by Alicia MacLeay
Creating your own custom energy bar can be a lot of fun. And it's even easier if someone else does the baking for you.
At YouBars.com you can follow a simple step-by-step process to create your own custom nutrition bar. To start, choose your base. Then pick from protein powders, nuts and seeds, dried fruits and berries, sweeteners, seasonings, chocolates and other additions, grains and cereals, and infusions. You can select a regular amount or more or less of many of the add-ins, while skipping those you don't want.
The site automatically tallies the nutrition info per bar as you make selections. And at the end, you get to name your bar and they’ll print it on the wrapper.
It's so easy, you may find yourself adding and removing ingredients for your own perfect creation. I came up with a peanut butter bar with milk protein, organic cashews and almonds (less nuts), cherries (extra fruit), clover honey, chocolate chips, cocoa, cacao nibs, and a nutty rice cereal.
YouBars are available in small (35 grams), medium (45 grams), and large (55 grams) sizes and cost $38.87 for a box of 13 medium bars. You can also give a You Bar Gift Certificate good for one box of customized bars or protein shakes. This would make a truly unique gift for your favorite outdoor enthusiast who already has everything she needs.
For more information: YouBars.com
