muesli/cereal bars recipes?

ginvzt

Ok, so I have bought a box of BelVita breakfast biscuits, Fruit & Fibre. They are lovely!

So, I just though maybe I can make them myself? I enjoy baking and it would be great to have a batch in the oven once in a while, so we could enjoy one with coffee in the morning (I have a bowl of cereal/Greek yoghurt with fruit + coffee and a treat, be it a slice of toast/half bagel with jam or a biscuit)

So, does anyone have a recipe for something similar that they could share?

Tiggyroo

Have you tried Twinks' hobnobs? They're not exactly the same but are lovely and filling. I love the belvita biscuits but only buy them if they're on offer and am just as happy with my homemade hobnobs :-)

adelight

Are belvita biscuits sweet or savoury? I haven't tried them but are they like an oatcake meets fruit shortie? If you post the ingredients someone will probably be able to give you an idea for a recipe

ginvzt

Ok, the ingredients:

Ingredients

Cereals 54.4% [Wheat Flour 35.6%, Wholegrain Cereals 18.8% of which (Oat Flakes 100%)],
Sugar,
Vegetable Fat,
Dried Figs 8.0%,
Inulin (Vegetable Fibres),
Puffed Rice 3.6% [Flour (Rice, Oat, Wheat)],
Wheat Malt,
Sugar,
Whey Powder,
Dextrose,
Salt,
Skimmed Milk Powder,
Raising Agents (Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate, Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Sodium Diphosphate),
Emulsifiers (E 472e, Soya Lecithin),
Vitamins and Minerals Mixture [Vitamin B1(Thiamin), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin E, Iron, Magnesium],
Salt,
Flavouring

ginvzt

adelight wrote: »

Are belvita biscuits sweet or savoury? I haven't tried them but are they like an oatcake meets fruit shortie? If you post the ingredients someone will probably be able to give you an idea for a recipe

They are sweet, a bit like oatcake, I would say. Crumbly, grainy (if that is a word).

leeann79

I love these biscuits very yummy I have a pack for breakfast and normally don't need anything to about 2pm.. Asda often have these 1/2 price

ginvzt

leeann79 wrote: »

I love these biscuits very yummy I have a pack for breakfast and normally don't need anything to about 2pm.. Asda often have these 1/2 price

Right, I am stopping at Asda on the way home. I am having a pack of 7 on my desk today. 2 are gone. Will keep 2 more for later when I am very very bored at work..

adelight

Maybe try http://www.wholegraingourmet.com/recipes/43-cookies/58-healthy-oatmeal-cookies.html or swap the amounts of flour and oats? In the comments people have ditched the mollasses, swapped honey for sugar, used different dried fruit etc
The fig probably adds some sweetness but the honey or adding chopped dried figs/dates will replicate that, roll them thin to get the belvita shape(blobby cookies probably don't package well!). Try a small batch? What have you got to lose

LJM

id like to know a recipe too they do look yummy on the advert but wouldnt want to pay out too much for them,can you tell im a stinge lol

zippychick

Good luck with replicating them

I've merged this with our existing cereal bars/breakfast bars thread
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