Weatherproof Chocolate
September 5, 2007 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate, Chocolate Links, Chocolate Online, Chocolate Pictures, Chocolate Products
Truly a product after my own heart. I was watching Food Network the other day (nothing odd about that, trust me) and saw a segment on a product that made me drop what I was doing and sit in rapt attention for seven minutes. It’s called Backpackers Chocolate, an odd name for a really cool idea (pardon the pun):
“After climbing Santa Fe Baldy one hot summer day and opening a bag of melted chocolate, Clif and Chris, the founding partners, came up with the idea for ‘weatherproof chocolate.’ By encasing gourmet chocolate in wax, they created a product that was not only waterproof and heat-tolerant, but beautiful as well. Since their discovery, Backpackers Chocolate has traveled to various jungles, mountaintops and cities around the world. When exposed to high heat, the chocolate softens inside its wax casing, but it quickly returns to its original consistency after cooling down. To eat, simply slice a wedge, peel off the wax and enjoy!”
The different colors of wax indicate different flavors: Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Nuts and Berries, Dark Chocolate Orange Chili, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Dark Chocolate Raspberry.
It’s available from several different places: ZombieRunner, Wilderness Dining, Hammond’s Candies, and Duluth Pack.
What do you think? Would you try it?
O.k…that is cool. Adult M&M’s. I would it it on a train..I would eat it in the rain..I would eat it here or there….
Haha! Perfect, Marye!
This is not new. I remember as a child receiving candy at Easter, which included chocolate encased in wax shells. We would break open the shell into pieces, and scrape out the chocolate. This was sometime in the 1960s; I’ve never seen reference to it anywhere else.
This is honestly the coolest thing I have seen all day. I backpack, and do Search and Rescue work and will be purchasing some for my pack for sure.