Here's how to make a do-it-yourself trail mix station that's such a fun thing for families to make before going on an adventure. You'll love all of my trail mix recipes and ideas too. There's no wrong way to make a trail mix.
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
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/Chocolate
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
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.