For carbs on a ride, we tried something new yesterday. Hubby picked up a box of "
this apple walks into a bar..." from Trader Joe's. Like Fig Newtons but the length of a food bar with apple filling, WITHOUT high fructose corn syrup or trans fats (important to me), and pretty tasty. I ate one on yesterday's ride when I felt very hungry after about 10 miles, and it did a quick job of restoring my energy until we stopped for lunch.
Before a long ride (about 1/2 hour before) a bowl of oatmeal sweetened with a little brown sugar and raisins stays with me better than a sweet box cereal which causes my blood sugar to crash before I'm even warmed up.