I am looking into a good breakfast bar. Something that tastes good, isn't all sugar, doesn't 'mush' easily and isn't real expensive.

For those of you who use something like that, what do you like/suggest?

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

Here's a good one one from Beth Buckley in an old BWJ:
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Toast a few more oats as you might find you need em. Personally, I skip the raisins.

Power bars are pricey but a whole lot easier. Neither is really breakfast food though.

a cliff bar does a real good job at giving you the necessary pick me up before or during a paddle. my bag never has less than one per day. they come in a myriad of flavors and most taste pretty damn good, with maybe the exception of lemmon poppy seed.

thebutcher

My choice for years was Carnation Breakfast Bars, along with a packet of Carnation Instant Breakfast drink mix (and powdered milk of course) - alternate days were oatmeal.  For years, that was the only choice, but there is a lot more competition now.  Haven't seen the Carnation Bars for a couple of years now, so maybe they don't make them anymore?   If you can find them, they are a good choice.   Just go to any large grocery store and you will most likely find a whole section of this type of product - that's what I do now, and just select by flavor choice rather than brand name - they are mostly all about the same in nutrition.  These type of products aren't cheap though.

I aslo get those Quaker Oatmeal bars? or whatever they are called now.  A good portion size, since they are a solid chunk of oatmeal, more or less - Rasberry Streusel and Apple Cinnamon.  they are supposed to be the equivalent of a bowl of oatmeal, and one thing I like is that they aren't overly sweet.  Another good thing is that they are "solid", and don't get all crushed or crumbled up in a pack.  I'll even occationally bring one to work to have with morning coffee.
I just bought 2 boxes on sale last week, 2 for $5 I think it was, but the regular price is maybe $4 a box, for 8 bars.