Break out your kale containers. Protect your secret stash. This trail mix is YOURS! Grab a bag of each of your favorite snacks. Rip open each one and dump in an extra large bowl. Prepare in a room away from the kids so they can’t hear you putting this together. The smell and sound makes them come running like a can opener will to a pet. Keep that kale container full at all times as this sweet and salty creation from heaven screams to be eaten. Often. Enjoy! And don’t forget, “I told you so!” Another original creation from Marilyn’s Treats secret stash. #chex # raisins #sweet #salty
More snacks on your list? Try this Snickers Snack Mix, Three Musketeers Snack Mix, Hot Brownie Cake, or Summer Snack Mix.
Summer Snack Mix
Break out your kale containers! Protect your secret stash! This trail mix is YOURS!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Adjust Servings: 50
Calories: 160kcal
Ingredients
- 12 oz box Chex Cereal I used rice
- 1 1/2 cups roasted and salted whole cashews
- 1 pkg spring M&M's peanuts
- 1 pkg M&M'S plain
- 1 20 oz yogurt covered raisins
- 1 pkg pretzels
Instructions
- In a extra large bowl dump in all ingredients and mix.
- Serve with a ladle.
- This recipe can be adjusted to any size. Add or exchange ingredients as desired.
- CAUTION: This recipe is addictive so serve in individual cereal bowls.
- Add half to your kale container and HIDE!
Notes
More snacks on your list? Try this Snickers Snack Mix, Three Musketeers Snack Mix, Hot Brownie Cake, or Summer Snack Mix.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g (6%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 7g (11%) | Saturated Fat: 3g (15%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 50mg (2%) | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 2g (8%) | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 0% | Vitamin C: 0% | Calcium: 0% | Iron: 0%
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Dee | Grammy's Grid
September 1, 2018 at 12:58 AMCongrats Marilyn! Your post is FEATURED at the #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty 30 ♥
Marilyn
September 1, 2018 at 8:47 AMThank you so much Dee! You have made me smile this morning. I can’t believe the beginning of the month is here already! Enjoy your holiday.
Dee | Grammy's Grid
September 12, 2018 at 11:04 PMThey say time flies when you’re having fun ♥
Marilyn
September 12, 2018 at 11:43 PMYes they do!
Amy @ The Quiet Homemaker
July 10, 2018 at 12:34 PMMan, anything with M&M’s is a winner to me!!
Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell!
Blessings,
Amy
Marilyn
July 10, 2018 at 8:09 PMThanks Amy!! Enjoy.
Roseann Hampton
July 9, 2018 at 8:13 PMThis looks like a great recipe to share at work! Thanks for sharing at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life
Marilyn
July 9, 2018 at 9:13 PMIt travels well anywhere you take it! I have a huge tupperware bowl with lid I use. Win, win!
Dean
July 8, 2018 at 8:55 AMYes, please! This looks delicious. But… my kids are super sleuths they’d find it somehow.
Marilyn
July 8, 2018 at 9:12 AMMine always found my Christmas present hiding place too. So I started switching gifts with my sister. She had girls and I had boys. Needless to say they were horrified! LOL. I hope you find a similar snack mix at your home to make. Enjoy!
My Early Retirement Journey
July 7, 2018 at 9:27 PMhaha…it’s like a no-bake monster cookie!
#thriftythursday linky party
Marilyn
July 7, 2018 at 9:42 PMYou are right. It really is!! And tastes as good too. Enjoy!
Elizabeth Walker
July 7, 2018 at 8:01 PMThis looks delicious!
Marilyn
July 7, 2018 at 9:01 PMThank you Elizabeth. Enjoy!
Karren Haller
July 6, 2018 at 8:24 PMI have printed your recipe to make this weekend, I have a couple of my sons kids that love this stuff!! Thank you for stopping by to share on #omhgff each week!
Have a great weekend!
Marilyn
July 6, 2018 at 9:30 PMThank you Karren. I just love how easy it is and know everyone will like it. Enjoy!
Claire
July 4, 2018 at 5:59 AMOh wow, yes, please. I would love to make this up for the film night over the weekend. Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays Marilyn 🙂 Hope you can join us today.
Marilyn
July 4, 2018 at 6:59 PMIt is so quick and you always have leftover snacks to throw together. Anything goes! Enjoy your week.
Veronica Lee
July 3, 2018 at 1:16 AMI love how pretty these look!
Marilyn
July 3, 2018 at 11:15 AMThank you Veronica! Enjoy your week.
Grammy Dee | Grammy's Grid
July 2, 2018 at 3:17 AMYUM! I think I pinned this recently but anyway it looks and sounds tasty! Thank you Marilyn for linking up at the #BloggingGrandmothersLinkParty 29! Sharing this post x 4 ♥
Marilyn
July 2, 2018 at 9:43 PMI have a couple of these. Some are peanut butter, or regular, or different colored seasonal ones. But they are all good! Thanks for the shares!!
Amy
July 2, 2018 at 2:20 AMI didn’t have a Kale container, but I’m going to get one!!! This Summer Snack Mix sounds marvelous. Pinned. Thank you for sharing at Saturday Shuffle Blog Hop.
Marilyn
July 2, 2018 at 9:42 PMGood! You need one. I have a recipe that started the kale container joke. I will be putting it up next week. A bit backwards at the moment. Have a great week.
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
July 1, 2018 at 10:45 AMThe colors sure look like summer! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Hope your week is fantastic.
Marilyn
July 1, 2018 at 11:15 AMThanks Helen. I love homemade snack mixes. Sweet and salty and colorful are my favorites. Enjoy your week,
katherines corner
June 28, 2018 at 5:34 PMoh my goodness sweetie look at all of these amazing comments. Congratulations and I’m making this for our grandchildren xo
Marilyn
June 28, 2018 at 6:51 PMThank you Katherine. I love to just do the kitchen sink dump and go snacks. I always have a few handful left from an open bag that noone wants. When I add them all together, they have no trouble eating it! Enjoy.
Sarah Eliza @devastateboredom
July 14, 2016 at 1:35 PMOoooh tasty! Thank you for sharing this recipe at #FridayFrivolity!
Marilyn
July 15, 2016 at 4:01 PMYou are welcome Sarah! It is addicting.
Ashleigh
June 30, 2016 at 10:11 PMIt was great seeing you at Peace, Love, Linkup #013! The next party goes live tomorrow at 6. Hope to see you there!
Marilyn
July 15, 2016 at 4:03 PMYou are welcome Ashleigh. I just got notified of your comment today! I need to fire my service. 2 weeks is unacceptable! LOL
Miz Helen
June 30, 2016 at 4:56 PMCongratulations Marilyn!
Your recipe is on the Top Ten List for Full Plate Thursday this week. Thanks so much for sharing with us and have a fabulous weekend!
Miz Helen
Marilyn
June 30, 2016 at 7:58 PMThank you Miz Helen. I am honored! I wish you a wonderful week.
Nikki Frank-Hamilton
June 29, 2016 at 12:04 AMLOL! My kale box was running low! This will fill it up nicely. And I’m really excited, I found a bag of GF pretzels at the store the other day! Yippee! Now I can have this as the recipe states without having to worry about getting glutened! And it sounds delish!
Marilyn
June 29, 2016 at 4:14 PMI am so glad Nikki! You will love it!
Ashley @ Forgetful Momma
June 28, 2016 at 10:54 PMGreat tip for hiding some!! Thank you for linking up to last week’s Tasty Tuesday linky. I have pinned your recipe to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board. I hope that you’ll join us again this week.
Marilyn
June 29, 2016 at 4:13 PMThank you so much Ashley. Have a great week!
Frugal Hausfrau
June 28, 2016 at 8:52 PMYou crack me up!! Looks delish and luckily my kids are out (knock on wood!!) Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday!!
Mollie
Marilyn
June 28, 2016 at 10:14 PMRecipes are a dime a dozen. It is the confessions that make readers come back again! Thanks Mollie.
Katrin
June 26, 2016 at 3:21 AMA great snack, perfect for the beach or park or anywhere I take my girls this summer! I’m so happy that you joined Sweet Inspiration and shared this great recipe!
Marilyn
June 26, 2016 at 7:30 PMThank you Katrin. You are so sweet!
Kathleen - Bloggers Lifestyle
June 25, 2016 at 11:14 PMHow pretty the colors look, I would not do good knowing this was in my cupboard, it would nag me all the time until I indulged.
Kathleen
Bloggers Pit Stop
Marilyn
June 26, 2016 at 7:29 PMI hear that! It is perfect for a crowd. No leftover!
Lisa @ Fun Money Mom
June 25, 2016 at 11:15 AMYumm…this looks delicious! I recently made something similar with Chex mix…it’s one of my favorite snacks! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe with us at Share The Wealth Sunday!
Marilyn
June 25, 2016 at 7:28 PMThese sweet and salty snacks are so addictive. Thankfully you can make them as healthy as you like!
Miz Helen
June 24, 2016 at 7:12 PMHi Marilyn,
I love your Summer Snack Mix, great for snacking on the back porch! Have a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Marilyn
June 24, 2016 at 9:10 PMThank you so much for visiting and all your kind words. I will see you on Thursday.
Michele
June 24, 2016 at 5:29 PMNow here is a recipe I can handle in the summer! Who wouldn’t love this?
Marilyn
June 24, 2016 at 9:05 PMHeya Michele, thanks!
Carla a.k.a Mrs. R
June 24, 2016 at 11:39 AMHi Marilyn, thank you so much for sharing at #SimplifyWednesdays! and yet another recipe my hubby would love! I swear he’d rather you cook for him than me lol … I hand him a bowl of mixed berries and grapes with a greek yogurt dip and he rolls his eyes at me … he would much prefer your snack mix than mine lol …
Marilyn
June 24, 2016 at 9:04 PMI will take yours! I am too lazy to wash the fruit!
Michelle
June 24, 2016 at 6:43 AMI just may have to make this for the Fourth of July using red, white and blue M & Ms. This will be a hit with my family.
Marilyn
June 24, 2016 at 8:25 AMI just love these snack mixes. Easy to take as a hostess addon. I made this for Amemorial Day but my husband could only find regular m&m’s.
Danita Carr
June 23, 2016 at 9:29 PMYum! I’m a huge fan of any type of snack/trail mix! Looks both easy and delicious! Thanks for sharing at #SmallVictories linkup!
Marilyn
June 23, 2016 at 10:45 PMThanks Danita. I hope I gave you some ideas!
Maria
June 23, 2016 at 1:47 PMSweet and salty is my favorite combo and this recipe is perfect for that! Thanks so much for sharing this with us on #shinebloghop this week, Marilyn!
Marilyn
June 23, 2016 at 8:16 PMThank you Maria! I love that party.
Elizabeth @ Guilty Chocoholic Mama
June 23, 2016 at 8:25 AMThe recipe looks delicious. But, frankly, you had me at “kale container.” #genius. Stopping by from the #ShineBlogHop!
Marilyn
June 23, 2016 at 8:15 PMThanks Elizabeth. The history of the kale container is in my Menopause Pie post! Glad you found it fun!
Shea
June 22, 2016 at 10:15 PMYum, this is my favorite kind of snack mix. I love the sweet and salty combo! We used to make something similar to this and call it “gorp”–I have no idea where that name came from.
Marilyn
June 23, 2016 at 8:13 PMActually I have seen that name around! I am glad you likeit!
Mother of 3
June 22, 2016 at 8:28 PMSounds perfect and oh so easy! Pinned.
Marilyn
June 23, 2016 at 8:12 PMThank you for the comment, and the Pin! Have a gret week.
Jess
June 22, 2016 at 12:48 PMI’m pretty sure I could eat this WHOLE bowl! 🙂
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Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:56 PMI have no doubt Jess. It is addictive and the bowl sits nicely on your lap!
Shirley Wood
June 22, 2016 at 8:00 AMMarilyn, I love your Tweet! I’m digging though my cabinet in search of a kale container. 🙂 What do they look like!
Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:55 PMIt is the old scarred nasty tupperware nobody will look for in the fridge!
Kathleen
June 21, 2016 at 4:41 PMWell this looks yummy. I love that you added some chocolate to it. A world without chocolate is so sad. I found you on Celebrate Your Story. I’d love for you to link up to our link party too at Fearlessly Creative Mammas.
Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:21 PMWhat!! A world without chocolate? Say it isn’t so! I will check out yur party.
Rachel Osborn
June 21, 2016 at 2:51 PMLol, every mom needs a kale container in her life!!! Great idea! Thanks for joining the Family Joy Linkup!
Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:19 PMThanks Rachel. This blog has made all my tricks an open book! Have a wonderful day.
Sandra Garth
June 21, 2016 at 9:45 AMWhen the kids were little they could here potato chip bags opening a mile away! This is my kind of snack mix and it has mindless eating written all over it but I don’t care! Thanks for joining us again this week at Celebrate Your Story.
Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:18 PMYeah, you need that ladle to dish out portions. But make sure you only get one bowl out of the cupboard! Have a wonderful day.
Martie
June 20, 2016 at 1:15 PMOh yeah…sweet and salty goodness! Thanks for this delicious idea! I think I’ll keep mine in a Metamucil can! Lol!
Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:13 PMPlease, I m at an age Metamucil is a bad word. I had three procedures last Friday! LOL
Ingrid @ Fabulous and Fun Life
June 20, 2016 at 8:36 AMYum! Yum! YUM,
Marilyn
June 22, 2016 at 4:11 PMLOL, Ingrid. Have a wonderful day.
Suzi T
June 19, 2016 at 8:25 PMI’ve never understood why it’s called trail mix? Any ideas?
Marilyn
June 19, 2016 at 8:44 PMI got this from wikipedia, “Trail mix is considered an ideal snack food for hikes, because it is lightweight, easy to store, and nutritious, providing a quick energy boost from the carbohydrates in the dried fruit or granola, and sustained energy from fats in nuts.”
Melissa Ruddy
June 19, 2016 at 8:24 PMHow did you know that I have to hide stuff like this from my kids or I will never get a taste! Definitely going to employ the “kale container” for this one. Now to keep my husband away from it!
Marilyn
June 19, 2016 at 8:43 PMI am a mom! We etat cold food, we eat last, and we often don’t get first helpings! I say protect our rights! LOL
Janet Vinyard
June 18, 2016 at 11:25 PMHi Marilyn, This snack mix is so colorful and I like all the ingredients! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Blessings, Janet
Marilyn
June 19, 2016 at 10:20 AMThank you Janet. I love just how easy this is. Also it lets you clean out those last bits of snacks hanging around in the pantry!