Valentine Chex Mix

I made some Valentine Chex Mix! It was really easy to make and I packaged it in some glass jars to give out as gifts.

Ingredients:

6 cups of Rice Chex cereal

1 cup white vanilla baking chips

1 cup pink vanilla baking chips

2 cups Valentine themed m&m's

1 cup dry roasted peanuts

Directions:

Line 2 cookie sheets with wax or parchment paper. Place 3 cups of Chex cereal in a medium bowl. Melt the white chocolate and drizzle it over the Chex mix - stir to combine and pour onto one of the paper lined cookie sheets.

Place another 3 cups of Chex cereal in a medium bowl. Melt the pink chocolate and drizzle it over the Chex cereal. Stir to combine and pour it on the other paper lined cookie sheet.

In a large bowl add the m&m's and peanuts. Gently break up the chocolate covered Chex cereal and add it to the bowl. Stir to combine and start filling the jars with the mix.

I decorated the top of the jar with a pice of red and white gingham scrapbook paper and added a little flower. You could also package this mix into cellophane bags and tie with a pink or red ribbon.

I love how these turned out! They look so festive! You could make this mix for any holiday by simply changing the colors of the melting chocolate and m&m's.

These would be cute teacher gifts (especially if you add a small Starbucks gift card). I think they would also be cute neighbor  gifts or party favors.

I hope that everyone has a romantic Valentine's Day!!!!

Fall Themed Trail Mix

This is a wonderful snack to make for lunch boxes, after school treats or the team.

I used six ingredients - three salty and three sweet. From left to right - kettle corn, mini cheese crackers, mini pretzel twists, fall themed m&m's, mini marshmallows and candy corn.

You will also need some cellophane bags and twine or fall themed ribbon.

Pour all the ingredients into a large bowl and stir with a wooden spoon. Add a cup of the mixture into each cellophane bag and tie with a twine bow.

I like to experiment with my trail mix ingredients. I was thinking that the above trail mix would have been great with the addition of some salted peanuts.

I hope this inspires you to make a fun trail fall trail mix! Use your family's favorite salty and sweet treats. They sell cellophane bags at Michael's and at Target (in the party section).

I put the trail mix in my metal pumpkin bucket. This would be so cute on your kitchen island or by the door so the kids can grab a treat to eat on the way to practice.

Happy Trails!

S'more Trail Mix

Every year August 10th is National S'more Day. However, I thought (and I don't why) that National S'more day was August 14th. So my S'more posts might run a few days extra - since I had the wrong date.

You will just need a few items to make S'more Trail Mix.

In a large bowl - add approximately one half of the box of Golden Grahams.

Add the entire bag of miniature marshmallows.

Also add the entire bag of chocolate chips.

My son never wants to help me in the kitchen. However, he did come and taste test the S'more Trail Mix!

I found some brown ribbon, bags and labels in my craft closet. I filled the bags with Trail Mix and tied them with the brown ribbon and put the little sticker on the bag. What an easy project!

This is a fun snack to bring to the park or beach. Make sure you keep the Trail mix in your cooler on hot days so that the chocolate doesn't melt.

Cinco de Mayo Trail Mix

Hola amigos, I thought it would be fun to make a Cinco de Mayo Trail Mix!

First I separated the red and green m&m's and put them in a bowl.

I used regular and mini m&m's.

Then I added some mini marshmallows.

Now I took the red and green pieces out of the Captain Crunch Berries cereal.

I thought about using Apple Jacks - but the green and red are not as bright.

Now I have purple and teal left in the Captain Crunch Berry cereal.

Then I put the red, white and green mixture into pretzel bags.

I tied them with multi-colored ribbon.

And I made "Happy Cinco de Mayo" tags.

Oh no! These look like Christmas! Oh well! I tried!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Cinco de Mayo! Let me know if you make this festive Trail Mix! Gracias!

New Easter Trail Mix

Today I made an Easter Trail Mix with just three ingredients.

The combination of sweet and salty is always a perfect combination.

I added pastel colored candy corn.

I also added pastel colored Junior Mints. The pastel Junior Mints came in an extra large size in blue and yellow.

The last ingredient is lightly salted peanuts.

Doesn't  this look yummy?

I still had some cone shapes from last year - so I used the cones and tied them with a matching blue ribbon from my craft area.

Always check your craft area for bags and ribbon before you run to the store!  I have saved so much time and money by checking my craft area before starting a project. You never know what you will find!

Bunny Trail Mix

I made another trail mix - because I wanted to use the last two colors of the darn Fruit Loops. I used the pink and purple for Valentine's Day and the green for St. Patrick's Day and the blue for the Easter trail mix.

 

So I wanted to use up the end of the Fruit Loops! Do you blame me? I had the yellow and orange Fruit Loops left and I was determined to use them in a trail mix. Although in my photo they do not look yellow. Why?

The I used the yellow and green bunnies from the Kraft BunnyMallow mix.

And I added a box of Bunny Graham's - that I bought at Target. But I have seen these bunny crackers at Ralph's and Henry's. Buy the honey graham cracker flavor - they will blend in the best with a sweet trail mix.

Then I picked the green and yellow m&m's out of the Bunny Mix of m&m's.

Isn't the pastel Bunny Mix so beautiful?

When I was looking around my pantry for trail mix ingredients -  I also found some little round chocolate balls.

So I used the white, green and yellow chocolate balls to punch up the trail mix.

I packaged the trail mix in pretzel bags - because I always have pretzel bags! And tied them with a yellow ribbon.

I put the Bunny trail mixes in a white basket. My kids will love this in their lunch boxes.

Okay - the very next trail mix that I make will be a healthy trail mix - unless I go down Easter aisle and another sweet trail mix idea comes to me! But I really will try to add some nuts or dried fruit/veggies. I sorta promise!

Easter Trail Mix

I made a fun and easy Easter trail mix. I used the left over blue Fruit Loops (remember I used the pink and purple Fruit Loops for Valentine's day?)

Pink M&M's that I picked out of the Valentine M&M bag.

And some Easter frosted cookies that I got at Target.

And what would a trail mix be without mini marshmallows?

I always use the Kraft brand Jet-Puffed marshmallows. The store brand never seems as fresh. So just place the above four ingredients in a large bowl and mix.

I packaged the trail mix in cellophane cones from my craft box - I must have purchased them last year at Easter time. I also found a perfect matching ribbon in blue.

I put my Easter Trail Mix in a pink basket. These are great classroom, sports team and party favor ideas.