New favorite trail snacks

[justpeachy]

I have two new favorite trail snacks that I'm in love with.

Betty Lou's Nut Butter Balls. My favorite so far is almond butter. Yum yum! I have only seen these at Bob's Red Mill, but admit that I haven't looked really hard for them elsewhere.




Harvest Snaps. The Tomato Basil Lentil Snaps are my favorite, but in truth I could wolf down any flavor. Good lord, these are addicting. I can't have these around as desk snacks anymore because I will inhale the whole bag in less than 10 minutes. I have to limit these to HIKING ONLY. I've been buying them at Market of Choice.




Any favorite trail snacks you like?

[Aimless]

I still lean to the classics: Good Old Raisins & Peanuts.

[mjirving]

Costco peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets are just the thing for me! Salty peanut butter goodness!

-GoalTech

[greenjello85]

My favorite trail food is a sausage, egg, and cheese jalapeno breakfast bagel from Harmony Bakery in Estacada I stop there every time I head up the Clackamas. I don't understand how I can hike so much and not lose any weight...
~Dan

[mjirving]

Now that you mention it, the maple bars at Joe's Donuts in Sandy are pretty tasty trail food too, although they pretty much never quite make it to the trail.

[sprengers4jc]

I like Painted Hills Beef uncured pepperoni sticks, macadamia nuts, carrots and hummus, and Betty Lou gluten free fruit bars and mix it up depending on the planned hike length and difficulty. My wife loves those Lentil Snaps and I now have to go find the Betty Lou Nut Butter Balls, Cheryl .

[nwpilgrim]

My new favorite is Cliff's Builder protein bars. Very tasty and filling. Fudge brownies are my "summit treat". No summit, no treat either!

My old standbys are salted peanuts and sunflower seeds, dried mango slices, and sometimes Fritos. Nuts and dried fruit are just travel trail fuel it seems. Back when I ate meat: jerky, pepperoni, or bacon. Once I even took kippered herring and crackers: very tasty but not so nice on the drive back.

Sorry I can't remember the PortlandHiker fellow I hiked Mt Margaret with years ago, but he had style: we shared cheese, bread and a nice red wine just after the summit. Stood with our backs to a wet wind but it was great food.

Backpacking with another friend long time ago we were camped at a very cold wet lake in the North Cascades (Washington; Copper Ridge) and he brought out a flask of Bailey's Irish creme. Wow, what a way to finish off a dehydrated meal in the rain.

[-Q-]

I still lean to the classics: Good Old Raisins & Peanuts.

Me too, except my GORP is on bread... peanut butter and raisins on potato bread.
YUMMY!!

[obera]

I still lean to the classics: Good Old Raisins & Peanuts.

You know, I've always called it GORP but never knew what it stood for. Love it! Though I will say that mine usually includes some M&M's.

[renegadepilgrim]

Betty Lou's are amazing. I took a whole bunch of them with me to Nepal last year and they were a great snack on the trail. They are locally made here in Oregon. You can buy them online: http://www.bettylousinc.com/ or at Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Opu6F8

I discovered them at the Gluten Free Festival last year. I got them for a buck a piece at the festival.

I recently discovered Munk Packs. http://amzn.to/1MevBGP

Epic bars are great if you are paleo: http://amzn.to/1CK2QQt

Tanka bars are also delicious, and can be bought in bulk at Costco, so you could split an order with friends: http://amzn.to/1MevHyf

I could go on....I don't like to eat the same thing all the time on the trail so I am always trying different things.