Healthy(ish) GORP?

imported
#1

I love my gorp. The usual ingredients are honey roasted peanuts (exclusively), reeces peices, and raisins. Sometimes I’ll add to that, throwing in broken Kit Kats, or cashews, or broken granola bars. Another time I also brought along a seperate bag full of Cheeze-Its and Cheddar flavored Chex Mix. MMM good :wink:

But I think that my gorp is a little too on the sweet side - not a bad thing, but I was wondering if any of you have any ideas on how to have a carb-packed gorp without excess sugar.

Kineo Kid

#2

'Stashios, organic granola, M’s, dried fruit-craisins. Omega 3’s, vitamin-c, anti oxidents.

Bushwhack

#3

aren’t pistachios horrible for you?, and raisins are really high in anti-oxidents along with chocolate and wine, so eat drink and be merry

clong

#4

If you are hiking for more than an hour at a time, I don’t think you should be concerned about a healthier gorp - your recipe is good. You burn so many calories when toting around a backpack. I still love my standard gorp of honey-roasted cashews, craisins and M&Ms. :girl

Butterfingers

#5

For a change, you could try corn chips at 180 calories per ounce----good ruf***e and lots of calaries and carbs

See you out there.:cheers :cheers :cheers

Maintain

#6

Hey Clong, they rock. Best nut there is. Worst…the brazil. Eat, drink and be Larry indeed.

BW

#7

Although I do prefer my gorp sugary with skittles, excessive amounts of chocolate and good stuff like that I would also put in pretzels and dried fruit of all sorts, apricots, craisins, pieces of fruit letter ripped up.

Tell it like it is

#8

I sometimes throw in some Cheerios. That oaty sourness is appealing to me.
Two Hats

Two Hats

#9

Grape nuts, Chex Mix, bagel chips, Ritz bitz or even stuffing mix (the “cube” types) would compliment those sweets.

Wild Hare

#10

kineo,

the healthiest gorp will have a solid mix of carbs, proteins, and fats (plus a little simple sugar for a quick energy boost). the non-healthy danger of many common gorp ingredients is hydrogonated oils/trans fats that’ll do a number on your cholesterol levels. the best way to avoid that is either checking ingredient lables OR by buying your ingredients at a store that is hydrogonated oil-free like whole foods. they have some really tasty granola flavors and a great mixed nut selection. for sugars, dried fruit is great. or chocolate chips for chocolate addicts like myself. good luck!!

lg

#11

marshmellows, smoked almonds, m and m’s, yellow raisens, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, peanuts, and any variety of dried fruit…mix it all together and prepare two lb freezer bags! Enjoy…(the higher calories the better)

hawkeye 2004