{"id":2311,"date":"2017-08-31T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/go-beyond-gorp-with-these-35-tasty-trail-mix-ingredients\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T00:01:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T05:01:08","slug":"go-beyond-gorp-with-these-35-tasty-trail-mix-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/go-beyond-gorp-with-these-35-tasty-trail-mix-ingredients\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Beyond GORP With These 35 Tasty Trail Mix Ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/boyslifeorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/trailmix.jpg?w=620&#038;h=465\" alt=\"trailmix\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-143985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boyslifeorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/trailmix.jpg?w=620&#038;h=465 620w, https:\/\/boyslifeorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/trailmix.jpg?w=150&#038;h=113 150w, https:\/\/boyslifeorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/trailmix.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225 300w, https:\/\/boyslifeorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/trailmix.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing like a bag of trail mix on a hiking or backpacking trip. Originally called GORP, for \u201cGood Old Raisins and Peanuts,\u201d this mix of dried fruit, nuts, chocolate and other dry ingredients can be a good energy source on the trail.<\/p>\n<p>Almost anything can go into a trail mix, but many people try to find a good balance between sweet and salty items. Here are 35 tasty trail mix ingredients that you might want to try.<\/p>\n<h2>NUTS, SEEDS AND LEGUMES<\/h2>\n<p>Some experts say that 50 percent of your trail mix should be made up of these ingredients, but be aware of allergies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peanuts<\/li>\n<li>Cashews<\/li>\n<li>Pecans<\/li>\n<li>Almonds<\/li>\n<li>Sunflower seeds<\/li>\n<li>Pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n<li>Walnuts<\/li>\n<li>Pistachios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>DRIED FRUITS<\/h2>\n<p>Dried fruits don\u2019t spoil as fast as fresh fruit and won\u2019t moisten the other ingredients.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raisins<\/li>\n<li>Banana chips<\/li>\n<li>Dried cranberries<\/li>\n<li>Dried apricots<\/li>\n<li>Dried apples<\/li>\n<li>Candied orange peel<\/li>\n<li>Dried blueberries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CHOCOLATE AND SWEET STUFF<\/h2>\n<p>Be careful in warmer climates, because chocolate can melt and make a big mess.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>White chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>M&#038;Ms<\/li>\n<li>Reese\u2019s Pieces<\/li>\n<li>Sweetened coconut<\/li>\n<li>Peanut butter chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CEREALS AND GRAINS<\/h2>\n<p>Everyone loves the satisfying crunch and texture of these ingredients.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Granola<\/li>\n<li>Chex cereals<\/li>\n<li>Popcorn<\/li>\n<li>Pretzels<\/li>\n<li>Sweetened cereal, like Fruit Loops<\/li>\n<li>Cheetos<\/li>\n<li>Wasabi peas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>SPICES<\/h2>\n<p>Lightly sprinkle your trail mix with one or more of these spices for extra flavor. But be careful, a little goes a long way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>Cayenne pepper<\/li>\n<li>Garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>Onion powder<\/li>\n<li>Curry powder<\/li>\n<li>Chili powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=boyslife.org&#038;blog=2980226&#038;post=143982&#038;subd=boyslifeorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing like a bag of trail mix on a hiking or backpacking trip. Originally called GORP, for \u201cGood Old Raisins and Peanuts,\u201d this mix of dried fruit, nuts, chocolate and other dry ingredients can be a good energy source on the trail. Almost anything can go into a trail mix, but many people try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}