🥜 Trail Mix Your Way

Trail Mix for kids: the whole recipe

Let's scoop, shake and make a snack mix that's all yours! This easy no-cook recipe is for ages 5 to 11 (grades K–5th), takes about 10 minutes and serves 4. Crumb, our tiny chef, reads every step aloud with a picture, so a child can follow along.

Ingredients

• 1 cup O cereal
• ½ cup peanuts (or sunflower seeds)
• ½ cup pretzels (optional)
• ¼ cup raisins
• ¼ cup dried cranberries
• ¼ cup chocolate chips (optional)

Tools

A mixing bowl, Measuring cups, A big spoon, Cups or glasses.

Steps

1. Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds.
2. Scoop 1 cup of O cereal into a big bowl with a ¼ cup: count your scoops!
3. Scoop in ½ cup of peanuts for crunch.
4. Scoop in ½ cup of pretzels.
5. Add ¼ cup of raisins and ¼ cup of dried cranberries for something sweet.
6. Sprinkle in ¼ cup of chocolate chips.
7. Stir it all up with a big spoon so every scoop gets a bit of everything.
8. Share it into little cups, one for each hiker!

Safety notes

• Contains peanuts, milk, wheat, soy. Tap "Allergies?" on the Kitchen's front page and the swaps fill themselves in where there is one.
• Nuts and seeds are a choking risk for little ones under 4.
• Read the label on packets for allergies.

Kitchen science

A recipe is a ratio: 4 scoops of cereal to 2 of nuts to 1 of raisins tastes the same in any size batch.

Make it your own

• Try a different cereal, like little squares or puffs.
• Make a sunny mix with dried mango and coconut flakes.
• Draw a trail map and take your mix on a walk.

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