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snack engineered so you eat the chocolate first and pretend the rest is virtue
means A portable snack mix of nuts, dried fruit, seeds, and often chocolate or candy, designed to provide quick energy on hikes and long outings.
from The name is plainly descriptive — a mix you carry on the trail — and is American, popularized through hiking and outdoor culture in the 20th century. An older cousin is 'gorp,' a backpacker's term whose own origin is murky; one popular claim is that it stands for 'good old raisins and peanuts,' but that looks like a backronym invented to fit the word rather than its true source.
- origin name
- called gorp by 1960s hikers and climbers
- calorie density
- packs more energy per gram than most fast food
- raisin betrayal
- always the last thing left in the bag
- trademark fight
- GORP was briefly registered as a brand name
gorp — hiking snack acronym (good ole raisins and peanuts) popularized on appalachian trail since 1960s
chex mix — ralston purina's 1952 recipe that became the most recognizable commercial trail mix brand