Trail Mix Options

The other day I searched for tv snack options that weren't plain nuts or buttered popcorn. Here are some ideas that I found. Maybe one of these days we'll try each of them!

Salted Chocolate Popcorn Trail Mix (from Nourished)

• 1/4 cup jumbo popcorn kernels
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate (I used about a quarter of a dark chocolate bar)
• 1 teaspoon butter (or try coconut oil for dairy free and vegan option)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste (a couple good grinds of sea salt or pink Himalayan salt)
• 1/4 cup chopped raw or roasted almonds (or any seed or nut of your choice)
• 1/4 cup of chocolate chips (mini or regular, dark or milk chocolate – your choice)
• 2 tablespoons sweetened shredded coconut (or other dried fruit)

Pop the popcorn. (Did you know there's such a thing as "jumbo" popcorn kernels? I didn't, but I'll have to go look for them in my grocery store. Update: Couldn't find them.) Melt the chocolate and butter together, then drizzle over the popcorn. Toss with the remaining ingredients and enjoy!

There are a lot of ideas from the Jolly Time Popcorn website. Here are two of them.

Apple Cinnamon Popcorn 

• 12 cups popped popcorn
• 1 cup walnut pieces, toasted
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 cup dried apple chunks or cherries or cranberries

Quick Churro Popcorn

• 5 cups popped popcorn
• 2-3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

And here are three from this site - Walder Wellness

Tropical Trail Mix:

• 1 cup raw cashews
• 1/2 cup raw almonds
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut chips
• 2 cups unsweetened dried mangos, chopped
• 1/2 cup banana chips

Instead of adding chocolate chips, I melted them and coated the nuts before mixing everything together.

Chocolate Raspberry Trail Mix:

• 3 cups plain popcorn
• 1 cup raw pecans
• 1/2 cup raw almonds
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or pieces
• 1 cup freeze-dried raspberries

Ginger Apricot Trail Mix:

• 1 cup raw hazelnuts
• 1 cup raw pistachios
• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 1 cup dried apricots, chopped
• 1/3 cup crystallized ginger, chopped