Romney's Kendal Mint Cake 85 g (Pack of 8)

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It’s the traditional ingredients combined with a trusted recipe that makes our products so irresistible. Get Your Slice of Tradition and Embark on your own adventure, whether it be climbing a mountain or conquering your day. Kendal Mint Cake is popular among climbers and mountaineers, especially those from the United Kingdom, as a source of energy. The bars then go to the other rooms of the factory, where they’re wrapped, packed and stacked for distribution.

In 2016, Romney's collaborated with fashion site Lyst to create a limited run of "Kendall Mint Cakes" to celebrate Kendall Jenner's 21st birthday on 3 November. He had never tried the product himself, but as his letter says, "Experience thas [sic] shown this to be an excellent High Altitude food".In July 2017, Unesco named the Lake District a World Heritage Site, a status bound to increase tourism to the already much-visited region. Kendal Mint Cake is great for runners as it contains glucose which is the preferred source of instant energy by the body. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Kendal Mint Cake conquered Everest, Crossed the Antarctic and even helped keep the Army on the move.

also saw the launch of Monopoly - The Lakes Edition, where Romney's feature on the board, a dedicated chance card and the front of the box alongside other iconic Lake District companies. It’s intensely minty – to the point that you’ll continue to taste the herb well after you’ve swallowed the cake. In this post, I have shared the Popular Kendal mint cake recipe with some useful information that you will like a lot I hope. It was famously carried by Sir Edmund Hillary and his team on the first ever ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, and Sir Ernest Shackleton on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17.

If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Travel, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter . As we ushered in the 21st Century, we at Kendal Mint Co envisioned a bright future for the iconic Kendal Mint Cake. Whatever the future of tourism for the Lake District, and for Kendal in particular, it’s clear that a mint-flavoured bar beloved of mountaineers will long continue to be associated with it. In the BBC TV programme Great British Railway Journeys (Series 7, Episode 2), Michael Portillo visited Quiggin's factory. The enduring popularity of Kendal Mint Cake as a high-energy snack among explorers and adventurers is a testament to its effectiveness and taste.

While glucose syrup is a key ingredient in Kendal Mint Cake, you can substitute it with corn syrup if necessary. Kendal Mint Cake is not actually a cake in the traditional sense, but rather a sweet, energy-boosting, and sugar-based candy.Today, Kendal Mint Cake is still produced in the Kendal area and has expanded to include various flavors and variations, although the traditional peppermint-flavored version remains a classic favorite.

Kendal Mint Cake is based on a traditional recipe known as mint cake, peppermint tablet, and various other names. The result is a pioneering range of Sports Nutrition products, meticulously crafted to empower your pursuit of new challenges and adventures. A member of the successful Everest expedition wrote – 'It was easily the most popular item on our high altitude ration – our only criticism was that we did not have enough of it. More than 60 years after the summiting of Everest, the making of Kendal mint cake remains largely unchanged.Our Kendal Mint Cake NRG BARs are still made by hand the traditional way using: Sugar, Glucose Syrup and a top-secret blend of natural Peppermint Oil.