From Carrs' sweet and sour chicken to mom's chocolate chip cookies, here are five Iditarod mushers' favorite trail snacks.
While it might not be as important as keeping their canine athletes fed, staying up on calories is also key for Iditarod mushers who face long days behind the sled and cold temperatures.Bridgett Watkins, oatmeal bars“We make these little oatmeal bars, they’ve got oats, bananas, white chocolate chips, peanut butter and agave and so they don’t freeze. It’s like a no-bake. I like those all times of day and I don’t throw one of those away. They get eaten. My friend Val made them for me. I love them.
“I got Carrs’ fried rice and sweet and sour chicken. I vacuum seal it. A school in Baltimore sent me a bunch of snacks out on the trail. I got cookies, Reese’s is my favorite. I got some cake in a vacuum-sealed bag. Someone special made that for me. I have a bunch of candy, I’m not too picky.”“I would never get to Nome without my mom’s chocolate chip cookies. They’re some of the best ones ever. Of course, your mom’s cookies are always the best, but I’ve been eating them since I was a kid.
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