Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix
It’s Fall, ya’ll! When raking leaves call for cozy sweaters and the fall days are crisp, our Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix is exactly right for the holiday season. The Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix is perfect for Friendsgiving or the main event itself!
Try the warm spice combination over the mix, it is incredible! It goes terrific with a toasty fire and apple cider.
The Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix can be customized based on your taste and preference. It is so fun to gather up all of the ingredients (I do this over a few weeks, sometimes with leftover Halloween candy, too) and see what kind of harvest related candy is available at the market. Try to choose colorful and flavorful snacks- a mix of salty and sweet usually balances each handful. The options are endless!
If you have dietary concerns, you can easily adjust this recipe for allergies, vegan or gluten free restrictions, just watch out for all of the labels.
Our Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix starts by setting out all of the ingredients and unwrapping what you need first. To assemble, think about making a lasagna. First, pour an even layer of each: pretzels, seasonal chips, chocolate cereal, popcorn, and pecans. Next layer the pumpkin spice marshmallows, semi-sweet and butterscotch chips, and warm spice blend. Mix carefully by hand all of the ingredients. Finally, place the pumpkin mellowcreame, candy corn, and cream filled French wafers on top.
Mix carefully by hand all of the ingredients. Try not to sneak a bite! You may want to save a few colorful items for the very top when the Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix is first opened.
The Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix is a quintessential make ahead snack and you can easily double the batch. Buy a large wood bowl or sealable snack container, fill it up with bring it along. The snack travels well.
Bonus- make Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix Snack Mix Brownies for dessert or that big November shopping trip! Prepare brownie batter according to the box’s instructions. Stir in 1 ½ cups of the Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix Snack Mix to the brownie batter. Place in the baking dish. Top with 1 cup of the Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix and bake as directed.
Package the Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix Snack Mix up for parties with clear 6x9 treat bags tied with orange, brown and golden ribbon.
Thanksgiving Harvest Snack Mix
Ingredients
- Half of one 12 oz. bag of mini pretzels
- Half of one 12 oz. bag of seasonal shaped chips, nachos or crackers
- Half of one 12 oz. box of chocolate or cinnamon cereal, such as Kashi Kids Chocolate Crisp
- One 7 oz. bag of kettle corn or natural popcorn
- 1 cup of pecans, halved
- Half bag of 8 oz. bag of pumpkin spice marshmallows
- Half bag of 12 oz. bag of semi-sweet, milk or dark chocolate chips, depending on preference
- Half bag of 12 oz. bag of butterscotch or peanut butter chips
- Warm Spice Mix (optional): 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice or chai tea spice (¼ teaspoon of each cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, coriander, ginger and a pinch of pepper) and 1 tablespoon of sugar together in a small bowl.
- One 20 oz. bag of pumpkin mellowcreame candy
- One 11 oz. bag of candy corn
- 1 13.5 oz. tin of vanilla, pumpkin, or chocolate cream filled French wafers, such as Pepperidge Farm Pirouette, broken into large pieces
Instructions
- Open contents of all ingredients.
- In an oversized clean rectangle food storage plastic container, 1.5 gallon or larger, begin to assemble the ingredients almost like a lasagna.
- First, pour an even layer of each: pretzels, seasonal chips, chocolate cereal, popcorn, and pecans. Next layer the pumpkin spice marshmallows, semi-sweet and butterscotch chips, and warm spice blend.
- Mix carefully by hand all of the ingredients.
- Finally, place the pumpkin mellowcreame, candy corn, and cream filled French wafers on top.
- Using a large plastic cup, disseminate ingredients into goodie bags or smaller containers if desired.
Notes:
· If you have dietary concerns, I found one brand of candy corn and pumpkins that are made in a peanut and tree nut facility. You can make this recipe vegan or gluten free too; just watch out for all of the labels.
· Get creative, adjust the ingredients to suit your personal taste! Try different cereal, cookies, nuts, caramel bits, fall jellybeans and peanut butter coated chocolate drops. Note, the jellybeans will fall to the bottom, so add the candy last.
· The mix makes approximately two-three 64 oz. large food storage plastic containers, depending on your selections.
· Use clear 6x9 treat bags tied with brown, golden and orange ribbon for parties.
· Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to a month.
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