When you go camping, you want everything to be easier: fewer things to pack and easier recipes to cook. There are many ways to make camping much more convenient, especially when it comes to food. Whether you’re making your own snacks or cooking a dessert over a campfire, here are some easy camping food hacks you wish you’d tried sooner!
Make Campfire S’mores More Fun
For an easy option to eat, make your s’mores inside ice cream cones! Or better yet, slice a banana horizontally (with the peel) and fill it with chocolate and marshmallows! Wrap the cones or plantains in foil and heat on a grill/pan over campfire coals!
Try This Healthy Campfire Snack
For an easy but healthy campfire snack, slice an apple, fill it with trail mix, wrap it in foil, and bake over a campfire. Mmm-hmm!
Snack on some mess-free tacos
Do you want to wash less dishes during snack time at camp? Make tacos in a bag! Simply open a small bag of nacho chips, add your favorite salsa and taco toppings, and there you have it – a quick, no-fuss snack!
Replace regular hot dog buns with crescent roll batter
All you need are hot dogs on sticks and Pillsbury crescent rolls. Simply wrap the pre-cut roll around each hot dog (starting with the flat end and ending with the triangle tip). Wrap it loosely in foil and roast over a campfire!
Cook in a pot over a campfire? Use the Swedish torch method!
This type of fire is free-standing and you will not need additional support for your pot. You will only need some dry softwood, a saw, and some matches to create the Swedish torch method. Easy one-pot campfire cooking!
Making Easy Pizza Using a Dutch Oven
Simply spread half the tube of premade pizza dough in the bottom of your Dutch oven, top with sauce and your other favorite pizza toppings, and cook over hot coals or wood! Easy peasy!
Remove food and snack containers.
To save space in your cooler or camping food/snack box, remove the cardboard packaging before packing. You don’t need those big and bulky packages for your trip!
Store your spices in Tic Tac boxes
Here’s another tip to save space and keep your camping stuff organized: Fill Tic Tac boxes with spices (like salt, pepper, chili powder, etc.) that you’ll need for cooking. This way, you won’t need to bring the whole bag or bottle, you’ll only need a small amount!
Try these awesome camping food hacks for your next trip to the great outdoors!