31 Boy Scouts Backpacking Meals (2024)

With just six ingredients, this recipe for Healthy Instant Oatmeal is made with rolled oats, chia seeds, toasted flax seeds, brown sugar, freeze-dried berries, and dried blueberries.

Backpacking food is one of the most important elements of a trek. And this delicious backpacking meal of Persian beef kebab and saffron rice is not your ordinary dehydrated food.

Dehydrated Red Lentil Chili is a warm and hearty backpacking meal that is loaded with plant-based protein to keep your muscles fueled on the trail. Cheap to make, quick to cook, and guaranteed to fill you up!

Combining savory ground beef & sauteed onions, spicy chili seasonings, and noodles, this hearty backpacking meal is perfect after the end of a long day.

These gluten-free carrot cake muffins are a good idea for a light weight breakfast-throw a couple in a ziplock bag and head down the trail!

This watermelon jerky is the perfect backpacking snack. It's lightweight, delicious, and provides a carb boost when you need it!

This air fryer zucchini chips recipe makes for an easy snack on any backpacking trip.

What's the secret to making parmesan crisps and cheddar cheese chips? Recipe for quick and easy cheese crisps, with 10 different flavors and seasonings-great for smaller groups!

Soft, sweet, and delicious, these banana muffins are sure to please. As a quick snack or breakfast treat, they are perfect at any time, even on a camping trip with a cub scout.

Break out the cooking merit badge pamphlet, even older scouts will love this homemade kettle corn!

Whenever you need a little boost of energy, these 3 ingredient peanut butter oatmeal balls are just what you need. Uses basic ingredients and the new scout troop will love them!

Cooking activities are fun on scout trips. Following cooking methods that are unconventional, like baking porridge squares, can be fun!

Head to the grocery store before your backpacking trip to score ingredients for these homemade "muddy buddies"

A good idea for a not junk food snack - these seasoned ranch pretzels!

Schedule a quick shopping trip for these basic ingredients to make an alternative Chex Mix

Homemade gluten-free granola bars are delicious & healthy! Made with popcorn, oats, almonds, coconut, & chocolate chips

These smoky chickpeas are crunchy on the outside and so creamy on the inside.

Homemade Apple Crisps are a fun, kid-friendly, and healthy snack. Try them with peanut butter!

This peanut butter granola is a great way to start off your morning and is also a great pick-me-up snack. You know exactly what you're getting with this homemade recipe for your backpacking trip.

These delicious Chewy Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Granola Bars are one of them, and we think you will absolutely love them.

Tasty and healthy these muffins are easy to pack and eat on the go. Sweet potatoes provide healthy nutrients for growing boys.

This Instant Pot Navy bean soup with smoked bacon and green peas will keep warm for hours in a thermos. This soup mix is healthy, delicious and gluten-free!

Light and fluffy Orange Muffins are made with freshly squeezed orange juice and a few other simple ingredients.

Air fryer candied walnuts are a yummy and healthy snack. It can be the best companion for a scout whenever hungry, better than energy bars!

This Aussie damper is quick and easy soda bread. It was originally cooked over thecoals of a camp fire and can be made in a camp over or on a stick.

These delicious and easy cheese muffins are perfect to eat as a treat on their own, as part of a balanced lunch, or to dip into piping hot soup. They're hugely popular with my kids and can be made in a single bowl.

Love popcorn? Then make this delicious, fluffy and easy Air Fryer Popcorn for a movie theatre snack the whole boy scout troop will love.

4 everyday ingredients and less than 5 mins to the BEST Cheese Snack Mix.

Oat-Free No-Bake Granola Bars (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Allergy-Free)

When mint is combined with decadent chocolate, it is a match made in heaven. Featuring whole grain oats and sunflower seeds, these Mint Chocolate Sunflower Bites provide a substantial dose of flavor! They are gluten-free, nut-free, and vegan.

Churros are popular throughout the world for many reasons, including their sweet cinnamon and sugar blend.Perfect for backpacking trips and cub scout meetings!

This backpacking spaghetti recipe is a family favorite and one that we take on all of our backcountry hiking and canoeing trips. It’s delicious, easy to make and most importantly, a hit with the kids!