This peanut butter maple snack mix is a perfect after school treat, road trip snack or portable pick me up! It is full of flavor, texture and plenty of crunch.
A delicious snack mix is always a good idea! This peanut butter maple snack mix is loaded with yummy coated cereal coated in an easy peanut butter maple mix, then extra peanuts, raisins and candies are mixed in to make it a super fun treat.
Change up the mix ins to match your favorite flavors or make it just like we did. Either way it is sure to get gobbled up!
If you are looking for a fun snack mix for after school, road trips, parties and more, you are in the right place. This recipe makes a fun gorp or trail mix style munchy mix that is easy and delicious.
The special twist in this mix is the peanut butter and maple syrup coating that is baked on the Cheerios. It is super simple to do and makes the mix so flavorful.
Then add the traditional trail mix goodies of raisins, chocolates and peanuts and you get a flavorful and hearty snack. It is super transportable for hikes, boat trips, road trips and more.
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Plus it stores well, so you can keep some on the counter for when a snack attack hits. Once you have made it a time or two, you can easily change up the mix-ins to keep it interesting.
Easy Adaptations
If you are serving people with peanut allergies or sensitivities, you can use sun butter, almond butter or another almond butter instead of the peanut butter. Then add sunflower seeds, toasted pecans or another nut instead of the peanuts… or leave them out altogether.
Instead of adding M&M’s, use candy coated sunflower seeds instead. That will still give you that fun pop of color with even more nutty goodness. Use the extra sunflower seeds to make turkey rice krispie treats, they are cute and fun to make!
Feel free to substitute other dried fruit in place of the raisins. Dried cranberries or cherries would be great options, or use whatever your favorite is!
Peanut Butter Maple Snack Mix
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 3 Tablespoon melted coconut oil or butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 cups Cheerios or similar
- 1 cup M&Ms or similar
- 1 cup roasted peanuts
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275°F and grease a rimmed baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, mix together the ½ cup creamy peanut butter, ¼ cup maple syrup, 3 Tablespoon melted coconut oil or butter and ½ teaspoon salt.
- Add the 6 cups Cheerios and toss to coat.
- Spread over the greased, or parchment lined, baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, stirring every ten minutes.
- Cool completely and then toss with 1 cup M&Ms, 1 cup roasted peanuts, and 1 cup raisins.
- Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
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I bet this gives a real energy boost!
It does and it's fun to munch on too!
I think I'll make this for our upcoming road trip, then again when school starts. Sounds delicious!
I hope you all love it!
That sounds like the perfect snack to munch on!! It sounds so yummy 🙂 And delish! And sooo simple! Thank you for sharing Carlee 🙂
Thank you, Deepika! It is definitely easy and so fun to snack on!
What great combination of goodies. Back to school can be so stressful. How nice to have a homemade snack for comfort!
I am both excited and nervous about the prospect that we'll be really getting ready for school next year! As it is our daycare is the best and we get to go pick out a few school supplies for his work there. They do worksheets and lots of art projects. They even made a little alphabet book out of hand and foot prints last year. But I'm happy the real deal school bus is still a year away!
This looks like a great snack. It would be a fun addition to any lunch.
Thank you!
Hi Carlee, oooOOooo can I come study at your house? Peanuts, oats and chocolate! What's not to like? I managed to get the last four jars of crunchy peanut better the other day (it's gold dust here) and am guarding them carefully!
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I need to send you a care package of peanut butter and rolos! I would be guarding them as well. I am a sucker for peanut butter and couldn't imagine the idea of running out!
Oh my gosh. Peanut butter and maple has to be one of the best combos out there. I'm going to make myself a batch of this and pretend I'm back in fifth grade. My snacks back then were carrot sticks and apple slices so I have to make up for lost time :). Have a great week, Carlee!
You totally should! I ate more than my fair share of this batch. Not surprisingly I have a huge soft spot for peanut butter, so I had a hard time staying out of it!
LD will be so lucky to come home to such a yummy snack. I love the coating idea on this too. I really don't remember having after school snacks when I was a child. As an adult I did love baking cookies just prior to when my children arrived home so it smelled so welcoming and they knew there was something wonderful awaiting. A glass of cold milk would be there too!
Spoiled rotten so and so's! I think the cookie tradition started after I was out of the house!
I love the pb/maple combo. YUM
Thank you, Wendy!
I've been packing the boys lunches for work everyday this summer, what a fun addition bags of this delicious snack would be!!! Fun and yummy!!
I am kind of looking forward to packing little dude's lunches! Though I am not ready for him to be that grown up quite yet. This would be a fun treat for your guys' lunches too!