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Kid Friendly Trail Mix

Cranberries

The cranberry is not only for your Thanksgiving feasts. Cranberries don’t have to grow in bogs as they are commercially. There are varieties that grow happily from Canada to the Appalachian Mountains in the south of the United States. I personally have never grown them but love using them in cooking. There are many online companies to help you choose which kind of cranberry bush is the variety that is right for your area.

Fresh cranberries may be available in your local grocery seasonally – they freeze wonderfully too. Dehydrated cranberries can be used in any recipe calling for raisins. I especially like them in snack and baking recipes.

This recipe originally appeared in Savor the Flavor of Unique Berries.

Kid Friendly Trail Mix

Dori Fritzinger
Servings

8

Prep Time:

5 minutes

Category

Appetizer

Purchased trail mix can be expensive and have additives. This recipe makes 8 to 10 servings and cost about less than $1.00 per serving (Original recipe from Genuis Kitchen.)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Cheerios™ toasted oat cereal
  • 1 cup Goldfish™ crackers or 1 cup other cheese crackers
  • 1 cup Craisins™ dried cranberries (or other favorite dried fruit)
  • 1 cup cashews or 1 cup other favorite nuts (optional)
  • 1 cup miniature M&M's™ chocolate candies (or other chocolate candy)
  • 1 cup Reese’s Pieces™ (or other peanut butter candy)
  • 1 cup miniature pretzel twists or 1 cup pretzel stick

Instructions

  1. Throw everything together in a sealed container. Store in cool, dry area.
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Dori Fritzinger

Dori Fritzinger

She lives and works with her multi-generational family in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They have a farm of cows and calves, wool sheep, dairy goats, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, honeybees, a horse and a donkey.

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