Hobo Dinner Recipes For Camping

It’s summer time which, for a lot of people, means camping season! Hobo meals make the perfect camping dinners because they are SO easy! Ranging from breakfast to dinner, and even dessert, check them all out.

You don’t even need to go camping (or glamping) to try them out. They can all be prepared in the comfort of your backyard!

Easy meals to cook while camping are essential! These hobo dinner ideas and other camping recipes are the best camping meals out there! What is a hobo dinner?

Easy Hobo Dinner

Hobo meals are just another name for foil pack meals. Some sort of protein (usually chicken or steak) is wrapped up in a piece of foil along with vegetables and seasoning.

The whole pack is cooked right in the oven or over a fire for a meal that has minimal clean up. Perfect for camping!

Tender bread is filled with sausage and cheese and baked in a Dutch oven. These Dutch Oven Sausage Breakfast Pinwheels were designed for camping out!

Steak Foil Packets (hobo Dinner)

This BBQ Chicken Hobo Dinner is a great dinner option for families on the go. These chicken foil packets are packed full of flavor for a weeknight meal!

This Franks and Beans recipe is made with real beef hot dogs and less sugar than the canned version. Perfect as a quick and easy lunch or a classic camping food!

Campfire Stew is a hearty, flavorful and meaty stew that can be easily made on a campfire or in an Instant Pot, slow cooker, or oven!

Best Hobo Meals And Camping Recipes

This Campfire Dutch Oven Recipe is a Vegetarian Dutch Oven Lasagna! It’s cooked in a cast iron Dutch oven over a fire, and is perfect for camping and campfire dinners at home.

These Campfire Potatoes are a classic summertime side dish that pairs great with all types of meat. The perfect hobo meal for camping!

This Hot Mess Skillet is full of browned kielbasa sausage with fresh vegetables and seasonings. It’s the perfect mixture of all of your favorites, made right over the open fire!

Easy Grilled Hobo Dinner

Cheesy Chicken Hobo Packs – stuffing, chicken, broccoli, bacon, and cheese all layered and cooked in foil packets. Easiest camping dinner ever!

Cowboy Homemade Baked Beans are smoky, spicy and sweet. The perfect side dish recipe for BBQ, potlucks and parties. An easy baked bean recipe with loads of flavor!

Boiling hot dogs is a fun and simple way to make a delicious meal for the family without having to fire up the grill. You won’t believe how flavorful they are!

Hobo Foil Packet Dinner

Monster Trail Mix is an easy trail mix of nuts, M&Ms, raisins and chips. The perfect snack for camping, hiking or an afternoon by the pool. Make a large batch and snack for days!

This Orange Olive Oil Upside Down Cake is made in a cast iron skillet, which makes it the perfect dessert to make while camping!

Grilled Peach Crisp is a deliciously simple hobo meal that can be grilled on the barbecue or cooked over the coals of a campfire!

Classic Hobo Foil Dinner Recipe

S’mores Trail Mix uses just 5 ingredient to make a sweet, salty and crunchy snack that is perfect for on-the-go and anytime of day!

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Tayler is the blog manager for Savory Experiments. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and baking delectable desserts.These delicious filled hobo dinners are perfect for cooking a mixture of carrots, potatoes and your meat all in a foil packet. It is fun to make and an easy dinner option for the summertime!

Easy Tin Foil Hobo Dinners Recipe (simple Ingredients)

Foil packets are a MUST try this summer! Switch up the ingredients and create this Grilled Honey Barbecue Chicken Foil Packets, Butter Garlic Herb Salmon Foil Packets or Butter Garlic Herb Streak Foil Packet.

Hobo dinners are a huge hit in our house! Totally kid friendly and loved by all. They are so simple to make and come together so quickly and effortlessly. Making and creating your own foil packet is just a highlight of dinner. Feel in control of what you are adding to your packet and create the best dinner for the night. Each hobo packet is made individually and can be varied according to the person or make all of them the same. Kids love this and parents do too!

Make life easy with this dinner packet by simplifying dinner and creating a flavorful packet that everyone will love. The vegetables cook up so tender and soft while the hamburger is juicy and the cheese melts perfectly over top. It is the perfect combination all together! Have a fun night of creating your own packet and watching it cook right on the grill. It is one of our favorite family dinners in the summertime and the kids rave about it every time!

Shrimp Boil Foil Packets

There are lots of variations of foil packets but my mom introduced us to foil packets when we were young. It is definitely a delicious, quick and easy meal that is great for camping, grilling and even cooking in the oven. The foil packet is a square of aluminum foil with fresh vegetables and a meat inside that is wrapped in foil. It all cooks together over a hot fire, grill or oven. It doesn’t take long and your meal is ready all cooked together. The best thing is, you have a plate as well made right out of the foil!

These ingredients are basic and can be easily stored in the pantry for easy access when ready to make your foil dinner. The flavors all come together creating one of the best hobo dinners ever. The vegetables come out tender and flavorful and the hamburger patty is perfectly juicy and cooked through. It is the perfect foil packet!

Create the best foil packet by following these simple steps. I like to use a large piece of heavy duty aluminum foil. Even doubling the aluminum foil is a great way to make sure the foil packet doesn’t break when cooking. Custom make your foil packet just the way you like it!

Blackstone Hobo Dinner Recipe

Flipping the packets can be done. This will help avoid the inside of the hobo dinner from burning. Just know that it may not look as pretty when opening your dinner packet.

These are simple dinners that come together so quickly. They are great to make ahead of time or the night of. Kids love to make and create their own dinners and they all turn out perfectly cooked. It is best to use heavy duty aluminum foil for these packets. It will hold up better as well as not fall apart. Make your packet big or little depending on how hungry you are. Just know the cooking variations will vary depending on the size of the packet ingredients.

The great thing about a hobo dinner is it is customizable. Each dinner can be made differently or all the same. You can cook them all at once or one at a time. These are so simple to make and come together quickly and effortlessly. Choose from cooking on a grill, a fire when camping or even bake it in the oven. All these options are perfect for making the best hobo dinner!

Hamburger Foil Packets

It is best to use a meat thermometer to know when the hamburger patty reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Simply stick your meat thermometer through the foil packets creating a small hole to check the temperature of meat. Once the hamburger reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit it is safe to take your foil packet off the grill, out of the oven or fire.

Create the most flavorful packet just the way you like it with variations that will help you enjoy your dinner even more. Want more vegetables or double the hamburger, you got it! These are easy hobo dinners that will make the perfect dinner for all family members.

These are prefect for camping, grilling or adding to the oven. Make these ahead of time by cutting and preparing the meats and vegetables then assembling later or assemble ahead of time and store in the refrigerator when ready to cook. These are made to be simple and mess free!

Foil Packet Meals For Camping

These delicious filled hobo dinners are perfect for cooking a mixture of carrots, potatoes and your meat all in a foil packet. It is fun to make and an easy dinner option for the summertime! 

Calories 334 kcal (17%) Carbohydrates 27 g (9%) Protein 27 g (54%) Fat 13 g (20%) Saturated Fat 4 g (20%) Cholesterol 70 mg (23%) Sodium 115 mg (5%) Potassium 1052 mg (30%) Fiber 5 g (20%) Sugar 4 g (4%) Vitamin A 7664 IU (153%) Vitamin C 26 mg (32%) Calcium 62 mg (6%) Iron 4 mg (22%)

All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.

Hobo Dinner In The Slow Cooker

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