Help me make a trail mix

[la79al]

I really don't know why I am having such problems with this. I figured I would throw together a trail mix of some sort and between the 5 of us, we could all pick out what we like and finish it off without carrying 20 separate snacks. I'm drawing a blank on what to put in it though. I figure cheese and pretzel goldfish and maybe some kind of peanut butter and chocolate cereals but that's all I have so far. I'm obviously not worried about healthy but I am trying to avoid anything that melts/stains/gets sticky (I have 2 very messy girls). Suggestions?

 

[gatormommy07]

Raisins or other dried fruit, I don't know, that is hard isn't it!

 

[CuteAndFluffy]

Some options:
Raisins, Craisins, dried cherries, etc.
yogurt covered raisins (may be too messy depending on time of year)
M&Ms
almonds, peanuts, cashews, etc. (lightly salted kind of rubs off on everything and you end up with a yummy salty/sweet thing going on)
Cereal (Cracklin' oat bran is particularly yummy. Cheerios hold up well, but pulverizes. Honeycomb travels super well.)
Pretzel sticks
Peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets
Freeze dried peas and/or corn (Just Tomatoes is one brand...)
little cheese or peanut butter pretzel sandwiches (ritz)
Teddy Grahams, Animal Crackers

 

[lucynme]

Here's my family's favorite:
Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops cereal
raisins and dried cranberries
M&M's
Dry roasted peanuts

this is the base, and whatever else I have around gets thrown in!

 

[kkmcan]

You could make it like Chex Mix with chex cereal, pretzel sticks and cheez its.

We like Frosted cheerios, pretzels, M&M's, or mini marshmellows and peanuts.

 

[dizneechic]

We do Craisins, Raisins, Peanuts, Kix or Cocoa Puffs and goldfish (cheese, pretzel or both). If it's not for hot weather I throw in mini mm's or choc chips, sometimes yogurt covered raisins/nuts.

Trail mix also gets made when I have lots of 1/2 empty bags of stuff around, typically the night before trash day when I am tying to get rid of the almost gone containers of things. Then it's luck of the draw, unless it really won't work well taste wise.

My kids prefer to call it Party Mix...