Homemade
nutrition bars

Do-It-Yourself nutrition bars

Homemade
nutrition bars

In the past years, there have been various exciting nutrition bar launches on retail shelves, and that also inspired home baking lovers to do it by themselves! Let’s have a look at the different types of bars we find on the shelf, and how a Do-It-Yourself version of a nutrition bar could look like.

The 3 types of nutrition bars

These days we find nutrition bars in all types of formats and flavors. However, when we look carefully these can be categorized in 3 main categories, namely: Cereal bars, Fruit&nut bars, and Protein bars.

  • Cereal bars
    Cereal or granola based, and sometimes fortified. These bars are positioned as your morning bowl of muesli in an on-the-go format.
  • Fruit&nut bars
    Dried fruits based (for example date paste) or nuts based (often almonds and peanuts). These bars are usually positioned as indulgent yet nutritious snacks. 
  • Protein bars
    Protein mass-based (for example whey powder or flax seeds), and these bars are usually positioned for consumption before or after sports.
  • Cereal bar
    Cereal bar example
  • Fruit and nut bar
    Fruit&nut bar example
  • Protein bar
    Protein bar example

Making nutrition bars at home!

Surprisingly, an oven is not even required when making nutrition bars. With the exception of flapjacks and some biscuit-style baked bars, most of the nutrition bars do not involve any baking step! 

We gathered some inspiring video recipes for you to create your DIY version of your favorite nutrition bars:

DIY Cereal bars
Homemade chewy granola bars in 4 variations: chocolate chip, apple cinnamon, cherry almond, M&M. 

DIY Fruit&nut bar 
Crunchy nutty bars with chocolate drizzle.

DIY Protein bar
Delicious peanut flavored bars with chocolate topping.

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