Maple Pumpkin Spice Trail Mix
This Maple Pumpkin Spice Trail Mix is the ultimate autumn snack! Made with a selection of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, combined with maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice, it has all the flavors of fall in one handful! Trail mix is so easy to make and stores well too. Make a batch of this sweet and salty snack mix to take on the hiking trail, or to just munch on while snuggled under a blanket watching a movie!
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Maple Pumpkin Spice Trail Mix
Trail mix is one of my favorite snacks because it contains ALL the things! Well, not quite all the things… trail mix generally contains nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and sometimes chocolate or candy.
I first discovered trail mix on a holiday to American, and I have been in love ever since!
Ingredients used in this recipe
This maple pumpkin spice trail mix is packed with delicious ingredients and full of the flavors of fall, including maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice.
Now, of course, you could customize this trail mix recipe with your preferred selection of fruit and nuts, but here is what is in this recipe.
- Maple syrup
- Pumpkin pie spice
*Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice: If you can’t find pumpkin pie spice, it is really easy to make yourself with individual spices that all supermarkets should sell. To make 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, in a small bowl, mix together: ¼ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp ginger, ⅛ tsp allspice, and ⅛ tsp nutmeg. Use in recipes as required.
- Sea salt
- Pecans
- Walnuts
- Salted peanuts
- Almonds
- Pumpkin seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Dried cherries
- Dried apricots
- Raisins
- Freeze-dried apple pieces
- Reese’s peanut butter chips (optional)
Equipment used in this recipe
This recipe uses American cup measurements. Since I use this type of measurement often, I find it handy to have a set of measuring cups in the kitchen.
You will also need a heavy-based saucepan, a wooden spoon, a baking sheet/cookie sheet, parchment paper/greaseproof paper, and an airtight container or glass jar to store your autumn trail mix in.
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How do you make trail mix?
Making regular trail mix is ridiculously easy, as you literally just put all the components in a bowl, mix them together and BOOM! The trail mix is ready to eat.
However, this maple and pumpkin spice flavored trail mix is no ordinary trail mix! You have to heat the maple syrup and spice with a little sea salt in a saucepan, and then stir in the nuts and seeds.
This mixture then gets spread over a lined baking sheet and left to cool down. The spiced syrupy nuts will clump together and harden, so once cooled, break into pieces and place in a bowl with the dried fruits and peanut butter chips. Give everything a good mix to combine and enjoy!
Trail mix stores well in an airtight container for about a month. (But I’m pretty sure it will be long gone before then!)
Make A Fall Meal!
Autumn is here, and so once you’ve made this fall-flavored trail mix you might want some dinner ideas. Here are some for you to take a look at.
- Soup: Spicy Pumpkin and Butter Bean Soup
- Main Dish: Stuffed Spicy Butternut Squash (Vegetarian)
- Side Dish: Roasted Apple Cauliflower Mash with Crispy Brussels Sprouts
- Beverage: Apple Cider Margarita
- Dessert: Spiced Rhubarb And Apple Crumble
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Maple Pumpkin Spice Trail Mix
There is a taste of fall in every handful of this Maple Pumpkin Spice Trail Mix!
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ⅛ tsp sea salt
- ⅔ cup pecan halves
- ⅔ cup walnuts
- ⅔ cup salted peanuts
- ⅔ cup almonds
- ⅓ cup roasted pumpkin seeds
- ⅓ cup sunflower seeds
- ⅓ cup dried cherries
- ⅓ cup dried apricots
- ¼ cup raisins
- ¼ cup freeze-dried apple pieces
- ¼ cup peanut butter chips (optional)
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Pour the maple syrup into a large heavy-based saucepan on medium-high heat and bring to the boil. Add pumpkin pie spice and salt and stir well.
- Slowly pour in all of the nuts and seeds and stir to combine with the spiced syrup. Cook for about 3 - 5 minutes until they have caramelized.
- Carefully spread the mixture in an even layer on the prepared baking sheet and set aside to cool. The nuts and seeds will harden.
- When nut mixture has cooled, break into clusters in a bowl and add the dried fruit and peanut butter chips if using.
- Enjoy immediately, or transfer to an airtight container. The trail mix will keep for about a month.
Notes
You can customize your trail mix using your favourite assortment of dried fruit, nuts, seeds and candy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 290 Total Fat: 21g Saturated Fat: 3g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 17g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 328mg Carbohydrates: 23g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 16g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 8g
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