Guide to 8 Healthy Hiking Snacks

Best Snacks to Take on a Hike

Finding food for a hike is not as difficult as you might imagine, and if it is your turn to buy snacks for a hike, read on for some healthy hiking snacks.

Hiking Snacks Include the Power Bar
With 30 grams of carbohydrates and 12 grams of protein, the Recovery Power Bar is the kind of food for a hike that packs a punch. Enjoy it after the most strenuous portion of the hike, and you are sure to have sufficient energy to go on. REI offers them in caramel chocolate peanut butter or caramel cookies and cream for about $1.50 per bar.

Caveat: These hiking snacks contain nuts, soy, and milk ingredients. Consumers with food allergies will do well to be cautious.

Liquid Hiking Snacks
If Power Bars offer great food for a hike, the liquid hiking snacks are perfect for quick energy boosts during a hike. Sold as the Power Bar Gel, it comes in chocolate, double latte, apple, raspberry cream, strawberry banana, tangerine and vanilla. Costing right around $1.25 for 1.4 ounces, the gel offers about 28 grams of carbohydrates and 20 to 40 milligrams of potassium.

Caveat: This is a fast pick me up, but does not contain protein or fat for a prolonged energy supply.

Healthy Hiking Snacks for Kids
The Can Do Kid Energy Bar starts at $1.90 and comes in vanilla, cookies and cream, and chocolate crunch. It features 20 grams of carbohydrates, nine grams of protein, and five grams of fat. At 40 grams per serving, this is one of the hiking snacks perfect for breaks on the trail, during the hike.

Caveat: Even though these bars are gluten free, they are only 68% organic and may still contain traces of nuts and milk products.

Food for a Hike in Bite Sized Morsels
Clif's Luna Sport Moon Energy Chews are an innovative approach to packing hiking snacks. Every six bites offer 100 calories and 24 grams of carbohydrates. Starting at $1.30 per 30 gram package, these snacks come in blueberry, pomegranate and watermelon flavors. Use these snacks before and during the hike to raise and maintain blood sugar levels.