I'm going backpacking in August for a week in a remote area where there are no shops so we have to bring our own food. As it will be very hot, how do I bring chocolate for quick energy without it melting? Don't say bring those energy bars or drinks because I really hate them and I couldn't survive for a week without chocolate!
2006-06-14 02:28:43 · 15 answers · asked by Rox 4 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Packing & Preparation
Well.. Keep it some place where the sun wont get to it. In a Container of some kind too where the chocolate wont be moved too much, friction creates heat after all.
M&M's would work good because they have a shell on them, and wont melt as easily.
2006-06-14 02:35:11 · answer #1 · answered by zodiac_xxxx19 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You've got to think of a way of storing it so it stays cool.
Firstly use a cool box if you can or ice packs for storing it.
When you take it with you put it in the coolest area of your bag
probably where you store your water.
I would wrap the bar up in foil, to keep out the heat and maybe store that in polystyrene.
Bascially you want to wrap the bars in anything that is a good insulator. Foil and Polystyrene are Good
You want to keep the temperature difference between the chocolate bar and its immediate surroundings as little as possible, i.e next to the water which should be cooler
And if that all fails enjoy your melted chocolate!
2006-06-14 02:42:15 · answer #2 · answered by welsh_darkhorse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hershey used to sell a product called the Tropical Bar, a heat-resistant chocolate bar for situations just such as yours. I understand they now have a similar product called the Desert Bar which is distributed to troops in the middle east. Check with camping and outdoor outfitters to see if it is available in your area, or call Hershey directly at 1-800-468-1714.
2006-06-14 02:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you don't have ice blocks to refreeze day after day and you don't want to carry a cool bag. If you want something cooled, wrape it in a thick layer of damp newspaper. The water will evaporate in the heat, cooling whatever it wraps, the same way as sweating cools us. You can top up the dampness as it dries out. Works with beer too.Physics is our friend, children!
2006-06-14 02:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by scotsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a small, softsided, zip-up insulated cooler (think lunchbox) and place all chocolate in there with a frozen cooler/freeze pack. We got one at K-Mart for $12, and it came with a sports waterbottle and freeze insert for the bottle too.
2006-06-14 02:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by KB OH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a blue ice pack. Wrap chocolate and blue ice together and
cover with a section of the newspaper. Then put in thermal
pack pack with blue ice in it. It should stay cold until lunch time.
2006-06-14 02:33:47 · answer #6 · answered by dyana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that chocolates that has milk in it tends to melt faster.Maybe you can cut them into small pieces and put them into a flask (the vacuumed one) so it won't melt. Just a suggestion. Hehe..
2006-06-14 02:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by nick ramsey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't, really. That is why most backpackers that eat chocolate choose M&M's, which have that coating. It tends to keep them edible longer, if they are stored carefully.
2006-06-14 02:31:46 · answer #8 · answered by Mycroft 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put it against a bottle of cold water in your backback.
my chocolate melted on a trip and it got hard again in 5 minutes after my friend did that.
enjoy your trip!!!!
2006-06-14 02:34:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back pack in the dead of night.
If that does not work, forget it. You're now able to have a "fondue".
Have you ever heard of "dry ice"?
2006-06-14 05:45:07 · answer #10 · answered by bold4bs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋