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Has anyone tried these? I came across a you tube video of someone carrying one of these on his 17 hr thru hike of the Devils Path in the Catskills. I checked out the website.. they look interesting.. i am probably going to try 1 chocolate Malt, 1 coconut cream, and 1 cookies n cream brick… any one have any feedback about them yet??
I tried them when I went keto nearly two years ago, it was the only thing that seemed workable for a hike from a keto perspective. They weren’t horrible, but I ended up throwing a bunch out. The first couple you eat seem okay, but, to me, the taste got real old real fast. And they really are a brick, not easy to bite into, at least when I tried them. YMMV of course. I’d recommend trying a couple before buying too many.
Have to agree.. about trying before buying too many. I ordered 1 chocolate, 1 coconut and 1 cookies n cream. Ill see how they are.. like you said.. can get old real quick, im sure. I like trying different things on different trips and figure my upcoming October trip maybe i will pack one of these and use as my “snack” that i can chip away at over 3 or days..
Trying to figure these out…It seems they’re basically a brick of flavored cacao butter. Not sure how long I could tolerate that…
https://www.amazon.com/Navitas-Organics-Cacao-Butter-Ounce/dp/B01MRRHTNV
^^^This butter is 120 calories for 13 grams. Scaled up to a Keto Brick sized portion (151 grams and 1000 calories), that’s 1200 calories for 130 grams. So it sounds like these Keto Bricks are in the ballpark of 80-90% cacao butter.
Yeah. I will let you know what i think when i get them.. and then I will decide if im gonna bring 1 on my upcoming trip. Im kind of on the fence right now.. lol. I dont have a clue!!
One other thing to note, they crumble. I tried cutting one in half, and pretty much did so, but with lots of slivers as well. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, just know that it happens and be prepared for it.
First taste test.. coconut creme .
Not bad at all. I could definitely snack on this on a 3 or 4 day trip. Personally i think i would just bite right off of it, as it does flake when sliced.
I can understand about getting sock of it after a while.. but for now.. it is a go!!
I will try the cookies n cream on my upcoming trip in a few weeks and report back on that.
So I bought a variety pack to reacquaint myself with them. I think I just bought too many before. You’re right, not too bad.
I bought a silicone ‘bar’ tray, each section is about the size of two kit kat bars stacked on top of each other. I put half a keto brick in the microwave and melted it, then poured that into two of the sections and put the silicone tray in the fridge (the half brick filled each of the sections about 80 percent of the way, to make two bars instead of bricks). the keto bricks hardened right back up, and stayed that way on my counter for about 4 hours this afternoon. Much easier to eat in this form factor than the form factor of the bricks as shipped. Something to consider.
Great idea. Where and what did you buy (silicone bar tray). Thats a great idea. I just sliced 1 brick into 3 pieces and packed each piece in a small sandwich baggie.. bringing them with me on my upcoming trip this week. Again.. it is not something i could live on, but a small hi calorie tasty snack on trail for a few days.. definitely works for me.
I bought these. They’re quite flimsy, so you need to put a plate or pan underneath them while moving them into the fridge and such, but they work like a charm for my intended purpose.
That is perfect!! I am going to do this after my trip.. (for next time) thanks for that!
Im actually heading out to do the Loyalsock trail thru hike. Going west to east. I believe you have done this????
Yes, I did Loyalsock a number of years ago. I’ve also done shorter loops in Loyalsock. All when I lived back east. It’s a great trail, you’ll enjoy it.
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