[trailjunky]

I'm looking for a good bar to provide a boost to accommodate my lunch while on the trail. I hate cliff bars, so I'm looking for a few good alternatives. What are your favorites?

[Dane]

ProBars. Any flavor. They're awesome - a bit pricey and difficult to find, but very tasting and filling. http://theprobar.com/

[TeeJay]

Snickers. They satisfy.

[Kat]

What Dane said - Probar! the Whole Berry Blast is my fave. They are expensive, so I save 'em for "special" trips. PCC has them on sale for $2.99/bar right now thru the end of July. They also have a few more calories than a Clif bar. Larabar is nice for a snack, as well as the Clif Nectar bar in cherry pomegranante or the one in the yellow/brown wrapper. (Nothing like a regular clif bar). Pemmican bar in coconut/almond is good for a quick breakfast bite, we find these quite filling.

[Scrooge]

TeeJay had the right idea, only I prefer PayDay, 250 calories in a 1.85 oz bar (470 calories in the 3.4 oz size(different ratio of peanuts to caramel) and they don't melt (just get a little sticky). They're also candy bar cheap. When I'm hiking I really don't feel like I need to worry about "nourishment", just energy. I can get my multivitamins at home, lots cheaper (and about as tasty) as anything in the Power Bar field.

[LizzyBob]

PayDay, Bit O'Honey, and Cliff Bar's Mojo line. All are yummy, and heat resistant.

[sarbar]

Mmmmmm...Chocolate Avalanche Paydays bars Of all the "bars" I like Luna Tea Cakes ok. Probars are good as well. I'd prefer a avocado though

[grasshopper]

Maybe I'm weird but I like Clif bars. Bannana bread and blueberry crisp are both very good.

[sarbar]

[Tag Man]

King size Snickers packed next to my ice cold hydration bladder so they dont melt.

[goats gone wild]

When it comes to energy bars, I look for the ones with high protein content, and eat them for breakfast on the trail. Twisted is one that I recently found at Costco that is yummy, that is, until I read the ingredients one day in camp. Apparently the protein comes from Hydrolyzed Fish Gelatin (from Cod). Now we just call them "sugared cod sticks." The most satisfying "snack", I think, is still the old standby of nuts and dried fruit. Buy nuts and dried fruit in bulk, and prepare Ziplock baggies full of em. Relatively cheap and gives you a proper balance of instant energy (glucose) as well as protein & fat for sustained energy.

[nuclear_eggset]

I'm limited by needing gluten and dairy free stuff, so here's my hippie-list: ClifNectar Bars ThinkGreen or ThinkOrganic Bars Alpsnack bars BumbleBars (lots of seeds, though... not too many of these on a backpacking trip :-o) Oskri Bars those are the ones I remember off the top of my head that I really like.

[grasshopper]

[Canuck]

I'd go with the giant "nut roll" that you can get at Sportman's Warehouse. They're just like a payday bar but much better. Very tasty, and hard to really melt. 2nd favorite is the key lime or lemon Luna bar. I'm not a big fan of energy bars, but these 2 are my favorite. Not an energy bar, but I do love Erin's breakfast cookies -- double chocolate chunk, oatmeal raisin, and the apple ones are my favorite.

[silly_traveler]

I like the ThinkThin bars and the Kashi bars and this thing they sell at Freddies' organic section.... almond and coconut combo bar, I don't remember what it's called