Comments on: Pantry Trail Mix

By: Kim Steeber

Kim Steeber — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:10:29 +0000

So fun to find your blog and recipes!

By: Dawnette

Dawnette — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:15:47 +0000

What an awesome idea! The crazy thing is, I’ve been a scout leader for 12+ years, and my troops/dens have often made trail mix for outings and camp-outs, but we’ve always purchased the supplies specifically for that event or had each child bring something to add. I’ve never made trail mix at home from all the bits & bobs left over in my own pantry. Duh!

Into my pantry mix today: Craisins I’d kept shuffling from one side of the shelf to the other; the last handfuls of Cheerios and Crunchy Corn Bran cereal (minus the cereal dust I carefully sifted out); almost-empty bags of bittersweet and milk chocolate chips and candy-coated sunflower seeds; shelled pistachios near their “best by” date and macadamia nuts (ditto); and two bags of freeze-dried apple slices. It’s all bagged up and ready for Tuesday morning! Thanks!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:37:21 +0000

If there are chocolate chips in my house, they are never around long enough to make it to a trail mix. You have inspired me to buy some though so that I can make one. If they are in a trail mix, I will eat them at a much slower pace.

Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas with us.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:10:30 +0000

For my 3 year-old daughter:
Pantry “trail mix”
pretzel goldfish
broken up vanilla wafers
cheerios
raisins
dried apricots (slices were quartered to be about the same size as the raisins)
chocolate chips

for the grown-ups:
Go Lean Crunch (Brand name) cereal
coconut
chocolate chips
sliced almonds
dried apricots (quartered the apricots to be about the same bite-size as the cranberries)
dried cranberries

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:41:36 +0000

Just made some up…chocolate chips, slivered almonds, dried cranberries, and shredded coconut…yummy!!

By: Terry McAuliffe

Terry McAuliffe — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:38:51 +0000

I love making my own trail mix! Cranberries are a yummy addition!

By: Stacie

Stacie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:17:18 +0000

That is a really great idea to use up the stuff in your pantry to make a trail mix.

By: flutemom

flutemom — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:53:25 +0000

your trail mix looks delicious. i might try your recipe. i make trail mix on a regular basis. i eat a small handful each morning, because i always wake up hungry and ready for breakfast. that “buys me time” to get my shower without feeling weakened by hunger. anyway, my trail mix is cheerios, honeynut cheerios, peanuts, m&ms, and raisins. I always have all those ingredients on hand anyway, so i don’t consider it an extra expense. my leftover nuts from baking stay in my freezer so i can use them as needed- we bake all year ’round; except for the peanuts which i buy in a big container at walmart, because we like to snack on peanuts.

By: Heather Fox

Heather Fox — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:41:52 +0000

Great idea. Need to raid my pantry for some ingredients.

By: Risa

Risa — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:14:37 +0000

I do this a lot to clean out the snack cabinet. Most recently ours was made up of; chocolate chips, just bunches cereal, pretzels, ranch gold fish, golden raisins, cranberries, the remainder of a can of planters energy mix and a lost little baggy of gummies (gummies are a rare treat in our house)