Backpacking Dessert Recipes
Who says you can't eat as well as you do at home while in the outdoors? Quench your sweet tooth even when you are backpacking - below are recipes to make for dessert while in the backcountry that have been reviewed and used by Wild Backpacker.
The last thing you want to do while backpacking is dirty a bunch of pots and pans for you to clean after. The majority of recipes provided can be made in just a zip lock freezer bag or in just one pot. In the top corner of each recipe, they may be marked with either a FB, recipe can be make in just a zip lock freezer bag, or an OP, for recipes that can be made in just one pot. Enjoy!
Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
- 5 chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
- 2 packets True Orange
- 2 Tbsp mini chocolate chips
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 2-ounce package shelf stable cream cheese
At home: Combine everything in a ziplock bag. Do not open the cream cheese.
In camp: Add the cream cheese to the dry ingredients. Seal the bag
and smoosh until well combined. Serve.
Makes 1 serving
Chocolate Mangos
- 1 package semisweet baking chocolate (7 oz.)
- 10 pieces crystallized ginger
- 10 slices dried mango
- 2 Tbsp peanut oil
At home: Pour peanut oil into a small plastic bottle. Place mango and ginger in ziplock bag.
In camp: Fill a pan 3/4 full of water. Place on stove over medium heat. Place chocolate in a metal cup or small pot in pan (this prevents chocolate from burning). Pour in peanut oil. Stir until chocolate melts. Dip mango and ginger slices into chocolate, eating as a fondue.
Makes 2 servings
Rocky Road Pudding
- 1 3 oz box instant chocolate pudding
- 2/3 cup powdered milk
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1/4 cup mini marshmallows
At home: Combine the pudding and powdered milk in a ziplock bag. Carry the nuts and marshmallows in a second bag.
In camp: Add 2 cups of water to the pudding mix. Top the pudding with the marshmallows and nuts after the pudding has set up.
Makes 2 - 4 servings
