Why buy when you can DIY your own – healthier – cereal bars

Food stores that sell by weight can be a great place to stock up on ingredients like dried fruit, nuts, cereal flakes, sugars, chocolate chips and coconut. Photo: AFP

Cereal bars are a convenient choice for breakfast on the go, an afternoon snack or a post-workout pick-me-up.

However, shop-bought bars can be quite expensive, and the sugar content in some is enough to send blood sugar rocketing. With a few good, basic ingredients and some tried-and-tested techniques, making DIY bars can be easy and fun. And, like with homemade muesli, you can try out all kinds of combinations with different ingredients.