Trail mix

Trail mix
	Trail mix made with peanuts, raisins and M&M's
Alternative names	Gorp, scroggin, schmogle
Type	Snack
Place of origin	United States
Main ingredients	Dried fruit, grains, nuts, sometimes chocolate
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Trail mix is a type of snack mix, typically a combination of granola, dried fruit, nuts, and sometimes candy, developed as a food to be taken along on hikes. Trail mix is a popular snack food for hikes, because it is lightweight, easy to store, and nutritious, providing a quick energy boost from the carbohydrates in the dried fruit or granola, and sustained energy from fat in nuts.

The combination of nuts, raisins and chocolate as a trail snack, dates at least to the 1910s, when outdoorsman Horace Kephart recommended it in his popular camping guide.^[1]

^ Kephart, Horace (1916). The Book of Camping and Woodcraft. The Macmillan Company. p. 196. A handful each of shelled nuts and raisins, with a cake of sweet chocolate, will carry a man far on the trail, or when he has lost it.

[Kephart-1] Kephart, Horace (1916). The Book of Camping and Woodcraft. The Macmillan Company. p. 196. A handful each of shelled nuts and raisins, with a cake of sweet chocolate, will carry a man far on the trail, or when he has lost it.

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