M&Ms have always been my go-to for camping simply because of their stability in hot July temps when I usually travel. But I have pretty much kicked the sugar habit and the only dessert I now have at home is very dark chocolate with almost no sugar or partially sweetened with stevia and/or erythritol.

I'm not confident these keto bars will survive the summer temps in my food barrel. Can anyone suggest an alternative delicacy (preferably chocolate) that meets these requirements?

I've taken bars of dark chocolate (around 70 or 80 percent) before and had no problem. Keep them towards the center of the pack and, if possible, out of the sun on really hot days. Dark chocolate seems to keep better than milk chocolate.

Get some excellent cocoa powder and get creative. Even if you don’t want to mess with no-cook pudding or baking brownies over the fire, mixing with sweetener and a little liquid turns raw powder into highly delicious chocolate paste you can eat by the spoonful.

Dark chocolate has always traveled well for me. It has a much higher melting point than milk chocolate. If for some reason it gets left in direct sunlight on a hot day, I just place it in a plastic bag and set in the lake until it firms up.

I bring Dark Chocolate Nestle Morsels and mix some nuts in with them for a quick snack.

Chocolate chips are usually made with an additive to make them less prone to melting. Soy lecithin is the most common. So like woodsandwater has noticed, dark chocolate chips should be better than just dark chocolate.

I'm thinking you're overthinking and should get yourself a good sized bag of peanut M&Ms and enjoy them on your trip. Unless there is some medical reason, why wouldn't you... You only live once you know, and something tells me a handful or two of M&Ms in a day isn't going to do you in, especially on a portage trip with lots of calorie burning activity.
Do they make a dark chocolate M&Ms...

Tootsie Rolls won’t melt

scat: "I'm thinking you're overthinking and should get yourself a good sized bag of peanut M&Ms and enjoy them on your trip. Unless there is some medical reason, why wouldn't you... You only live once you know, and something tells me a handful or two of M&Ms in a day isn't going to do you in, especially on a portage trip with lots of calorie burning activity.
Do they make a dark chocolate M&Ms... "

Agreed! And yes, they do make a dark chocolate peanut M&M and they are delicious!

kjw: "Tootsie Rolls won’t melt"

Yes, but then you have to eat Tootsie Rolls.

Have a friend that is diabetic and he makes his own Hot Chocolate mix with unsweetened coco, some powdered milk and a product that is a mix of stevia and erythritol (don't know the name). But then he brings along a bag of dehydrated cubes of angel food cake and will make a cold chocolate syrup with his HC mix and pour it over the angel food cake cubes. He'll also just take a small cup of HC and pour it over the cubes and let it sit a bit and then eat it. It's not bad, but honestly, I could just eat the dehydrated angel food cake without the HC involved.

sns: "

kjw: "Tootsie Rolls won’t melt"

Yes, but then you have to eat Tootsie Rolls."

I'm not sure I can be friends with someone who enjoys Tootsie Rolls...

Dark Chocolate M&Ms.

Thanks folks. I'm gonna field test my dark chocolate in hotter weather and hope it performs as advertised here.

No specific medical reason for avoiding sugar. It's just junk that I'm trying to avoid. Once you get used to the alternatives it's not hard to do. And I don't want to look back. I used to bring Fireball on my trips. That will be off the list as well.