This healthy Homemade Trail Mix is full of nuts, dried fruit, cacao nibs and plantain chips. Whether you’re on a hike, in a meeting, or headed to an afternoon class this healthy, on-the-go snack will help you meet your next challenge head on.
I’m celebrating National Trail Mix Day (August 31) with this healthy, not-too-sweet homemade trail mix recipe.
When nuts.com asked if I’d like to join their virtual Trail Mix Day celebration I had my lazy blogger hat on. Which makes sense because I’ve pretty much been wearing it all summer.
I asked if my Moroccan Spiced Nuts Trail Mix from, like, 8 months ago would work.
To their credit, they were willing to work with that and sent along a list of ingredients, asking if I’d be willing to add a few to help it fit their requirements.
And, oh my god, that list!
Here are just a few ingredients recommended for a homemade trail mix:
- goji berries
- pepitas
- pistachios
- cacao nibs
- hazelnuts
- macadamia nuts
I was totally inspired. And salivating. And decided to create a brand new homemade trail mix recipe so we can all really get our celebration on.
You may not know how much I love nuts. I love nuts.
And, because I love nuts, I’m picky about trail mix. I feel (rather strongly) that the nuts should be the STAR. And it should not be too sweet. A little sweetness is required but if you get to M&Ms you’ve gone to far.
To make it unique, I thought about adding my Hot Candied Walnuts into the mix. That was a delicious thought. But complicated.
The minute you have to roast something to put into your homemade trail mix you’re 85.7% less likely to make that trail mix your go-to snack. And that’s what I really wanted out of this recipe. Something you can put together in a flash and munch on throughout your busy day.
Healthy Homemade Trail Mix Recipe
So what else am I obsessed with? Besides nuts?
Plantains.
I have this Fried Eggs, Plantains and Chimichurri Sauce breakfast and Plantain, Pancetta and Pesto Panini lunch as proof of my undying love but, weirdly, I don’t have a plantain chip recipe.
Yet.
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Luckily, I found a packaged brand at my local health food store that has only three ingredients; plantains, palm oil, and sea salt. So all I have to do is open the bag, break them up a little, add them to the rest of the ingredients and go on about my day.
The result is a lightly sweet (goji berries) salty (plantain chips) crunchy (pistachios) chewy (raw pepitas aka pumpkin seeds) #nuttytrailmix that hints at chocolate (cacao nibs) without any of its sweetness and can be whipped together in less than five minutes.
I bet you and I both will be coming back to this recipe time and time again.
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- 1/3 cup plantain chips
- 1/3 cup raw shelled pistachios
- 1/3 cup raw pepitas
- 1/3 cup goji berries
- 1/4 cup cacao nibs
- Put plantain chips in a plastic baggie and press them against the counter with the palm of your hand to break them up.
- Add chips to a small bowl with the rest of the ingredients and mix with a spoon.
- Store in an airtight container.
I am a sucker for trail mix and I’m with you on almost adding those candied nuts. Those would be awesome but I would be licking my fingers and then the mix would get sticky! I like ti the way it is and crazy for those goji berries!
Thanks, J. I am new to goji berries but they’re so perfectly tangy and chewy and mildly sweet. I keep finding new ways to use them!
this is soo healthy and would be perfect to carry to work too. Just for those quick nibbles you know. Love the addition of goji berries
Thank you, Swayam. It is perfect for office nibbling…or late night photo editing nibbling…or lying in bed watching a movie nibbling…
You have my favourite nut in there (pistachio) – they’re green and subtly sweet which is why I like them. I have to confess that 5 years ago I came across a bag of Goji berries at the back of my baking cupboard that I’d bought because they were on trend and then I never got around to using them because I didn’t know people like you who would guide me along the correct Goji path. This is the first recipe I’ve come across by accident for Goji berries and well… I think I need to get me a new stash of gogis so I can happy snack for the foreseeable future.
They were new to me, too and I love them! They are so great in yogurt for breakkie too.