Cereal Bars

Cereal bars might sound like a better choice than chocolate, but check the ingredients and you’ll often find more than just cereal, oats, dried fruit, and nuts.

While it may be true that they are typically lower in fat than most chocolate bars (unless they’re packed with seeds and/or nuts), they usually contain just as much sugar, which might appear in the ingredients list as glucose syrup, fructose, rice syrup, raw cane sugar, honey, maltodextrin, or a combination of these.

You would be better off choosing fresh fruit if you are looking for something sweet. At the very least, check out the nutrition information before spending your calories on a cereal bar.