Sniffa's home made chocolate-banana-granola mix

[sniffa]

So over the last few weeks I've changed my eating habits; I used to eat just one big (or two) meals a day and have nothing else save for coffee, water or booze. Now I'm eating 2 meals and eating small snacks every two hours or so in an attempt to get my body's metabolism going all day and see what it does to my pot belly and my energy level. My snacks are typically a few crackers and cheese/peanut butter, rice cake snacks, or some sort of trail mix.

Today I decided to buy all the ingredients to make my own trail mix to be different and most likely save money.

Here are the items I mixed together (in a bowl that was just barely big enough to hold it all - made mixing it up difficult):

Banana chips
Chocolate granola
Chocolate chips
Peanut butter chips
Salted soy nut halves
Mini-sesame sticks

Here's the result:



and my first package for the work van:



Gratuitous "Obama Pride" sign in the background

It came out great. I was hoping it would be edible so I'm happy. As I was putting it together I worried that the saltiness of the soy nuts would ruin it, but it actually complimented the sweetness of the chocolate and PB chips. :9

I had 2 handfuls for my snack and I'm pretty full so that's a plus.

If this looks familiar to you I posted it in the Lounge.

[NMDemDist2]

1. I used to make my own GORP all the time

It's a great way to go

:hi:

PS... for those who haven't heard the term "GORP" it stands for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts which was the recipe for the original "Trail Mix"

[Lucinda]

2. That looks great! I like sweet/salty combos in mixes.

Should be a good boost for your bod too!
Dried cherries are also an excellent addition to gorp/granola mixes.

[elleng]

3. Thanks for heading me to the kitchen

to bring out p-nuts and raisins, NOW my snack for the night!

[sandnsea]

4. Pears are on sale at Safeway

You might try adding a couple of pieces of fresh fruit every day too.

[Tsiyu]

5. That looks good

You could do another version with white choc chips, butterscotch chips and dried cranberries/cherries if you get tired of that one.

Salty and sweet are always a good call here; I LOVES kettle corn for that reason. :)