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    Ryan Gardner
    Spectator

    @splproductions

    For those of you that bring chocolate (or other meltable sweets), how do you keep it from melting and making as mess?

    #1424242
    Tom Clark
    BPL Member

    @tomclark

    Locale: East Coast

    Bury the chocolate in my foodbag in the center of my pack, and eat it the first night.

    Of course, in winter it's no problem.

    #1424259
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    Well, after having to get my molten candy bars semi solid in an ice cold stream two years ago I now carry my candy in my cozy. Being insulated it keeps the heat down :-)

    #1424281
    Mark Verber
    BPL Member

    @verber

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    I take dark chocolate (72% or more) which requires high temps to melt than lighter chocolates. put the chocolate inside my pack (it gets some insulation from outside heat) right next to my playtpus water bladder which normally has water which is cooler than air temp. I keep my chocolate in a plastic bag so if it does melt, the mess is contained. If it's melted, I will often put the bag in a stream until it cools enough to harden.

    When it's going to be really hot I switch to M&M. The chocolate isn't as tasty, but as the ad says… melts in your mouth, not on your hands.

    –mark

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    Ryan Gardner
    Spectator

    @splproductions

    Mark, good to know about the dark. I just bought some… and some M&M's! I'm set!

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    john Tier
    Spectator

    @peter_pan

    Locale: Co-Owner Jacks 'R' Better, LLC, VA

    At the jungle warfare school in Panama years ago we learned to pack Snicker bars in the center of our poncho liners…. It worked too… So pack your candy in the middle of your sleeping bag… the heat will be insulated out…. use a baggie for insurance… also let you bag cool in the morning after you get up before you put your chocolate in it.

    Enjoy !!!

    Pan

    #1424311
    Andrew Richard
    Member

    @fairweather8588

    Locale: The Desert

    Putting my snickers bar in the freezer the night before then packing it in my food bag in the center of my pack kept it from getting cooked by the Arizona sun

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    Peter Wise
    BPL Member

    @pwise757

    Locale: Northeast USA

    I make my own trail mix and include mini-M&M, peanuts, shaved coconut, cashews, raisins,and sesame stix. Go heavy on the Mini M&M's and you'll get your choco-caffeine fix.

    #1429300
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Cold Chocolate? I unwrap my snickers bars and put them all into a ZipLok baggie. I do keep them buried in the pack but if they melt… that's what the long handled BPL ti spoon is for.

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    Joe Kuster
    BPL Member

    @slacklinejoe

    Locale: Flatirons

    The higher percentage of coco in the dark chocolate the higher the melting point. If you can live with the 80-90% stuff it'll survive suprising temps in the middle of your pack. I try to keep mine in my rehydration cozy.

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