Peanut Butter And Jelly Trail Mix
A quick and easy snack option, this peanut butter and jelly trail mix embraces one of the most iconic flavor combinations. It’s the perfect grab and go option for hungry hands, young or old, who need a little something to fill up on between meals.
Summertime is synonymous with snacks in my household.
Even with constant activities to keep them occupied, my kids are always ravenous and in need of an in between meal pick me up.
Luckily, I try to keep some quick and easy options on hand for home and on the go.
This peanut butter and jelly trail mix is quick and easy to throw together and a perfect option to keep hungry little one’s happy until supper time.
Ingredients Needed
This recipe uses easy to find, shelf stable ingredients.
To make it you’ll need:
- Cereal – The peanut butter flavored base in this comes from a blend of peanut butter captain crunch and peanut butter chex cereal. The jelly base flavor comes from very berry cheerio cereal.
- Peanuts – roasted, shelled peanuts, preferably unsalted
- Candy – Reese’s pieces, specifically.
- Fruit – Lightly crumbled pieces of dehydrated strawberries round out the jelly flavor.
Once you’ve gathered all your ingredients, you’re ready to mix it all up into peanut butter and jelly trail mix.
How To Make
Making this snack mix is seriously super easy- like under 5 minutes easy.
Simply add all of the measured ingredients to a large mixing bowl.
Give everything a stir until it’s all combined and evenly incorporated.
That’s it- you’re ready to dig on into your peanut butter and jelly flavored snack mix.
Storing
This makes a lot of trail mix so I recommend portioning it out into ziplocking bags so you have it ready to grab and go.
It will stay good on the counter in a zip locking bag for up 2 weeks.
TIPS & TRICKS
- This recipe is easily adaptable to using less or more of any of the cereals, or even swapping them out for your favorite peanut butter flavored cereals.
- Can’t find freeze dried strawberries? Use strawberry and/or grape flavored gummies instead.
- Dried blueberries, dried cranberries, coconut chips, chocolate chips, pretzels, and/or banana chips all make delicious additions to this trail mix recipe.
Other Easy Snack Mix Recipes
This easy snack mix recipe makes the perfect snack for kids, or adults who want a taste of their favorite classic childhood flavor combination.
Whip up a batch of this peanut butter and jelly trail mix and have it hand whenever the family needs a quick option to keep hunger at bay.
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Trail Mix
Ingredients
- 3 cups peanut butter captain crunch cereal
- 3 cups peanut butter chex cereal
- 6 cups very berry cheerios
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups peanuts
- 1 cup reese's pieces
- 1/3 - 1/2 cup lightly crumbled freeze dried strawberries
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a large mixing bowl.3 cups peanut butter captain crunch cereal, 3 cups peanut butter chex cereal, 6 cups very berry cheerios, 1 1/2 - 2 cups peanuts, 1 cup reese's pieces, 1/3 - 1/2 cup lightly crumbled freeze dried strawberries
- Stir everything together until evenly combined.
Notes
- This recipe is easily adaptable to using less or more of any of the cereals, or even swapping them out for your favorite peanut butter flavored cereals.
- Can't find freeze dried strawberries? Use strawberry and/or grape flavored gummies instead.
- Dried blueberries, dried cranberries, coconut chips, chocolate chips, pretzels, and/or banana chips all make delicious additions to this trail mix recipe.
Nutrition
