Real-Food Recipes for Cyclists
Find delicious, easy-to-prepare, real food recipes to help your performance on and off the bike. Each recipe includes ingredient lists, simple instructions, and baker’s tips and tricks to make baking in the kitchen a joy. New recipes are added every other week. Subscribe to the Bakin’ Biker’s Sampler Club get new recipes + nutrition resources.
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25 Must-Have Pantry Ingredients for Making Homemade Energy Bars & Snacks
This list of 25 essential pantry ingredients is designed to help you stock your kitchen pantry with key ingredients for making baked or no-bake energy bars, oat-based bites, rice cakes, and portable ride snacks. Each ingredient plays an essential role in providing carbohydrates for fuel, binding bars together, adding texture, or boosting flavor and nutrients.
4-Ingredient Salted Date Caramel Energy Chews
These Salted Date Caramels are a naturally sweet, chewy treat packed with quick-digesting energy and a touch of salt to replenish electrolytes lost during rides.
The combination of Medjool dates, tahini, and honey creates a balanced blend of carbohydrates, healthy fats, and natural sugars, making these caramels an ideal pre-ride snack or mid-ride fuel.
Simple to make, easy to store, and perfect for on-the-go fueling - go make them!
Happy Ginger Coconut Cashew Bars
A spiced-up twist on the original Happy Biker Bars, these Happy Ginger Coconut Cashew Bars bring together the warming zing of ginger, the nutty richness of cashew butter, and the tropical sweetness of shredded coconut.
With a chewy, golden-brown texture, these bars are designed for easy packing—perfect for fueling your next adventure, whether on the bike or on the go!
Chocolate Sweet Potato Kick Cakes
Filled with sweet potato, Medjool dates, almonds, and ground espresso, these tiny little cakes pack a punch!
Whether you're looking for a nutrient-dense snack to fuel your cycling adventures or a midday snack, these Chocolate Sweet Potato Kick Cakes deliver on all fronts.
10 Pre-Ride Breakfasts To Power Your Next Endurance Cycling Ride
Fueling your morning ride with the proper nutrition is crucial for optimizing performance and endurance. In this post, you’ll find ten delicious and nutritious pre-ride breakfasts that provide the perfect balance of carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats. These breakfasts are designed to sustain your energy levels and help you hit the trail or road feeling your best.
My Top 5 Real-Food Recipes for Fueling During Endurance Cycling Efforts
Are you tired of cardboard-tasting, pre-packaged bars? Dreading the thought of eating another waffle? Fed up with sugary gels and chews that taste artificial and lead to gastrointestinal distress?
If you’re looking for more natural and real food options to fuel your efforts that are easier on your gut and your wallet, you’re in the right place. Keep reading for 5 of my favorite real-food recipes for fueling during endurance cycling efforts.
Happy Biker Energy Bars
Introducing The Happy Biker Bar.
A versatile, wholesome bar packed with cashews, cashew butter, oats, natural sweeteners, and a choice of mix-ins. A sweet, yet subtly savory bite baked for pure happiness.
Enjoy as a mid-morning snack, portable ride snack, or evening dessert.
Eat Good. Be Happy :)
5 Rad Reasons for Cyclists to Fuel Their Rides with Real, Homemade Food
As cyclists, we're constantly seeking ways to optimize our performance and overall well-being. One often overlooked aspect is the quality of fuel we put into our bodies. While pre-packaged energy bars and sports drinks may seem convenient, there's a compelling case for choosing real, homemade foods to power your rides. Let's explore why making your own cycling fuel can be a game-changer for your performance, health, and enjoyment on the bike.
Date and Pecan Coffee Bread
In celebration of the launch of the Bakin’ Biker ’25 Cookbook, I’d like to share one of my favorite recipes from the new edition: Date and Pecan Coffee Bread. This delightful quick bread is perfect for early mornings, snacks between meals, a portable snack for your rides, or even as a comforting nighttime dessert.
With its sweet juicy Medjool dates, freshly brewed coffee, and crunchy pecans, this bread brings warmth and joy to any moment.
Go make this recipe, NOW!
Performance Petite Potatoes
Potatoes are an excellent source of simple carbohydrates for a quick burst of energy. They are also high in potassium and Vitamin C, which help with muscle function and support the immune system.
These bite-sized snacks are perfect for packing and enjoying during a bike ride. They also make a great side for a pre-or post-ride meal or can be chopped and added to a breakfast hash.
Apple French Toast Cakes
A Fall-inspired portable snack made with warming flavors from maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, and apples.
You can eat these Apple French Toast Cakes warmed up with a little nut butter as an early morning snack before a ride or pack them with you and eat on the go!
10 Recipes You Can Make with Performance Bakin’ Mix
Bike Goods Performance Bakin’ Mix lets you easily make tasty, portable cycling bars and baked goods in a snap. Here are 10 recipes you can make with a bag of mix to fuel your next ride.
The Ultimate 5-Minute Cycling Ride Pie
Ride Pie. A pie you make, bake, and take with you on a cycling ride. A Ride Pie isn’t your ordinary pie, though. It’s a pie made from sliced bread and your choice of filling, baked to buttery perfection. The best part? It takes only 5 minutes to prep so you can spend more time riding, and less time pie-ing!
Use These 8 Pans to Shape and Bake Your Portable Cycling Snacks
In this post, I share a list of my very favorite baking pans and tools to shape my portable cycling snacks. I use these types of 8 baking pans more than anything else in the kitchen and highly recommend them to any Bakin’ Biker who wants to make homemade snacks to take with them on rides.
9 Ways to Wrap, Pack, and Carry Your Cycling Snacks
Whether it’s for racing, trail riding, bikepacking, or casual strolls down the road, how you pack your snacks matters! This post shares optimal ways to wrap, store, and ride with your snacks.
6 Homemade Energy Gels and Squeezes for Cycling
Making your own homemade gels and squeezes is easy and affordable. These 6 DIY energy gels and squeezes are a good fit for endurance races and long-haul adventures for when you need something that’s easy-to-eat while on the bike
20 Homemade Cycling Snacks + Recipes To Fuel Your Next Ride
Since starting Biked Goods, I’ve been on a quest to bake, eat and share good homemade foods with the cycling community. Along my journey, I’ve made different cycling snacks for races, adventure trips, and the kids I mountain bike coach for at Team Summit. Here are 20 of my homemade cycling snacks + recipes to give a try on your next ride.
Quick Packed Lunch for Cyclists: Apple, Nut Butter, and Date Sandwich
Your new favorite way to sandwich. Featuring a soft, chewy, and crispy combo of apple, dates, and nut butter wedged between two whole-grain pieces of bread. Made to keep you full and power you through your next long-haul ride.
5 Ways to Eat Muesli Bars On and Off The Bike This Summer in Summit County, CO
Biked Goods Bike Snack Boxes are BACK for the Summer! Filled with fresh-baked, real-food Muesli Bars made to help fuel cyclists, athletes, busy families, and anyone who enjoys a tasty snack. Learn 5 ways to eat muesli bars and place your order.