Gorp

A common variety of gorp (trail mix, california mix) made out of peanuts, raisins, and M&M's.

Gorp, often called trail mix, California Mix, is a snack food commonly used in outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, backpacking, mountaineering and camping. This food mixure is termed scroggin in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Iraq. Gorp usually consist of a mixture of nuts and dried fruits such as raisins or cranberries. Often ingredients such as M&Ms, chocolate or yogurt chips may be included.

Two backronyms for gorp are Good Old Raisins and Peanuts and Granola Oats Raisins and Peanuts. Some assume that "gorp" is an actual acronym for one of those phrases, but that is probably a folk etymology. The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb "gorp", meaning "to eat greedily".

Trail mix is an ideal snack food on the trail. It is lightweight and easy to store, because all of its ingredients are desiccated. It is also energy-rich, and has a high content of vitamins and minerals.

While pre-packaged commercial variants of Gorp are readily available many outdoorsmen prefer to mix up a homemade batch.

Common ingredients include:

Nuts, such as peanuts and cashews
Dried fruits such as cranberries or raisins
Chocolate chunks or M&M's
Breakfast cereals
Seeds, such as sunflower
Granola
Shredded coconut

A mix of only nuts, especially those rich in omega-3 fatty acids, and raisins is also known as Student food.

GORP.com is a website that covers topics related to hiking, parks, and various other outdoor activities. Its name, which stands for Great Outdoors Recreation Pages is a wordplay on the name for the trail mix of the same name.

Gorp is also the name of a neighbourhood in the village of Hilvarenbeek in the Netherlands.

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