I'm searching for homemade "on the bike" energy drinks and bars and came up with the following. Do these look like they'll do the trick, or not?

Energy Drink:

1/2 cup honey (dissolve in lukewarm water)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup lemon juice
7 1/2 cups water
Multiply the recipe as needed.



Home-brew power goop:

7 and 1/3 Tablespoons of Honey
3/4 teaspoons of Blackstrap Molasses
1/10 teaspoons (just shy of 1/8 tsp) of table salt

Be sure to mix everything together well, and it should make enough to fill a 5 serving GU flask.


Energy Bars:

2 cups corn syrup
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups natural nut butter, preferably fresh ground
1 to 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon (or more) cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups protein powder
3 cups oats, quick or old fashioned, pureed into a powder in a food processor (I'm assuming if one is allergic to oats, something else can be substituted, like brown rice flour - I hope)
Mix the first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Stir in protein powder until the mixture becomes too stiff, then use your hands to mix. Add in oats; at this point upper body strength is required. The dough will be very stiff. After mixing, spread onto a 11.5" X 15" jelly roll pan coated with non-stick cooking spray. Refrigerate for at least one hour; cut into 30 bars, and place each into a Ziploc bag or store them somehow. They will remain fresh longer if refrigerated or frozen.

I really have an aversion to pre-packaged foods/drinks, refined sugar, artificial additives, etc., so, if you have any more ideas, please throw them my way! Thanks.