My buddy Pinball writes that his power food is Powerbar Triple Threat Fusion bars. I remember in 2007 he was hot on these bars too. Every time I look at the energy bar aisle I think of his enthusiasm for Fusion bars.
But they never did it for me and I have gotten so I can’t hardly stand to eat energy bars. My power food is butter toffee nuts.
Usually they are hanging from a rack with other cheap bulk candy and can be found at almost every little store. They cost 1.99 for a 9.5 ounce bag, making them one of the best “resupply as you go” buys.
They are a good source of protein, carbs, fat, and salt. The stores sometimes carry other kinds of butter toffee nuts like cashews and almonds but they usually cost more.
Calories per ounce varies from 120 – 150 depending on the brand.
Comparison of Power bar and butter toffee peanuts per ounce:
| Name | calories | protein | fat | carbs | sodium | price | taste |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Bar Triple Threat Fusion | 115 | 5 grams | 4.5 grams | 15.5 grams | 110 mg | $1.00 | Meh |
| Butter toffee peanuts(King Henry) | 120 | 3 grams | 5.6 grams | 15.1 grams | 42 mg | .20¢ | Yea! |
Well, your peanuts look delicioius, though I can’t quite see myself choosing them as a power food for the trail. I tend to live on gorp–M&M’s, pretzel sticks, dried bananas, a few peanuts, maybe some chocolate chips. Sounds terrible when say it like that, but I love it.
Carolyn H.
I am a peanut brittle man myself. I have mixed it with Kashi Crunch cereal a couple of time before and that has been the best.
I liked the butter toffee peanuts, too. I had to ration myself eating them. Once I started it was hard to stop. Peanut or almond m&ms are good, too.
Butter toffee and honey roasted peanuts got me from Kennedy Meadows to VVR on my pct thru this year . I left KM with 2.5lbs of them… they were the key to getting 9 days of food @4000 cal/day into my bearvault!
In the 18th century woodland Indians were known to carry just parched corn or popped corn on the trail. It still works good today.
Mostly I just carry oats and saltanas and occasionally some boiled beef and bread. Ships buiscuit/hard tack lasts a good while and on a longer trek I carry dried meat/jerky, and dried peas.
Most of the dried provisions will last a long time and you get quite a bit for the weight, but they do require water to boil.
Always carry something you can eat without cooking, just incase for some reason you do not wish to light a fire.
Le Loup.