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Sweet and salty, and even spicy if you wish, this Thai-inspired Homemade Trail Mix is the perfect flavorful crunch for all of your snack time cravings.
This is an exciting and busy time of year for most families.
For us, the kids are headed back to school. High school football games are on the schedule (hubby is a coach). Baseball fall ball for my son happens several times a week. And I’m considering getting the girls back in gymnastics again.
It’s a full schedule and that means healthy portable snacks are a must!
I’m diversifying our snack game and adding a little Asian flair to an easy snack mix recipe. It’s crunchy, sweet, salty, and super tasty! You’re gonna love this Thai Inspired Homemade Trail Mix!
This flavorful homemade trail mix recipe is easy to make.
All of the ingredients are easily found in most local grocery stores.
You could certainly switch out other nuts/seeds to your favorites, but I find this combo to work best with the Thai flavors of the peanut sauce. But definitely don’t forget the Dang Toasted Coconut Chips – they are a wonderfully sweet contrast to the nuts, seeds, and grains.
Dang Foods
Dang Foods, influenced by the company’s Asian roots, is creating delicious snack foods your whole family will love.
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Their goal is to connect cultures through food and fun!
Dang Coconut Chips
I used Dang Coconut Chips Original Recipe in my homemade trail mix. They bring a wonderful sweetness and crunch, and they were the inspiration behind my choice to use Thai flavors to season this crunchy snack mix.
All of Dang’s coconut chips are made from 100% Thai coconuts toasted to perfection for a naturally sweet flavor and deliciously satisfying crunch. With as much fiber and less sugar than a medium apple, they’re a tasty convenient way for the whole family to get their fruit fix.
I love that I can pick up Dang Coconut Chips right where I do most of my shopping, like Walmart and Target. As I mentioned earlier, you’ll find all of the other ingredients for this recipe in either of those stores as well.
While you’re picking up the Original Recipe flavor of Dang Coconut Chips for this Thai Inspired Homemade Trail Mix recipe, consider also giving these other flavors a try:
- Original Recipe Coconut Chips (Walmart/Target)
- Lightly Salted Coconut Chips (Walmart/Target)
- Caramel Sea Salt Coconut Chips (Walmart/Target)
- Chocolate Sea Salt Coconut Chips (Walmart)
If you happen to live by a Sprouts, you’ll find all four flavors there as well.
This tasty snack has it all – texture, flavor, crunch. It’s a sweet and salty mix that will make your tastebuds sing.
The Thai peanut sauce takes just minutes to whisk together and it caramelizes beautifully on the components of the mix when baked.
It will come out of the oven still a bit soft, but just set it aside on the baking sheet and it will develop that crunch as it sits. You don’t want to over bake it because it will burn.
This recipe makes a lot, but don’t be scared.
It’s great for munching at get togethers, parties, and game day.
Pack it up into little containers or baggies and stuff it into lunch boxes or take along on a picnic. Heck, just throw one in your purse to have on hand when hunger strikes.
Store it in an air-tight container on the counter – I like to use large glass jars – and it will keep for a few weeks.
More vegan snack recipes
- Oatmeal Peanut Butter Balls
- Vegan Granola Bars
- Super Seed Crackers
- Smoky Roasted Chickpeas
- Soft Baked Pretzels
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Crunchy Thai Inspired Homemade Trail Mix
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 1 cup raw shelled peanuts
- 1 cup raw shelled pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup whole grain oat O-shaped cereal
- 1 cup small pretzels gluten free, if desired
- 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
- 1 cup Dang Toasted Coconut Chips, Original
- 1 cup golden raisins
- ¼ cup organic natural peanut butter
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons coconut aminos or tamari or soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- dash or two of sraracha optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine cashews, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, O-shaped cereal, pretzels, and black sesame seeds. Set aside.
- In a small sauce pan over medium-low heat, whisk together the peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut aminos, Thai red curry paste, coconut oil, garlic powder, onion powder, and sriracha (if using). Whisk until smooth and pourable. This will take just a minute or two.
- Immediately pour the warm peanut sauce over the snack mix and stir well so all the ingredients are covered in the sauce.
- Spread the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet into an even layer.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, stir, and bake another 5 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and add the coconut chips and golden raisins and mix.
- Let cool on the baking sheet on a wire cooling rack for 20-30 minutes. It will still be a bit soft when it comes out, but don’t worry, it will continue to crisp up as it sits.
Nutrition
Nutrition values are calculated using online calculators and are estimates only. Please verify using your own data.
John says
Note that many Thai red curry pastes have shrimp in them, so this recipe may not be vegan.
Jenn Sebestyen says
Thai Kitchen brand is widely available in the U.S. and it is vegan.
Rebecca Smith says
How would you recommend to make this oil free?
Jenn S. says
Hi, Rebecca. You could just leave the oil out. Use a tablespoon or two of water if you need to thin out the curry pasta mixture, but might not be necessary. Let me know if you try it.
Alisa Fleming says
Those Dang chips are so good! What a fun way to use them. Coconut is perfect for anything Thai.
Jenn S. says
I agree – coconut goes sooo well with Thai flavors.
Deryn Macey says
well this is just genius and so creative! I’m just worried I would eat it all at one, trail mix is basically my favourite food. This sounds amazing.
Jenn S. says
HaHa! Well, it makes quite a lot, so I challenge you to eat it all at once. LOL!
Liz says
Currently obsessed with all trail mix! This looks so crunchy and versatile for snacks or a great salad topper too!
Jenn S. says
OMG, I LOVE the idea of using this as a salad topper. Totally doing that! Especially with a Asian flavored salad. Thanks for the idea, Liz!
Maria says
What a perfect snack! Especially for back to school. Love Dang products 🙂
Jenn S. says
The Dang coconut chips are so good!
Whitney E, R.D. says
Thai curry paste is amazing and I love the addition of it to your trail mix. Your mix sounds so delicious, flavorful and the perfect snack 🙂
Jenn S. says
Thank you, Whitney! I’ve been obsessed with Thai curry paste lately. 🙂 Enjoy!
Stephanie says
I love sweet & salty combinations. This trail mix sounds perfect and great to carry with you for a tasty snack. Will be trying this soon!
Jenn S. says
Thanks, Stephanie! I hope you love it!
Julia says
I love crunchy snacks so can’t wait to try this recipe :).
Jenn S. says
Thanks, Julia! Hope you enjoy it!
Danielle says
I love that you have added Thai curry paste to this – that is so unique. I bet it tastes amazing!
Jenn S. says
I love Thai curry paste! So flavorful and the ingredient list is actually clean (the brand I get anyway)! Such a time saver when you want big flavor! Thanks, Danielle!
Kelly Anthony says
I’ll bet this is so full of flavor! Reminds me of my favorite wasabi almond snack! YUM!
Jenn S. says
Oooh, wasabi almond sounds amazing too!
camila says
wholesome and absolutely delicious!! I am obsessed with this recipe!!
Jenn S. says
Thanks, Camila!