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Trail Mix

Trail Mix

I pack a little snack in my kids’ backpacks every morning along with their lunches.  I was in the process of buying some trail mix packets when I realized two things.

  1. Trail mix is expensive!
  2. I had all the ingredients for the trail mix at home in my pantry.

Needless to say, I put the trail mix back on the shelf and made some at home using what I had on hand. After looking in my pantry, I found almonds, cashews, dried cherries, dried blueberries, raisins, pistachios, peanuts, white chocolate chips, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. I threw them all in a bowl and mixed them together. I gave my kids a little bowl to snack on after school and they loved it. I packaged the rest into snack-sized Tupperware (about 1/4 cup in each). Now I have some pre-made snacks available to throw in the kids’ backpacks in the morning and I didn’t spend a fortune on them–I love that!

Trail Mix

How to Make Trail Mix

Combine the almonds, cashews, peanuts, pistachios, dried blueberries, dried cherries, raisins, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips together in a large bowl, mix with your hands until well combined. Store in sealed airtight containers. Enjoy.

Trail Mix

 

Trail Mix

Trail Mix

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of raw almonds
  • 1 cup of cashews
  • 2 tbsp peanuts
  • 2 tbsp pistachios
  • 2 tbsp dried blueberries
  • 1 tbsp dried cherries
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 1-2 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1-2 tbsp white chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Combine the almonds, cashews, peanuts, pistachios, dried blueberries, dried cherries, raisins, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips together in a large bowl, mix with your hands until well combined. Store in sealed airtight containers. Enjoy.
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  1. Homemade trail mix always gets my creative juices flowing, Pam. I use to love making it for the kids when they were in school. Why oh why do I never make it for myself? This too must change:) Thanks for the reminder and the inspiration!

  2. 5 stars
    This recipe is not only delicious, easy and healthy – but it also helps me clear out those random bits of nuts hanging around in the pantry!

    1. Brooke,

      That’s how I clean out my pantry too! So glad you enjoy this trail mix recipe. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

      -Pam