Very nice Flapjacks

wanderingdave

18/05/2012 at 20:38

Just thought I would share...

Dont know if they are elsewhere in Uk but B&M Homestores in Belfast Ni are selling Choc Chip Flapjacks 100g bars, 461 calories @ 29p each. Been using them for a month now and they are really tasty and work well...and I thought they are good value.

Chewie

18/05/2012 at 22:07

wanderingdave wrote (see)

100g bars, 461 calories

bang goes that diet!!

StoneHuggingHippy

18/05/2012 at 22:37

I don't like chocolate.

Do they do plain ones. ?

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wanderingdave

18/05/2012 at 23:28

No sorry dont think I seen any

GOF

19/05/2012 at 09:48

Sainsbury's in store value plain flapjacks. 99p (or close to) for a full tray. You cant make them for that money

Bedouin

19/05/2012 at 12:23

Make them at home... even better!

wanderingdave

19/05/2012 at 13:20

I have never been able to get them 'just right' at home...always a bit crumbly. And to be honest I will just buy them while they are cheap as time is becoming a very precious commodity these days.

GOF

19/05/2012 at 13:33

use a Dehlia Smith reciepe for making at home - they come out right every time. Not cheap to make mind you.

Glyn

19/05/2012 at 13:35

The best flapjacks (in my experience) are Asda's own-brand, individually-wrapped fingers. Small enough to stash in a pocket, just enough for a quick bite and no need to re-seal.
They taste way better than other brands I've tried too.

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Bedouin

19/05/2012 at 13:45

I'm really really mean when it comes to things like flapjack as IMHO its never cheap when bought. Also one of the best things about homemade apart from knowing exactly whats in it and that it hasn't been sat on a shops shelf for 6 months is the huge range of flavours you can make i.e. chocolate, date & walnut etc

I'd post a recipe but I've made them so many times over the years I do everything by eye now. If yours are too dry might be worth experimenting with your ingredients i.e. a bit more golden syrup/honey or as I sometimes do a bit of both.

I hear you when it comes to time being precious and obviously everyone needs to make there own priorities but for me quality food is pretty much top of my list!

Anyway happy eating!

wanderingdave

19/05/2012 at 14:28

Well look anyway...I just wanted to let people know that the flapjacks in b&m homestores are big, chunky, high calorie 100g individual flapjacks for 29p each and I think they are very very tasty and excellent value.

I must be honest and say I dont think I would try again to make my own simply because I could do so many other things with my evening and just buy them. But thats only the opinion of someone who sees food as an everyday fuel source and isnt at all fussy about the finer points...I think everything tastes bloody brilliant when I am hungry enough.

Bedouin

19/05/2012 at 14:31

Thats cool.... as I said, Happy eating!

Parky Again

19/05/2012 at 15:59

"Sainsbury's in store value plain flapjacks. 99p (or close to) for a full tray. You cant make them for that money"

Is that because you can't buy margarine any more? Wasn't it "banned" or did it just fall from favour?

GOF

19/05/2012 at 16:33

By the time you buy the oats, add the margarine and syrup and then, shock horror, add in the cost of the energy to bake them (and, to be pedantic, your time in mixing, baking and washing up)99p for 500g is pretty cheap.

as in, 500g value oats are about 35p, block of margarine...umm...50p ish..value syrup another, oh, um, 25p, then there is the leccy/gas...20p? All figures plus or minus, but you get the point.

If you use butter - Sainsburys value butter is £1-19 per block.

If, on the other hand, you want to take Bedder's perfectly reasonable approach that you want to know whats in them and add flavours etc, then 99p value trays is not for you.

Parky Again

19/05/2012 at 16:45

So it is much cheaper to buy. No problem with that but i did notice that margarine is extensively used in such products which isn't all that good for you. And you can't buy margarine any more so have no idea how much it would cost.

Of course it's all relative. It's not as if flapjack is your staple diet...(looks innocent)

My escapades trying to make a good flapjack, i.e. one i like, have not been succesful.

Big Kev

19/05/2012 at 16:58

I thought margarine was a by-product of the petrochemical industry?

For "flapjacks", last couple of times, I've used a Nigella recipe which includes a tin of condensed milk. Sweet Zombie Jesus, they're good

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Metric Kate

19/05/2012 at 17:04

Parky Again wrote (see)

And you can't buy margarine any more so have no idea how much it would cost.

Stork Margarine costs 69p for a 250g block at Waitrose.

Parky Again

19/05/2012 at 17:07

Well inever. Thanks kate.

GOF

19/05/2012 at 17:18

The issue with conventional margarine are the hydrogenated fats - they break down into nasties.

But you will find most (I am not sure how much most is, just saying most as saying all would be hard to justify) manufactured bakery products use margarine, though many retailers have banned hydrogenated fats. What they use instead, I am not sure.

Parky Again

19/05/2012 at 18:57

Aye. It's puzzled me in a curiousity kind of way. I don't particularly eat cakes and the like with some exceptions but i am an inveterate label reader just to get ideas as to what i can put in my own concoctions.

It's made me want to have another go at flapjacks though.

I wouldbe interested in the ingredients of wd's flapjacks to see where the calories are.

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