Both a tasty treat and a life-saving functional energy candy. Not caffeinated, but packed with glucose and sugar making it a great accompaniment on hikes, bike rides, camping trips, and so on.

Kendal Mint cake has been used by:

• Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman in their supplies for their 2004 motorcycle trip around the world in Long Way Round.
• Sir Ernest Shackleton for the Imperial Trans- Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917.
• Sir Edmund Hillary while climbing Mount Everest