It’s that time of year again, the time where you frantically search for something to give to all of your neighbors and friends. At the same time, your sweet tooth seems to be MUCH stronger than usual. Fortunately, this Christmas Trail Mix is a great edible gift to give to friends and neighbors.
In our house, I keep a large Christmas treat bowl on my kitchen counter. This trail mix is often gone in a matter of hours. There is something delicious for everyone in the mix, whether they like sweet or salty.
Recipe Ingredients
To make Christmas Trail Mix, you will need the following ingredients:
- M&M Chocolate Candies
- Caramel M&M Candies
- Peanuts
- Mini Pretzels
- Sweetened Coconut
- Milk Chocolate Bar (chopped)
- Chocolate Orange Sticks (sliced)
Equipment Notes
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Christmas Trail Mix
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss until mixed.
- Store in an air-tight container or package up for family and friends!
Recipe Modifications
- You can throw anything into this mix, but we recommend sticking to a flavor profile. If you do not want have a mix that has a combination of orange, mint, and strawberry. It might taste like you brushed your teeth, and then drank some orange juice. Yuck!
- If you are sticking to a fruity theme, stick to candy, chocolate, and salty foods mix well.
- If you do all mint, add mint M&Ms, Andes Mints, Mint Oreos, etc.
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Christmas Trail Mix Recipe
Ingredients
- 14 ounces M & M chocolate candies
- 9.6 ounces Caramel M & M candies
- 8 ounces peanuts
- 2 cup mini pretzels, halved
- ½ cup sweetened coconut
- 6.8 ounces milk chocolate bar, chopped
- 10.5 ounces chocolate orange sticks, sliced
Equipment
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss until mixed.
- Store in an air-tight container or package up for family and friends!
Notes
Nutrition
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What size bags and bars did you use? Thanks
what are orange sticks???
Orange sticks are chocolate covered with chocolate. The orange is kind of like a orange jelly center similar to an orange slice (but way better). Here is a link to them on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Sweets-Company-Chocolate-Orange-10-5-Ounce/dp/B004SKIY24/ref=sr_1_4_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1545329938&sr=8-4&keywords=orange%2Bsticks&th=1
Looks good. Wondering what size can of peanuts, bags of candy and size bars you used? I”m sure this is a flexible recipe and no need to be exact, but want to get proportions right. Thank you!
Hi Heidi. You didn’t scroll down far enough. The whole recipe with ingredient amounts and directions is all there.
Chocolate-covered-Chocolate is called orange sticks!?!