I like to bring life savers or another hard candy to eat while hiking... keeps your mouth feeling hydrated and entertained!!!

My husband and I like to bring hard boiled eggs to eat along the way. Also, for longer trips we bring tuna kits that have pre-made tuna salad and crackers.

Oh Emily, I'm with you! I need sustenance when hiking.

Always trail mix, an energy bar, and lots of water but often also some sturdy crackers, a salametti, a hunk of cheese, and a really good quality chocolate bar for a little picnic at an overlook or shelter.

And I like to keep extra water and a big sandwich in the car too...like a pan bagnat or a muffaletta.

Beer.
In cans so that the empties can be crushed and put back in the bag.

I like to take crackers with cheese and hummus (they can go for quite awhile with out refrigeration!), peanut butter and fruit, and of course, all of the classics like trail mix too!
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Almonds and dried cranberries are my favorite hiking snack. Well, they're my favorite travel snack, regardless.

i love to bring lunchables. if you do a hike with a decent amount of elevation gain, the little plastic sealed sections puff up from the change in air pressure. it's a really fun visual reminder of all the hard exercise you're getting.

A hard cheese such as aged asiago holds up really well while on the trail. Also, you can't go wrong with a pb&j that's been sitting in your pack all day!

If it's a cold day, bring tea or hot chocolate in a thermos.

p.s. - and don't forget to always pack all your garbage out with you! It bums me out to see empty packages in the middle of the woods.

Even those tiny stickers on fruit don't decompose, a park ranger just reminded me this weekend about it.

Two of our favorite foods for hikes are pb&j and avocado. Eating an avocado on its own is so luxurious!

Besides a camel pack I bring a small bag of almonds and bring a frozen veggie burger patty which is thawed by the time I eat it or I Larabar Snack Bars in Cashew which taste better than energy bars without chemicals and are real food.

i don't hike much, but when i do, i always bring some homemade peanut butter energy bars - all natural, and won't give you a sugar crash

Bagels! They're tasty but don't get squished too easily. I like them with hunks of cheese, but if you're going somewhere hot the cheese can get a little gooey.

I don't always do this, but leftover pepperoni pizza is pretty tasty after you've been trudging uphill all morning. This also means, of course, that you had to have pizza for dinner the night before.

Put chocolate chips and Grape Nuts in a zip baggie. Eat like that, or let 'em bake in the sun and get all melty. When you get to camp and it solidifies, break off chunkies and eat.
Also fun for lunch: a can of stuffed grape leaves.
Apples and peanut butter.
Powdered hummus or tabouleh mix (add water at the trailhead, then eat at lunch with crackers).
Baby Bell cheeses.

Maybe oatcakes?

Jam sandwiches :-) Or marmite for those with less sweet tastes. Both are very welcome after a hard morning's walk. And chocolate for the top of the hill!

that picture is cuuuute