Nuts, seeds, and dried fruit are all you need for typical trail mix recipe. Trail mix is a great super snack for kids meaning that they like it and so do you! Nuts and seeds provide super easy to eat heart healthy fats, vitamin E, copper, manganese, and zinc. They are also all rich with fiber and protein! The concentration of ALA (good fat) has been linked to reducing inflammation and heart health.
We love trail mix because:
- It’s portable! We do a lot of hiking, and so we always have trail mix with us.
- It’s clean! (or at least if your kids drop some it’s easy to clean up!)
- No cooking! No cooking involved. Kids can assemble their own trail mix with little or no cooking experience.
- It’s customizeable! We’ve got 7 ideas here, but the possibilities are endless.
- It’s healthy (as noted above!!)
So whether you need nut free trail mix, or the perfect trail mix for your toddlers, we have a printable guide for you, and these 7 of our favorite combinations.
(PRINT THIS RECIPE GUIDE!!)
Trail Mix Recipes
Nut Free
- Pumpkin seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Dried cranberries (sweetened in juice- we find this in the bulk section at our health food store)
- Shredded coconut
- and Freeze dried berries
Antioxidant
- peanuts
- dried cranberries
- raisins
- almonds
- Pumpkin seeds
- dried cherries
- dried blueberries
Organic
- Organic dried cranberries
- Organic sunflower seeds
- organic almonds
- organic cashews
- raw organic pumpkin seeds
- organic raisins
Sweet and Salty
- Roasted peanuts
- raisins
- chocolate candies
- almonds
- roasted cashews
Party Mix
- granola
- chocolate candies
- almonds
- cashews
Caribbean Mix
- dried pineapple
- cashews
- coconut
- banana chips
- yogurt covered raisins
Toddler Mix
- O’s cereal
- raisins
- dried cranberries
- dried apricots
- sunflower seeds
