 'gooey' bar. Added the dried fruit (usually bananas and strawberries, but can be anything I have on hand) and the M&M's for flavor and calories.

They are outstanding!

Personally, I plan my meals around the expected temperatures of the day.

Here in FL, it's not unusual to have temperatures of 40-ish in the mornings in the "winter" and in the 80s with 100% humidity in the summer mornings. So, my breakfast varies.

During the summer months, I tend to carry peanut butter espresso fudge; this is the bog-standard Fluff recipe with an half-pot of Cafe Bustelo added to the mix. It doesn't melt at normal FL summer temperatures, has enough sugar and fat to boost one's calories in the morning, contains the caffeine that I'm addicted to, and--most importantly when it's that warm out-- doesn't require me to wait an half-hour for it to cool down before I can eat it.

During the cooler months (when it's below 70 in the mornings), I tend not to eat breakfast bars; instead I use a melange of instant coffee, Carnation Instant Breakfast, and Nido (whole milk powder). If I were to eat a breakfast bar, though, it would probably be Pop Tarts of one flavor or another.

Amen. love them
http://www.oskri.com/en/details/109/oskri-bars/coconut-bars/1261/coconut-milk-chocolate-bar/box

Edited by jshwelbaum on 02/13/2012 11:34:48 MST.

A large bowl of home-made raw muesli. (Pretty solid stuff.)

I have eaten breakfast bars when there was nothing else, but ...

Cheers

Caz Bar!!

http://katesrealfood.com/

Roger- we need the recipe of the raw Muesli.

I foolishly ordered 8lbs of pemmican bars from US Wellness Meats without ever having tasted them. So those will be my favorite bars, like 'em or not.