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Post by vanderloo on Aug 1, 2020 18:27:11 GMT -8
This has probably been done a time or two here but I'd like to hear what everyone's favorite trail bars are. This survey can be helpful to many. I personally do not have a go to trail snack. I keep trying new ones and the best are just ok. So what are your favorites?
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Post by cweston on Aug 2, 2020 3:10:40 GMT -8
I think of bars more as fuel than as food, honestly. Something to choke down in the morning when I have no appetite, something to pull out of my hip-belt pocket when I'm bonked on the trail.
I like Kind almond coconut, and Taos Mountain Bar Pinon Coffee (especially good for morning on the trail because they have caffeine in them).
I literally cannot choke down a Cliff bar--it's like trying to eat the Sahara Desert.
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Post by zeke on Aug 2, 2020 4:59:33 GMT -8
I gave up on bars long ago. I carry a variety of nuts for a snack or quick energy boost.
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Post by ErnieW on Aug 2, 2020 6:42:49 GMT -8
I literally cannot choke down a Cliff bar--it's like trying to eat the Sahara Desert. Someone else that thinks that! I have never understood how they even stay in business. I have mixed feelings about bars. Although it means a waterproof, fresh product I don't like the Mylar wrappers. I don't know if they ever decompose in the landfill. The other thing is it has to be in context of the use. The guy who trekked across Antarctica couldn't have done it without his bars designed for his metabolism. When I have section hiked the AT a box of Nutrigrain bars from a minimart was great to me. If I am going on an easy recreational hike, there are much better things to bring than bars. On harder hikes how easy a bar is can help get some calories in but they need water to digest.
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Post by Coolkat on Aug 2, 2020 6:56:46 GMT -8
Either Luna or Larabar. Not sure how people choke down those cliff things.
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Post by tallgrass on Aug 2, 2020 19:30:54 GMT -8
I've known Lyndsay for quite a few years. She started these for herself while rafting through the Grand Canyon. Made with 'real' ingredients and are quite delicious and the company is run by a fantastic human being. www.huppybar.com/collections/all
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Post by cweston on Aug 2, 2020 19:35:52 GMT -8
I've known Lyndsay for quite a few years. She started these for herself while rafting through the Grand Canyon. Made with 'real' ingredients and are quite delicious and the company is run by a fantastic human being. Coconut Date Ginger sounds delicious. I may order some.
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Post by trinity on Aug 3, 2020 8:05:56 GMT -8
Probars for me. I carry bars less and less, like zeke I am carrying mixed nuts instead.
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Post by ErnieW on Aug 3, 2020 8:29:37 GMT -8
I also carry cereal. Usually what is around the house and what sounds good when I am leaving but there are granola cereals that would be like bar ingredients. Throw in a bag of raisins, dried fruit and if not too hot a bag of chocolate chips. Like eating a bar as far as your stomach is concerned. Less packaging and more versatility.
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 3, 2020 10:19:50 GMT -8
I do carry either Kind, Costco Kind imitations, or Trader Joe’s nut bars as a back-up but like others, less-packaged options are more appealing. Home-made bars or cookies are my first choice, but can be harder to manage when there is a lot of delay between leaving home and starting the trip.
I long ago gave up on Clif, Powerbars, or most other highly-processed food substitutes.
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Post by Coolkat on Aug 3, 2020 10:40:55 GMT -8
I long ago gave up on Clif, Powerbars, or most other highly-processed food substitutes. Besides sucking every bit moisture from the mouth when attempting to eat those things. I have a friend who once told me about a time when he attempted to use nothing but power bars for a hike. He said by the third day he was attempting to trade food with every hiker he encountered. Home-made bars or cookies are my first choice I'm not sure why this option never occurred to me until today. Not only would they taste like home I might actually want to eat them. I'm the odd ball that almost always looses my appetite on the trail (at elevation or not). Although I try to stay away from too much sugar on the trail. I have a strange fear of getting sick on the trail and we all know what sugar does to the immune system.
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Post by trinity on Aug 3, 2020 11:52:34 GMT -8
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Post by markskor on Aug 3, 2020 16:35:07 GMT -8
Three thoughts -
At first I thought this thread was about saloons, IE, bars that you visit after hiking. Most oft visited - the Curry Deck bar.
Anyway, as for my favorite "sawdust" type food bars...none. Bought a dozen Larabars (on sale REI) and still have 5 left, four years later.
Favorite bar though is Milky Way dark chocolate.
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Post by hikinggods on Aug 3, 2020 20:09:54 GMT -8
I favor Rx bars--decent tasting, no mystery ingredients, good amount of protein, not tons of sugar, and not too dry.
Many years ago, I made a batch of oversized oatmeal-raisin-walnut cookies before every backpacking trip-delish! And they traveled well. Why DID I stop doing that....
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 3, 2020 20:12:46 GMT -8
Snickers with almonds.
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