How much trail mix do/can you eat per day when hiking?

[Canam]

I just weighed out a pound and I could easily knock it out in a couple hours bumming around the house. In fact, I've gone back for two handfuls since I started writing this post. I think I could take down over two pounds a day while hiking - and probably last a whole week without getting tired of it.

[Old Hiker]

I got tired of it after about 3 weeks or so. I went to candy bars instead, Not sure why. I still bought $ Store bags, but I didn't really eat as much as nibble occasionally. I wanted more, solid food.

[Northern Lights]

I get tired of trail mix really quick. I prefer the peanut butter filled pretzels.

[Rocket Jones]

I take regular GORP, and usually I'm fine with it. But on one hike I found myself picking out and eating only the m&m's, on another I ate almost none at all. I don't hike long enough stretches for the hiker hunger to really kick in, so I guess it's just what I'm in the mood for at the moment.

[Kookork]

I get tired of Trail mix after about two weeks but before it happening I can eat around one pound of it daily. Some brands are easier to eat.

The problem with consuming trail mix as the only food source is that when you need to go to washroom then you NEED to go right away( due to very high fiber content). The urge of defecation comes like a hurricane and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time , then ...

When you get tired of trail mix switching to other food sources for a few days let you switch back to trail mix again.

[yellowsirocco]

Trail mix is hiker food, I try to eat real food when I am hiking. Give me some apples instead, I don't complain about the weight.

[max patch]

Early in a thru you'll see a few really h-u-g-e bags of gorp.

[mrcoffeect]

I like to add dry cereal to the trail mix, like honey nut cherrios. I'll buy small box, eat some in town with real milk, put three or four handfuls in 1lb trail mix. and pack the rest for on the trail with powdered milk or nido if i can find it.

[4Bears]

When I put to gether a batch of GORP I tend to use less raisins, prefer mixed nuts, and mixed dried fruit, for a variety. I also throw in some jerky for the extra protien boost, and some cereal like Cherrios, Chex or whatever looks good at the time.

[Slo-go'en]

I usually leave town with a big bag of GORP of some kind. Since it's heavy, I eat most of it the first couple of days out. My new favorite is "Great Value" Peanut butter trail mix with Reese's pieces, peanuts, peanut butter drops and pretzels.

[Drybones]

I have trouble consuming enough food, I took a large mouth plastic bottle and filled it with trail mix to feed out of like a water bottle as I'm hiking, doubt that I'll be able to consume enough while walking to get tired of it, been eating it for a couple of weeks around the house and still enjoy it, a cup a day of the mix I have will give me an additional 760 calories.

[Carry-On]

I love the Wal-mart Great Value brand of Mountain Trail mix. Then I add fruit chews, peanut m&ms, sour patch kids, craisins, whatever I have or am craving at the moment. Often I would eat that as my lunch, or pour it out on top of my flour tortilla with peanut butter for lunch. Sometimes I even ate it for dinner, when I didn't want to put any effort towards cooking or cleaning.

I loved it before my thruhike and never got tired of it during my hike. I actually had to ration it so I would still have some left after a couple of days. It is heavy, though.

[Blue Mountain Edward]

I prefer deluxe mixed nuts or dry cereal.

[rocketsocks]

After seeing it posted here, I've started carrying my gorp in a gator aid wide mouth bottle, lot easeir to eat that way for me, and I don't have to keep digging my dirty hands in a sticky bag. My gorp mix is what ever is in the house at the time, but usually the standard peanuts, raisins, chocolate morsels (or in hot weather, M&M's) coconut shaved and sweetened, pretzels, dried apricots cut and quartered...and whatever else is on hand.

Oops I didn't answer the OP question...I can eat quite a bit of trail mix at least 2 16oz bottles worth a day. so 32 ozs dry measure...whatever that is? 3 or 4 cups?

[prain4u]

I have always made my own trail mix. I was also experiencing some significant "trail mix burnout".

So, in the past couple of years, instead of making batches of "trail mix"---I have started carrying each of the trail mix ingredients separately in small ziplock-style bags ("snack size" bags are ideal--but harder to find).

I find that I enjoy "trail mix" more--if I am eating just one ingredient at a time. During the course of the day, I might snack on raisins for a while in the morning. Later in the day I might be snacking on peanuts. A bit later I might eat some M&Ms, etc. By the end of the day, it is the same ingredients and same calories as having eaten traditional trail mix. However, eating each ingredient separately tastes very different on the taste buds than 8-12 hours of snacking on the same darn "trail mix" taste hour after hour, day after day.

I have also found that I enjoy "trail mix" more if I change (or rotate) the ingredients/recipe often. Raisins, peanuts, M&Ms, walnuts, almonds, sunflower seed kernels, cashews, dried fruit, dry cereal etc. The choices are almost limitless.

I rarely eat a real lunch when hiking. I just snack throughout the day on my "trail mix", power bars, dried fruit, sausage, jerky etc.

If I had to guess (depending upon the day)--I probably eat 1/2 pound to pound of trail mix ingredients daily.

[hikerboy57]

roasted salted cashews and Almond Joy m&ms

[Sara]

Dried kiwi is amazing a great way to liven up boring trail mix.
I usually eat a small ziplock each day while hiking.

[MuddyWaters]

I usually dont eat all I bring.
and I love trail mix.
I dont have the appetite for it when hiking that I do at home.

[leaftye]

I eat about a pound a day. I don't get sick of it, but after a while I prefer the fruitier blends.

[BirdBrain]

Macadamia nuts, Brazil nuts, and plain M&M's