(This is totally tongue in cheek you all!)



Averaging 480 calories and 20 grams fat, they weigh in at 4 1/2 ounces.

Do the math and see the benefits of the calories. Even better...you can just stick in in your maw while you hike. No chewing needed!

AND bears really love 'em!

I used to beg mamma for a chocolate creme pie, every trip to the store. Mmmmmmm.

:-D

What is funny is that Hostess still uses beef fat for the frying. I noticed Safeway finally pulled it out.

Sadly, I loved these as a kid. Dang, how can tallow taste soooo good? ;-)

Tasty, maybe; bulky, yes.
450 calories in 4 oz = only 112 calories per oz.

For less bulk and more go-power, try these: I make up 3 oz net weight packets of each for snacks, except for the big Payday bar which is 3.4 oz as purchased

cashews = 170 cal/oz.........3 oz = 510 cals

Pringles = 150 cal/oz........3 oz = 450 cals

Peanut M&Ms = 144 cal/oz.....3 oz = 432 cals

King size Payday bar = 140 cal/oz...3.4 oz = 476 cals

Edited by wandering_bob on 07/10/2009 20:20:54 MDT.

Tasty, maybe; bulky, yes.

Not being required to use a bear can where I normally hike ... I think I could find room for a couple of those in my food bag. Maybe one for each of the even numbered days, or perhaps those divisible by 3;-)

Problem is...for me 3 out of the 4 above items I can't eat due to braces :-( I am 1 year 7 months in....

Pringles are the only thing I can eat in that list.....

As a side bennie, the Safeway versions are all dye free except for cherry flavor.

M7M's have dye so I can't have them either.

'Cause nothing says yummmmm like a trash pie on the trail on a hot Saturday on the Cascade Crest!

;-)

I have been known to eat the Fred Meyer brand lemon fruit pies. They're inedible in town, but they taste great on the trail. Now that I have the seal of approval from Sarah and Dicentra, I will feel guilty no longer!

Hah! Now that's funny.

I'll eat ANYTHING!!! :)