The Loveless Cafe gift shop is not the place to shop for trail mix. Still, as a visitor there, I willingly forked over $5 for a Lilliputian bag of mix just the other night. Circumstances were such that, had I not shelled out the cash, my five-year-old was going to erupt into hunger meltdown. If you're a parent, you know it was money well spent.
I will say, however, that the mix was a good one. It consisted of dried raspberries, raisins, white chocolate chips, pecans, cashews, and almonds. It was a nice blend of sweet and salty/savory. After munching on some of the mix with C, I decided I needed to experiment with my own recipes.
Just so happens that we hit Dollar Tree today. In case you've been out of the country for a decade or were lucky enough to enter the world with a silver spoon dangling from your lips, the Dollar Tree is a retail outlet where every item is a dollar or less. Being an ever-alert shopper, I quickly discovered that the store offered trail mix supplies aplenty, and for $7 plus tax, I picked up the following:
- 2 bags of salted cashews
- 1 jar of peanuts
- 1 bag of banana chips
- 1 bag of sunflower seeds
- 1 bag of yogurt covered raisins
- 1 bag of Tropical trail mix (with pineapple, raisins, dates, bananas, papaya, coconut)
- Sliced almonds @ $1.80 a bag
- White chocolate chips @ $2.50 a bag
- Ocean Spray dried cranberries (both regular and cherry flavored) @ $2.50 a bag
