What are Cereal Bars?
Cereal bars are bars made from cereal grains like oats, rye, rice, and wheat. You may also hear a cereal bar called a “breakfast bar,” in a reference to the fact that many people eat cereal bars in lieu of breakfast, although this food can technically be eaten at any time. Many companies manufacture cereal bars, with most markets selling an array of options. It is also possible to make cereal bars at home, by combining a mixture of grains, nuts, and other ingredients with a thick heated syrup and allowing the mixture to cool and set in a baking pan before slicing it into bars. In addition to the key cereal ingredient, cereal bars usually have some sort of syrup which acts like a glue to pull the grain together so that it stays in a bar shape. The most common choice of syrup is a sugar syrup, although other glue-like mixtures can be used as well. Ingredients like fruit, nuts, candy, and so forth may also be added to a cereal bar to enhance the flavor and taste, and some cereal bars are
