Looking for ideas for energy bars to take with you when you go cycling? Or energy bar recipes? I love to take homemade energy flapjacks with me on bike rides which I munch at various points along the way. My flapjack energy bars for cycling are packed with goodies like seeds, nuts, dried fruit, coconut flakes and oats plus a yummy caramel mix of butter, sugar and golden syrup. They're loads better than any of the expensive shop-bought energy or protein bars - and you can customise them to suit your taste. For instance if you don't like coconut flakes or don't have any, then omit them. Last time I made these I swapped the golden syrup for honey, but it wasn't as good, so stick with syrup! (Not literally...)
In this video recipe I make double the quantity; here is the original recipe which is half of that: 175g butter, 125g sugar, 2tbsp golden syrup, 225g oats, 30g flour, 125g dried fruit, 50g milled seeds (from Aldi) and - optional - handful coconut flakes, pecans, other seeds (e.g. sunflower, pumpkin, linseed, etc). Watch the video with the speakers on for the recipe!
Be sure to check out my bike ride videos and the other (mainly Yorkshire) cycle ride segments - ideal for use at the gym on an indoor trainer, exercise bike, treadmill, cross trainer, etc! Most are in Yorkshire, but some are in Lancashire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Derbyshire.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages, injuries or losses of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within these videos. In other words, I accept no responsibility for things like accidents, etc that happen to anyone who decides to try out these rides for themselves. You do it at your own risk.