Homemade Trail Mix Recipe And Idea: Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Dairy-Free And Wheat-Free
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The ingredients needed to make 21 heaping 1/2 cup servings are:
- Two 40z. bags of Corn Nuts Original Flavor (these have simple ingredients of corn, corn oil and salt) or 2 cups worth. This is your “nut” replacement as it has a similar “crunch” and salty nutty flavor as peanuts and nuts. So you can substitute peanuts/nuts in normal cases.
- Two 3.75 of Sunflower Kernels (no shell) or 1.5 cups.
- Two 3.5 oz. bags of Craisins or 1.5 cups
- 1.5 cups of Pumpkin Seeds (no shell) – ours are the “go raw” brand as these are certified nut, gluten and wheat free, but these are expensive and one of the only pumpkin seeds we could find that were safe for our allergy kid as the other brands are “made around” nut products. Just keep this in mind.
- 3/4 cup of milk chocolate chips, or a dairy free chocolate chips to avoid dairy. An easy way to do this is to eyeball and pour 1/2 a bag in!
- 3/4 cup of butterscotch, or a dairy free butterscotch chips to avoid dairy. Again, an easy way to do this is to eyeball and pour 1/2 a bag in!
- 1 cup of shredded coconut. (most store-bought bags contain 5 cups!). This is optional as it makes the mix a bit more crumbly, but when I don’t include coconut, my family is so disappointed as they LOVE this extra little sweet touch!
- 1 8oz. bag of glutino pretzel sticks for gluten-free pretzels. Or just regular pretzel sticks if wheat/gluten is not an issue.
Additional Optional Ingredients
- *I have also done vanilla chips, which are also a fabulous addition.
- *Raisins can also be included. I personally love them, but my family doesn’t like them. They would rather me double up on Craisins.
- *I also like banana chips, but this is a stronger flavor and not many like them. It also increases the price greatly!
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