Easy Trail Mix Recipe Eat Or Make As A Gift In A Jar
Today we are sharing a quick and easy trail mix recipe. One of our go to snacks is trail mix and granola. We love mixing them up homemade, adding all our favorite ingredients into them. This is a perfect snack for anytime of year. It even makes a great DIY homemade gifts. Add them into pretty jars or containers. Then add a pretty ribbon with gift tag. Who wouldn’t love getting a jar of yummy, healthy trail mix?
If this post isn’t what you are looking for try any of our treat recipes.
We love them for school snacks and to top our yogurt in the morning. We also love eating homemade trail mix for taking on hikes and traveling. We have a long drive to SF airport and then a 6 hour flight to NYC. Having a teen I know we need to have those snacks handy for long trips. Easy to pack into a snack bag and take along.
Trail Mix Recipe
This is so easy to make I just grabbed my new bag of Viki’s granola* with dried apples, raisins and pecans. I also grabbed mini chocolate chips
, pumpkin seeds
, almonds
and peanuts
. I was going to add mini marshmallows but, I just ran out. I grabbed soft caramels
and cut them in 4. You could use caramel chips
. I often use what I have on hand until I stock up again.
When making trail mixes you can use all kinds of ingredients to add to mixture.
Ingredients we love adding to trail mix
- dried cranberries
- dried pineapple or any other dried fruits.
- popcorn
- pretzels
or any other dried fruits.
You get the picture. Let’s get making this recipe!
Sweet and Salty Trail Mix Recipe
Easy Trail Mix Recipe
This is a quick and easy trail mix recipe that you can enjoy anytime of year. A mix of sweet and salty. Mix this up or get other ideas of what to add to your trail mix. Make it to eat or as a gift in a jar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple cinnamon Viki's Granola or your favorite
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds salted or unsalted
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup peanuts
- 5-10 soft caramels cut into 4 optional
Instructions
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Measure and mix all the ingredients together into one big bowl.
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Add to your favorite storage container.
Recipe Notes
Can be used as a trail mix or as a topping on yogurt and ice cream. Or make this as a gift in a jar.
Snack idea
When I don’t have time to make my homemade granola I reach for a good all natural granola. I recently received and tried Viki’s Granola – Apple Cinnamon. It’s even gluten free. It’s also naturally sweetened, sodium free, dairy free, 0 trans fats, whole grain, Kosher…..We really enjoyed it!
It has dried apples, honey, raisins, pecans and cinnamon. I wish I could pass you this homemade snack. What types of trail mix and granola s do you like?
Just rip open the bag open, pour and add your favorite milk. The Mr.’s is a midnight snacker. For today’s recipe we used it to make our easy trail mix recipe to take on our trip.
- Snacks straight out of the bag and healthy
When is the last time you have made trail mix?
