Talk:Delicious Fiber Bomb Bars

If you are interested (I'm going to try this, maybe with a little tweakery, and suggest to my Weight Watcher peeps), I generated the below....

If this recipe is creating 12 servings (a 12 muffin tin):

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 119 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 387, Calories from Fat 89

% Daily Value, Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Total Fat 9.9g (15%)

Saturated Fat 5.2g (26%)

Cholesterol 20mg (7%)

Sodium 165mg (7%)

Total Carbohydrates 72.9g (24%)

Dietary Fiber 4.5g (18%)

Sugars 39.4g

Protein 6.0g

Vitamin A 5%; Vitamin C 1%; Calcium 3%; Iron 13%

WW Points: 8 [Ouch! That must be tweakable.]

If a 16 serving tin:

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 89 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 290, Calories from Fat 66

% Daily Value, Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Total Fat 7.4g (11%)

Saturated Fat 3.9g (20%)

Cholesterol 15mg (5%)

Sodium 124mg (5%)

Total Carbohydrates 54.7g (18%)

Dietary Fiber 3.3g (13%)

Sugars 29.5g

Protein 4.5g

Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 1%; Calcium 3%; Iron 10%

WW points: 6 [Better, but I still bet Things can be Done.]

- This is really cool! Thanks for doing such a thorough analysis on the nutritional value of my fiber bomb bars. I do use them as a meal substitute, or a really hearty breakfast if I'm planning to just have a green salad for lunch, so I feel a little less guilty about making larger servings of this recipe. BUT! I agree that something can be done to lower the point value on this thing. For instance, I believe that the stick of butter that I use as a a base can be eliminated or cut back to several tbsp. I think what you want to use in its place is mashed bananas. Try substituting a little less than 1/2 cup and see if that comes out better. Also, the bananas will add a little more sweetness naturally so you can cut back a bit on the honey. --Ubernerd 08:39, 15 May 2009 (EST)

Eee you luff me you really luff me. <3 --Caryatid 16:14, 14 September 2009 (EST)

Actually, your dietary analysis totally inspired me to go out and learn how to make healthy substitutions in baking, which is awesome, because there are lots of foods that actually taste better with less butter (shocking, I know!). It's mostly fruit-based things, like carrot cake or pandan-banana bread. And these oatmeal bars are much tastier and more moist made with baby food bananas instead of butter - I actually eat smaller servings. It's pretty cool. Yay PinkCat! --Ubernerd 18:16, 14 September 2009 (EST)

Oh also, in case you were interested, the information for the no-butter version (according to some calculator I found online) is:

Calories: 221.6

Total fat: 1.6g

Cholesterol: 0.0mg

Sodium: 82.8mg

Potassium: 358.1mg

Total Carbohydrate: 64.0g

Fiber: 5.7g

Sugars: 14.3g

Protein: 4.3g

That's if you call 1/16 of this recipe one serving.