I second the idea of Quaker Oats Breakfast Bars. On our group trip last summer, someone packed a bunch of them in our "no cook" lunch bag. Although I am not a big fan of granola, there were a couple of other good tasting varieties in the bag - apple cinnamon (?) and one that was some kind of berry (?). The only complaint I can make about those two kinds is that they were kind of small and I needed 2 or 3 to get what I needed.

Along the same line, I nearly always take newtons (fig, cranberry, blueberry, or strawberry) on my solo trips. They probably don't pass the "crush" test, but taste great, are more nutritionally balanced than sugar cookies, go good with most drinks, and you can get store brands by the pound for little cash.

Almost, forgot - around this time of the year, the online bicycle places (Bike Nashbar, Performance Bike, etc) have the energy bars on sale by the dozen. I can't say that any that I have tried have tasted good enough for me to give them a second look. Perhaps others have had more and better experience with Powerbars and Cliffs, etc.

-aj