Trail Mix Recipe (Homemade + Healthy)

Homemade Trail Mix recipe in jar with healthy trail mix ingredients.

Trail Mix Recipe (Homemade + Healthy)

This homemade Trail Mix recipe is easy to make and customize, and loaded with wholesome nuts, dried fruit, and your favorite add-ins. Portion it into small baggies for individual healthy trail mix snack packs!

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings (¼-cup) servings (assuming recipe is made with each "part" equaling ¼ cup)

Calories 183kcal

Author Samantha Skaggs

Equipment

13- x 18-inch Half Sheet Pan

Ingredients

3 parts almonds dry-roasted & lightly salted
2 parts raw walnuts
2 parts raw pecans
1 part cashews dry-roasted & unsalted
1 part dried cherries or cranberries unsulphured and unsweetened or fruit-juice sweetened
1 part semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
1 part unsweetened flaked coconut

Instructions

Measure all of the ingredients into a large bowl. Stir gently to combine. Store in an airtight container.

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Notes

The size of the batch you make is up to you. I listed the recipe in parts rather than distinct measurements (like cups). So choose the size of scoop that you want to use and add the listed number of scoops to the bowl for each particular ingredient. For example, you could use a ¼-cup measuring cup for a small batch of trail mix, a ½-cup measuring cup for a medium batch of trail mix, or a 1-cup measuring cup for a large batch of trail mix.

The nutrition calculations at the bottom of the recipe card are based on a batch that was theoretically made with ¼-cup "parts." The entire batch would make 2 ¾ cups of trail mix, or 11 servings. Nutrition info is for one serving, which is ¼ cup of trail mix. The nutrition information should be the same no matter how large or small your chosen "parts" are, but the total number of servings would go up or down accordingly.

I prefer using a bag of "halves & pieces" for the walnuts and the pecans. Using only halves makes for pieces throughout the trail mix that are too large. On the other hand, you don't want tiny little pieces of chopped nuts either.

For toasted walnuts and pecans, spread your nuts in an even layer on a sheet pan. Bake them in a preheated 350°F oven for 5 to 8 minutes, until fragrant and lightly toasted. Be sure to watch them carefully since nuts can go from perfectly toasted to scorched very quickly. Completely cool the nuts before adding them to your mixture.

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