Trail Mix Deliciousness!

I love trail mix. I always have. I grew up eating my mom's homemade trail mix, and now from time to time I make my own. 

The ingredients change each time and what I put in it depends on what I'm craving at the moment. This time, the whole trail mix was inspired when I randomly ran across unsweetened coconut flakes at Gelson's. 

Putting the mix together is a cinch, so take a look at the very quick process.

The Goods:

Flaked Coconut

Dried Cranberries

Raisins

Almonds

Pepitas

Chocolate Chips

Peanut Butter Chips

Toffe Bits

Mini Marshmallows

Add all the ingredients....

Almonds

Pepitas

Dried Cranberries

Raisins

Flaked Coconut

Toffe Bits

Peanut Butter Chips

Chocolate Chips

And finally the Mini Marshmallows!

Mix it all up!

And store in baggies or airtight containers! 

Somehow I almost alway end up with way too much! Oh well - my friends are able to benefit from the deliciousness too! 

Homemade Chewy Granola Bars

I've tried to make Granola a couple times, but for some reason I cannot get it to come out right! Because of that I was a little reluctant to make these granola bars, but they sounded AMAZING and I'd discussed it with my brother so I decided I'd give it a go. Plus - I already had almost everything I needed on hand so I wasn't going to be spending that much!

I won't say anymore before I show you how to make these homemade treats!

The Goods:

Oats

Sugar

Butter

Raisins

Craisins

Pecans

Almonds

Shredded Coconut

Peanut Butter

Honey

Corn Syrup

Vanilla

Cinnamon

Salt

aka 

The Kitchen Sink!

Combine ALL the dry ingredients including the fruit, 

nuts and chocolate. 

Mix together the melted butter, corn syrup, 

honey and peanut butter.

Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and combine. 

It'll look something like this!

Dump into a parchment lined square baking dish.

Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.

When done, it should still be a little soft to the touch!

Once cool, cut into individual bars.

I wrapped them in plastic wrap and 

kept them in a zipper baggie.

I'm happy to report that my track record with regular granola did NOT follow me and these came out amazing! I am, without a doubt, going to be making them again and I cannot wait to try other fun combinations!!