Favorite Geocaching Travel Snacks - What's Yours?

[+Headhardhat]

Don't know why this popped in my head but I thought it would be interesting to see...

 

When you go geocaching for the day. What type of munchies are your favorite to take with you?

 

Sweet or Salty?

 

Chips or candy bars?

 

Pretzels or gummy worms?

 

What Geosnack <Hmmm, trademark - HHH |

do you have to have when geocaching????

 

And don't all say healthy things like high protein tree bark fortified snack bars cuz we all know we eat junk

 

-HHH

[+Frank Broughton]

And don't all say healthy things like high protein tree bark fortified snack bars cuz we all know we eat junk

-HHH

 

For the last 15 weeks I have not! Lost 23 pounds so far too. I take water and some granola bars - that is it.

[+rabid-chihuahua]

I make a stack of PB&Js. Extra chunky with raspberry jam. I aslo love that new chocolate truffle chex mix but it gets sticky in the hot weather. Chocolate twizzlers are good and don't get too sticky.

[+Bubbles&Bonkers]

Well, technically we haven't brought these along with us yet, but Snickerdoodles are our caching cookies! Our 11 yr old son came up with the idea of calling out snickerdoodle when we find the cache thus allowing the rest of us to know that it's been found and to keep looking. So it just was natural that Snickerdoodles should be our cookie!

 

And yes, we have stopped for junk food. Mostly sodas, though. I've brought peanuts and crackers along.

 

I'm getting hungry just thinking about it all!!

[+eridge74]

Red Vines, pretzels, Gatorade, with a Ritz Cracker chaser. That seems to work for me everytime. Also a jar of honey roasted peanuts does the trick.

[+Nicooole]

Snickers bar!!

[+Sioneva]

Oh, gorp, of course! Or Swiss mix, or trail mix, or any of a hundred different names. M&M's, peanuts, and raisins. Can't beat that for insta-energy!

 

Except during the the summer when the chocolate melts, but...

[+StarBrand]

Raisins, dried fruits, pretzels - water.

[+redjada]

Oh, gorp, of course! Or Swiss mix, or trail mix, or any of a hundred different names. M&M's, peanuts, and raisins. Can't beat that for insta-energy!

 

Except during the the summer when the chocolate melts, but...

 

GORP! Boy, I haven't heard it called that in years. But that's what we take. We like to make our own. Peanuts, Sunflower seeds, pecans, dried bananas, Raisins, dried apples, cheeze its, check mix, and mini chocolate chips. All in equal portions. And for drink, we take water and gator-aid. Then when we get home and logging our finds, a nice cold beer.

[Clan Riffster]

And don't all say healthy things like high protein tree bark fortified snack bars cuz we all know we eat junk

Put me down for a granola bar eater. Not the $15 a piece, tasteless healthy kind, mind you. Gimme the good stuff! Lots of sugar, bad carbs, fats, etc.

That way I can pretend I'm eating healthy.

[+Steve&GeoCarolyn]

We pack Clif Bars in various chocolate flavors, because if you don't have chocolate, what do you have? (OK, OK, we pack Carrot Cake and Banana Bread flavors as well.) They are really not healthy. They give off that aura, but they're really just glorified cookies.

 

Carolyn

[+Jeep4two]

salted peanuts in the shell - nice biodegradable packaging good energy source. . . of course there's the water

[+nittany dave]

granola bars (cheap version but lower calorie if possible)

lots of water

on a long day, maybe a soda and some chips or jerky

when with Team CHB, sooner or later we'll get some Krispy Kremes because we talk about stopping to eat for about 5 hours before we actually do!

[+crazy leg]

That's so funny! We were just talking about road-trip snax yesterday! FunMama and I have determined that geocaching is a hungry activity; I'm in charge of the cache selection and map when we go, and she makes the picnic. Sandwiches, chips, fruit, water and milk. And it used to include a little cup of pickles until I threw hers out the window. I hate those little pickle cups! (Not to worry; when she was done spluttering in shock and disbelief, I went back and got it to dispose of properly.) Love a geo-picnic. No stopping to eat, though. Gotta drive and eat... one more before the kids get out of school....

[+moparots]

I like Greek food, so I usually pack Musaka (eggplant cassarole) Dolmathos (meat and rice wrapped in grapeleaves) souflaki (lamb chunks on a pita bread with szaziki (yogert garlic cuccumber sauce)) Greek salada, and a nice Hieniken. If its going to be along day, and I need the energy, I'll pack some pasticio (pasta with ground meat in a white alfredo sauce) But thats just me.... : )

[+catsnfish]

I like Greek food, so I usually pack Musaka (eggplant cassarole) Dolmathos (meat and rice wrapped in grapeleaves) souflaki (lamb chunks on a pita bread with szaziki (yogert garlic cuccumber sauce)) Greek salada, and a nice Hieniken. If its going to be along day, and I need the energy, I'll pack some pasticio (pasta with ground meat in a white alfredo sauce) But thats just me.... : )

Don't forget the loukamathes and baklava

[+Wooden Cyclist]

Almost anything, but more specifically chocolate, Cliff Bars, and Whopper Jrs.

[+Max and 99]

Salt and Vinegar chips for us, washed down with Sunkist orange soda.

Edited May 7, 2009 by Max and 99

[+Too Tall John]

Beef jerky (preferably homemade), dried pineapple and cheese sticks.

[+CacheMiner72]

Dill pickle sunflower seeds if it's just a local short hike but a full snack bag if it's a longer one. Longer hike would be jerky, granola bars, gummies if I remember and some form of chocolate along with lots of water and Gatorade.

[+Horticulture]

When I plan ahead, I like beef jerky, dried apricots, and roasted almonds. But as it stands, we usually grab Doritos and Gatorade.

 

I keep energy bars in my Geo-backpack in case I do some spur-of-the-moment caching or just forget to properly pack a snack. I also keep a case of bottled water in the car trunk at all times; besides geocaching, it also comes in handy for T-ball games and sneaking into the movie theater.

Edited May 7, 2009 by Horticulture

[+solo63137]

We pack Clif Bars in various chocolate flavors, because if you don't have chocolate, what do you have? (OK, OK, we pack Carrot Cake and Banana Bread flavors as well.) They are really not healthy. They give off that aura, but they're really just glorified cookies.

 

Carolyn

 

+1 on the Cliff Bars!!!

 

Cliff Bars and Water... Pretty much all I take...

[+The Lazy Sunbathers]

For us it all depends on what kind of caching we're doing. If we're just doing some P&G's around a scheduled meal time our snack is of the fast food variety. If we're just doing some P&G's because we're in town on errands, it's a bottle of water from the back of the van and maybe a candy bar when we finally get to the store. On longer, planned caching trips we eat a box of Cheezits, or get fancy with it and actually by the club crackers with the squeeze cheese!

 

Although, after eating all of this stuff and feeling like we should have eaten better, we don't!! We are your junk food eaters HHH, and proud of it!

 

A side note for you HHH, I love watching your Youtube videos. I watched one the other day and there was a bit of a blooper real at the end. You should have a full blooper real posted, I think that would be funny. Keep up the good work.

 

~Zwieba

[+roziecakes]

I love this topic! We're the GORP and Beef Jerky variety of cachers. I like Lara Bars or Clif Bars too.

 

Water to drink, can't beat it! If it were up to the hubby though, he'd bring donuts...

 

-Rozie

[K-9Patrol]

Copenhagen fine-cut snuff. Does that count? Oh, and a ton of water for my four-legged partner and I.

[+J-Way]

All-day caching... energy bars, trail mix (gorp, whatever), and lots of water. Plus I usually stop somewhere for lunch. Beef jerky's good too.

[+mdplayers]

After hearing that our son (15) doesn't like going caching because there's never enough food, I pack nearly everything in the pantry! Apples, chips, jerky, nuts, crackers, snack mix, GORP, etc. We look like we just came from the grocery store!

 

He still doesn't like going caching, he just doesn't complain so much any more (maybe it's just difficult to hear him with all that food in his mouth)

[+Mule Ears]

Kashi bars, fruit leather, salmon jerky, beef jerky, turkey jerky, summer sausage, mozzarella sticks, salty nuts, bananas... For electrolyte replacement, V8 juice.

 

Don't consider myself a health-food guy--I like a charred steak accompanied by a baked potato (butter and sour cream) and an ice-cold martini--but I found that the Powerbar/Gatorade combo was really poor hiking fuel. Haven't figured out how to conveniently carry the steak/potato/martini combo on day hikes, though.

[+rstefano52]

A little bit of everything except chocolate - it melts too quickly. Mostly cookies, crackers, granola type bars, licorices of all sorts - fruit snacks and candies. I always have some water and/or Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey. When going out with my brother, we usually bring along some sandwhiches and chips.

[+wimseyguy]

Haven't figured out how to conveniently carry the steak/potato/martini combo on day hikes, though.

Have you tried the ultra-puree button on your blender?

 

Usually just water to drink, but sometimes an iced tea. I'm not much of a soda drinker. I tend to eat a decent breakfast before heading out, and am happy with something sweet and full of carbs in the mid-afternoon.

I love chocolate in general, but not when I'm hot n sweaty.

[+"fish"]

a pint of some type of alchol

some gummies (annnnny type)

and a pack or three of winstons

if im hungry ill stop at speed way for hot dogs 2 for 2 rocks

[+eigengott]

Water, gorp and chocolate.

[+MarshMonsters]

We buy beef jerky, turkey jerky, mixed nuts, trail mix, water, gatorade, and if it is a long trip an energy drink.

[TM92]

Dr. Pepper and vector energy bars. You cant beat that combo

[Skippermark]

It's not a caching adventure without beef jerky.

[+aaromash]

Sun-maid Mixed fruit.

[+anakerose]

If we're going for a long day our bag usually contains:

Apples

Water Bottles (frozen)

Cheese Strings

Pepperoni

Rice Crackers

Pop

Granola Bars/Nutrigrain Bars

Mini Carrots

Nuts

Dried Cranberries

 

Anything really that is pop in your mouth and go type food.

[+nittany dave]

...and at the end of the caching day...BEER!

[+Rich the Bushwhacker]

Homemade Jerky and dehydrated fruit for snacks. For long trips I add an Onion bagel for lunch.

 

My last hike I tried the Mountain House dehydrated ice cream sandwich. It was pretty tasty and definitely a unique snack.

[+ki4byz]

I always have Slim Jim beef and cheese and something to drink”soda, warter, gaterade?” with me,

Some times granola bars.

[Team Centurian]

pepperettes, makings for sandwichs (buns meat and cheese), and dont forget the flakeys and vachon Ah Caramels yummmmmmmmmmm

[+hitech squirrel]

A snack, selected from the group consisting of, peanuts, trailmix, and beef jerky.

 

-HTS

[+Headhardhat]

The results to all the GeoSnack information is in and posted..

 

Go here to see how your fare faired...

 

http://headhardhat-geocache.blogspot.com/2...-eat-while.html

 

-Thank you all for all the great feedback!

 

-HHH

[AZcachemeister]

Beef Jerky/high nitrate meatstick (like SlimJim), dried fruit (the more exotic the better, wolf berries?, dragon fruit???), assorted crackers (Cheese-its!), Pistachios!!!

[knowschad]

Sorry... coming into this thread late, but I think you will find my feedback to be very enlightening...

 

My preferences for caching snacks actually tend more toward treats such as foie gras, Italian black truffles, fresh morel mushrooms, saffron-infused Gorp,and beef carpaccio. Maki rolls are good on a short trip in cool weather, as is tuna tartar. But don't even think about those last two when the temps rise above 90F.

 

 

 

 

PS: Beef shank bones rule!! Buried for a month by the neighbor dog and dug up by me are even better!

Edited May 15, 2009 by knowschad

[greenworldfeather]

You are going to find this really strange. i bring a couple cans of pasta to eat.

[POLE POSITION]

I don't take snacks. I believe it is healthy to not eat inbetween meals (unless my pit of a stomach is totallly famished). I don't have diabetes so far, so it must work to some degree.

[+tzipora]

I usually have ShotBloks (the caffeinated orange ones are my favorite). I always have water. There will usually be a Luna Bar, fruit leather, or GORP.

[+chuckwagon101]

I keep a minimum of two cases of bottled water in the truck for us, especially for the kids.

 

Snacks are a constantly replenished supply of jerky and beef sticks of various flavors. Also a good supply of Clif Bars, Power Bars and any other energy bars THAT ARE ON SALE! Picked up two dozen Clif Bars this week on sale for .39 cents each and a dozen Power Bars for .79 cents each. Only way to go!

[+Boots...]

Im putting on a Geocaching event in a couple of weeks, and I was thinking about doing a geocaching refreshment of some sort to fit the theme. Any suggestions? I could go generic, make a cookie dough, roll it out, cut it to rectangles, frost with green and write "GEOCACHE" on each one in yellow... but I'd be interested ot see your thoughts of other clever, creative geocaching refreshments. We'll be serving approximately 80-100 people, pot-luck style.