Payday bars, not 100% sure of the exact calorie nutrient breakdown, I just know it's plenty.

I really like savory FeedZone type rice cakes. Its a bit of faffing around once a week or so making/packaging a batch. But, I'm not big on sweet stuff while riding....and much prefer salty/savory.

How long do they take to make? Been wanting to try them out for a while now.

Frozen Uncrustables

My go to is uncrustables. Always peanut butter and honey. Freeze them and they're thawed out by the time you eat them. Kind of works like an ice pack for a little while.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
1 sandwich (52g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories
200
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11g
14%
Saturated Fat 2.5g
12%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 220mg
10%
Total Carbohydrate 20g
7%
Dietary Fiber 2g
8%
Total Sugars 4g
Incl 2g of Added Sugars
4%
Protein 7g
7%
Vitamin D 0mcg
0%
Calcium 31mg
2%
Iron 1mg
6%
Potassium 145mg
4%
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Paydays (the bite-size version) were part of my fueling strategy for my first full. Sugar, fats and salt in one handy snack.

Trader Joe's/Daelmans mini stroopwaffels are a current staple.

x2 on the uncrustables. They are fantastic on long, zone 2 rides.

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Maybe an hour tops, once a week. Basically, cook the rice, plus scrambled eggs or whatever. Mix it all together in a large bowl. Divide into portions, shape, wrap, and freeze or refrigerate.

Payday and almond snickers have brought me back on my last 100mi here in Florida with all the salt, sugar, and fat.
Also tropicana apple juice

Oh yeah, I just pulled out one of my King Size bars from my stash. "Three servings per container", so when you eat an entire bar on your ride.....

450 Calories
24 grams of fat
- 4.5 grams of saturated fat
No cholesterol
225 mg of sodium
12% of your iron DV
48 grams of carbs
- 3 grams of fiber
- 36 grams of sugar
12 grams of protein
6% of your calcium and potassium DV

The best energy bar ever, very tasty. Throw in some chocolate milk at a gas station shop, and I can go all day with a couple of these.

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Dates and rice cakes work well for me. Sometimes i'll bring snickers or pop tarts as a pick me up on my longer 5+ hour rides. Lara bars are a good prepackaged snack that's a lot cheaper than "race nutrition" products.

I found a bunch of little square individually wrapped maple almond snickers on clearance a few months back and bought the lot, not looking forward to them running out.

My favorites right now are Untapped raspberry waffles and a few times a year on long rides we do baked potatoes wrapped in foil. The baked potatoes are great. Bake them in the morning and if you are lucky you wont burn yourself through your jersey pocket. Fig newtons are the other old school ride feed.

+1

Fig Newtons. Great on their own during a ride, but those and a Coke will get me going again no matter how bad I've bonked...

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Don't the snickers turn into a melty mess in the FL heat?

I've taken the peanut butter and Jelly Rice cakes before. And love the Denver Ommelet rice cakes. Didn't like the FeedZone Waffles that much.

I like stuff that doesn't get melty . . . oatmeal raisin cookies are a good one.

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For longer endurance rides, I love Kirkland Cashew Clusters from Costco. Basically small squares of nuts, pumpkin speeds, and Honey. Super condensed and easy to eat on the move, and pack a lot of calories. A two pound bag is like $15, which is a hell of a deal.

I also really like Nature's Bakery Fig bars on more race pace or sweetspot rides. They come in 2 small bars per pack, each with 100 calories, 10g sugar, and 20g carbs. I find that eating 2 bars (1 pack) per hour can sustain me for a long time at race intensities. They are very easy for my body to digest, and the ingredients are very clean for a prepackaged bar. The blueberry are my favorite flavor, though I really like the Raspberry too.

Trader Joe's ABC bars (almond butter cocoa). 6 for $2.99, 160 cal, 8g fat/19g carb (6 sugar)/4g protein. Oat base to the bar, doesn't melt, easily digestible and pretty tasty.

Some years ago--never mind how long precisely-- D'Wife and I were on our annual bike tour for MS. D'Wife is not very good at working her jersey pockets, so it is usually my job to schelp the snacks around for the both of us. This entails stocking up pretty well at the rest stops along the way, and stuffing my pockets more than they were probably meant to carry: snack bars, cookies, chips, pretzels, Tastykakes ... you get the idea

At some point on the road, she asked me to hand a protein bar or something over to her. I sat up, reached back, fumbled around until I found what she wanted and handed it over.

Some dude riding up behind me said "Looks like you got a whole Wawa back there"

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Hostess fruit pies

400 calories for about a dollar

Had about 5 BBQ ribs in tinfoil in the fridge. Was doing a gravel ride. At them overlooking a viewpoint. Was amazing. Would recommend

That's a very gravelly thing to do.

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I used to do poptarts---but, they were a bit too dry mid-ride...and always seemed to turn to crumbs in my jersey. Never considered the fruit-pie. Hmmm....

The team my buddy started for the MS City to Shore made it an annual contest to see who could pack the most of those little Clif Bars they give out into our jersey pockets on the ride back to Woodcrest (we only did it because one of the volunteer leads told us they were required to trash any leftovers and encouraged us to take as many as possible). I think one guy managed 35.

+1

Used to do poptarts back in the day, but they are a bit too dry/crumbly.

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Fruit snacks are pretty darn good and cheap. I use them on the trainer a lot too.

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+1 I've never eaten a fig that wasn't in newton form.

Natural figs taste just like Fig Newtons

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Swedish berries or gummy bears are my current go-to!

I tried pop tarts on the ride and experienced the same thing. They remain pre/post ride food for me.

DUDE, I've been on the rice cake train for a while now. So amazing and so easy. I have also discovered that coating them in rice flour keeps them from drying out when freezing so thats a plus
I went with the GCN base recipe

2.5 cups of short grain rice.
5 cups of water
1 block of cream of coconut
1-3 tablespoons of coconut oil. (The hotter it is the more it will drip out as it gets warm, not a huge issue but be warned)
3tb of sugar
some salt
Fruit of choice. So far ive done craisons, mango, and apricot.

Put everything in a rice cooker except fruit (i bet you could add the fruit just never done it)
When its done, it wont look done, just stir it up and let it cool down some. Come back later as it should be thicker by now and load into a gallon ziplock and lay out in the shape of a block. Try your best to bake a solid block shape.
I use a rimmed cookie sheet and cutting board
Throw that bitch in the fridge preferably over night to solidify enough to cut. simply cut the bag edges so you can easily peel it off and cut into 12 squares.
Before cutting, you can rub in some rice flour if you want. I found this kept them a little more moist when freezing.
Wrap in Scratch brand parchemnt foil as this is literally impossible to find in a US grocery. Scratch sells 40sheets for $5
If not frozen they will mold in about 5ish days. Even then it didnt kill any of us.

ALSO I just tried some onigiri style last weekend
made a half batch so it was 1.25 cups of rice for 2.5 cups of water
2tb of coconut oil
salt

Once cooked I stirred in MSG, Soy Sauce and Furikake
Then I wrapped in seaweed then wrapped in scratch wrapper. These were super popular on my training camp and will definitely make again. Also the seaweed keeps it real nice and solid.

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I use 100mg Clif Gels (Expresso) for nearly all distances.

If I'm going for 100mi and get hungry at 80mi, I'll stop for ice cream, cheez-its, pringles, and chocolate covered pretzels.

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I usually take healthy snacks which includes almonds and other fruits. But sometimes i miss the whole meal during workout or eat after doing some kind of workout.

I have carried everything from peanut butter@nutella rolls to Jerky to Welchies favourite, strawberries and cream soft candy,Mars bars,Snickers but the epic stuff eaten during Multi-Iron's and long bike tours are the best with pizza,Subway rolls,meat pies,gas station, sandwiches and hot latte's in Camelbak thermal bottles,you name it. The snacks from 7/11 in Thailand are a never ending fun time and I really miss those..One of the joys of long rides/tours for me is looking like a homeless cyclist,hanging out at random truckstops or convenience stores in strange countries..

Sometimes a slice of pepperoni pizza in my pocket.

This. My only complaint with fig Newton's is sometimes they turn in to a crumbly mess by the time I eat them.

A small can of coke from a gas station has gotten me through the latter part of some rides when I was really suffering. It's amazing (and kind of disturbing) how quickly you feel energized after having one.

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I forgot Coke.. I buy the 6-packs of the little cans (Mountain Dew works too) from the local grocery store, and throw one in my jersey pocket for longer rides. A can of Mountain Dew in my drop bag (along with some of the mini stroopwaffels I mentioned above) was the perfect kick for the last few miles of a gravel race last fall.

Costco has a bag of individually wrapped beef sticks which are pretty good.

Yeah I’m a fan of all of these.

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A famous stop I had on a long ride 80mi+ included (in video) me putting milk in my bottles and also an ice cream snicker bar into the bottle and also peanut m&ms - people thought it was hilarious. But, realistically sipping and taking the top off the bottle to eat the bits while riding was one of the best decisions I have made in this life. Sooooo tasty.

If it’s around Christmas and I’m riding, I’ll find egg nogg at the gas station and put that in one of my bottles - mmmmmm. Calorie friendly.

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I will always stop at a lemonade stand. Did a Dave Scott triple brick workout last year that was a loop that also had a bake sale on it so I had rice krispy treats for that, but after three rides/runs I was pretty sick of them.
I love coke and Pringles too.

Yeah I feel like Pringles really hit the spot with their saltiness and prove to be very easily digestible for quick fuel.

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This thread should have ended with MexiCoke and Fig Newtons.

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My snacks of choice :
Bobos oatbars (oatmeal to go)
Nature's bakery whole Wheat fig bars and brownies (these are what I live off of for multi hour trainer rides).
Skratch bars (currently living on these during my rides).

Oh and half way of my normal weekend 80 mile ride has these amazing oatmeal apple Raisin Cookies

Little Debbie oatmeal creme pies

Graham crackers for long rides

For gravel rides, I have a hydroflask that is sized for a bottle holder in which I will put coffee and have it mid-ride, deep in Portland's Forest Park

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Gummy Peaches and PayDay

Uncrustables, load one up frozen in the back pocket, a bit chilly but feels good in the summer and by the time you're hungry its perfect and ready to eat.