Create Your Own Trail Mix

Mix and match your favorite nuts, fruit, and sweet flavors for a tasty on-the-go snack.

Trail Mix Ingredients
Nuts & Seeds 1/2 cup	• Almonds • Cashews • Pecans • Peanuts • Pumpkin seeds • Sunflower seeds • Walnuts
Grains 1/4 cup	• Bran flakes cereal • Oat cereal • Popcorn • Pretzels • Puffed rice cereal • Shredded wheat cereal • Whole-grain crackers
Dried Fruit 1/2 cup	• Apples • Apricots • Bananas • Cranberries • Cherries • Dates • Mango • Pineapple • Raisins
Sweets 1/4 cup (optional)	• Butterscotch chips • Chocolate chips • Mini marshmallows • Peanut butter chips
Flavor Sprinkle on (optional)	• Coconut • Coffee Beans • Dried ginger • Sesame sticks • Spices • Wasabi peas

Instructions

Using the chart above, choose combinations to total the amount of nuts and seeds, grains, and dried fruits. For example, select 1/4 cup cashews and 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds to make a combined total of 1/2 cup.
For a sweet addition, choose one or more items from the sweet column to total 1/4 cup.
For a flavor option, add a sprinkling from the flavor column.
Shake together in a resealable bag. Divide into 1/4-cup portions. Serve in mini paper cups or split into snack-size bags.

Makes 1 1/2 cups | 2 servings

Pecans, granola, dried apples, nutmeg
Cashews and sunflower seeds, popcorn, dried mango, bananas, coconut and ginger
Peanuts, oat cereal and pretzels, raisins, chocolate chips
Peanuts, puffed rice cereal, dried banana, chocolate chips
Almonds, wheat cereal, dried cranberries, peanut butter chips
Pumpkin seeds and almonds, fish-shaped whole-grain crackers, dried cherries and apples