Kiddos Favorite Trail Mix

Parrot Head Mama's Note:

Easy, nutritious, keeps for a long time (in a sealed container), easily "tweaked" to fit your personal tastes. A REAL kid-pleaser. Great for bringing snack on your child's turn at preschool/daycare. Although it may be wise to omit the ingredients containing peanuts (when considering a choice for nuts and regarding the peanut butter chips) as the allergy to peanuts is increasingly common and potentially life-threatening. Also great for a cooking activity with small children...wash their hands and let them throw handfulls of the ingredients together.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 15

• 1 cup Cheerios toasted oat cereal (honey nut, plain and apple cinnamon work equally as well)
• 1 cup goldfish crackers or 1 cup other cheese crackers
• 1 cup cherry-flavored dried cranberries (or other favorite dried fruit)
• 1 cup cashews or 1 cup other favorite nuts (although be aware of children's potential allergy to peanuts)
• 1 cup miniature M&M's chocolate candies (or other chocolate candy)
• 1 cup peanut butter chips or 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup miniature pretzel twists or 1 cup pretzel stick

Directions:

1. Throw everything together in a sealed container.
2. Store in cool, dry area (to prevent melting of chocolate candies/chips and other soft ingredients).

Reviews

[Ilysse]

what could be bad? I added raisins, peanut M&Ms and honeycomb cerial (had them in the pantry) left out the chips. Kids and I loved it. It made a great car trip snack.

[Becky, Katie & Eddie's Mom]

Awesome recipe! At first the kids turned up their noses at the thought of cranberries and nuts but we pushed on. They had a blast making it. They actually ate the cranberries and nuts and loved it. They polished off the whole batch and asked to make more. Thank you!

[Matt, Averie & Kate's Mom]

Took this with us camping and the kids really enjoyed it. Used honey nut cheerios, regular m&m's, plain goldfish, peanut butter chips, cherry craisins, mini pretzel twists and omitted the nuts.