Campfire food tends to split into two camps: burnt sausages, or a bag of marshmallows eaten straight because nobody wants to deal with cooking after dark. There's a middle option that takes ten minutes and doesn't need a pan.
Slice a banana lengthwise without cutting all the way through, stuff the gap with a few chopped Mazafati dates and a small square of dark chocolate, wrap the whole thing in foil, and set it at the edge of the coals — not directly in the flame. Ten minutes turns it soft and warm, and Mazafati's naturally sticky, semi-soft texture melts into the banana instead of staying in separate chunks the way a firmer date would.
This works for breakfast too, minus the chocolate: dates and a spoon of peanut butter in the same foil-banana setup, cooked while you're packing up the tent rather than standing over a stove.
If you're not near an open fire, the same combination works cold, straight out of the bag — the cooking just changes the texture, not whether it's worth carrying. Either way it's less mess than trying to melt marshmallows without setting one on fire.
Buy more dates than you'll eat plain, since a fair number end up going into whatever you're cooking rather than being eaten as a snack on their own. This comparison of dates wholesaler varieties is worth reading if you want to know how Mazafati's texture compares to firmer types before you decide how much to pack, and our Dates Fruit range has the stock to buy from before your next trip.