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A muffin tin filled with assorted snacks including almonds, dried pineapple, apricots, dried blueberries, coconut flakes, seasoned nuts, pumpkin seeds, candied berries, black raisins, pecans, dried cranberries, and cashews. Nearby, small bowls hold more snacks.

Homemade Custom Trail Mix

Melissa Griffiths
Create delicious, customizable Homemade Trail Mix that's perfect for family outings, lunchboxes, and afternoon snacks. This no-cook recipe brings together sweet and salty flavors in a nutritious package everyone will love!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings (½ cup each)
Calories 362 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dried Fruit

  • 1 ½ cups dried fruits (We love dried pineapple, blueberries, cherries, persimmons, apricots, cranberries, and peaches. You could also include dried apples, dates, raisins and banana chips.)

Nuts and Seeds

  • 2 cups nuts & seeds (You can use just about any kind that you like/want/have. We like salted roasted almonds, honey roasted almonds, pecans, cashews, and peanuts. I also like to include sunflower seeds and hulled pumpkin seeds (pepitas).)

Candies and Chocolate

  • ½ cup sweets (You can include all kinds of chocolate chips, dark, milk, white, or even peanut butter chips, M&M's of any variety, chocolate covered raisins, and even candy-coated sunflower seeds. Include what you like!)

Other stuff

  • ½ cup other goodies (Shredded coconut or coconut chips and animal crackers are also great.)

Instructions
 

  • Collect up your ingredients for making trail mix. I like to get a few things from each category though if we are hiking somewhere hot, I'll leave out the chocolate category so that it doesn't melt into a mess.
  • Put the assorted ingredients into different bowls or into the cups of a muffin tin.
  • Give your kids baggies/sacks/tupperware and let them pick and choose what they would like in their trail mix.
  • Toss any "leftovers" from the bowls into a big bag. We call that "family trail mix" and we share it when their individual bags are gone.
  • Go on an adventure and enjoy when you need a snack.

Notes

Note: The amounts in the recipe card make 4 cups of trail mix. The nutritional values reflect ½ cup servings using these ingredients: dried pineapple, pecans, chocolate chips, and coconut shavings.
Some of our favorite Trail Mix Combos
  • Dried cherries, honey roasted almonds, milk chocolate chips, cashews, and animal crackers.
  • Peanuts, salted almonds, dried cranberries, milk, semi-sweet, white, AND peanut butter chips.
  • Dried cherries, dried blueberries, dried apricots, cashews, pecans, dark chocolate chips, and candy-coated sunflower seeds.
  • Dried persimmon (Aren't they pretty? Very chewy, FYI), honey roasted and salted almonds, pumpkin seeds, peanut butter chips, and candy-coated sunflower seeds.
  • Dried white peaches, honey roasted almonds, pecans, sunflower seeds, and candy-coated sunflower seeds.
  • Dried pineapple, white peaches, blueberries and cranberries, pecans, sunflower seeds, animal crackers, chocolate-covered raisins, M&M's, milk chocolate chips, and coconut chips.
  • Dried pineapple and apricots, salted almonds, cashews, white chocolate chip, pumpkin seeds, and coconut chips (my personal favorite!).
  • Dried blueberries, salted almonds, pecans, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and white chocolate chips.
  • Honey roasted almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, M&M's, and dark chocolate chips.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 362kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 3gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 162mgFiber: 4gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 14IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 1mg
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