Hi there!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. My weekend was filled with things like experimenting in the kitchen, gardening & house stuff, a beach date with friends on what turned out to be a cloudy day, playing tennis, eating dinner at one of my favorite healthy cafes and watching movies.
It was the first time in three weeks that I got to hang out with my Marine without either of us having work or being away, and it was not too shabby of a weekend!
Any who, onto today’s topic: trail mix. It’s one of those grab and go snacks that can be a healthy bite to give you lots of energy, but it can also be not all that nutritious if it’s loaded with stuff like M&Ms. I generally like my trail mixes pretty simple: some type of fruit, some type of nut, usually a little something with healthy chocolate, as well as something else crunchy and salty, like pretzels or granola clusters.
Today’s trail mix is a simple combo of sweet + spicy flavors, thanks in part to the sriracha almonds that my friends at Blue Diamond recently sent me to try. In all honesty, I wasn’t sure I’d like them, as I’m not someone who craves spiciness or digs sriracha, but I figured I’d give it a try. My thoughts? They are so good and kind of addicting! There’s something about the combo of crunchy almonds with the cayenne + paprika spiciness of sriracha that I’m seriously digging.
They’re not too overpowering, and have just the right amount of a spicy kick. Besides eating them straight out of the can, I figured what better way to enjoy my sriracha almonds than with a trail mix I could portion out to just grab on-the-go.
Mini pretzels. Sriracha almonds. Dried cherries. Dark chocolate chips. This trail mix takes just a moment to throw together and is just a simple, delicious combo.
I portioned mine out into sandwich bags, and wound up taking a few to a live music event last week, where I met my friend to enjoy some wine and music on a farm.
Sweet & Spicy 4-Ingredient Trail Mix
Ingredients
- 120 g/4 servings of mini pretzels
- 3 oz of sriracha Blue Diamond almonds
- 1/2 cup dried cherries
- 30 g/2 servings of dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir together well to combine evenly, then store in a container or single serving bags to grab when you need a snack on-the-go!
Nutrition
Tell me… Do you like trail mix? Are you a spicy food/sriracha lover?
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds. As always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own.
This looks so yummy!! Can’t wait to try. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks, Nellie! They’re definitely a great grab-and-go snack option, hope you try it out!
Glad you guys got some time this weekend!
Love this idea – sweet and salty and spicy sounds just perfect right now. Probably because I’m watcing a ball game. 🙂
Sweet and salty just about always sounds good to me! 🙂
Your weekends always look like a blast! I’m glad you got some nice Q time with the hubs.
And trail mix is a genuis idea for those almonds. I bet they taste awesome with the dark chocolate and tangy cherries!
Oh yes they do! You really can’t go wrong with dark chocolate + cherries right?
Oh what an interesting combo of spicy and sweet! I love sriracha soo definately have to check out these almonds
I highly recommend them… I’m not even a huge sriracha fan and I love em!
I love your weekend montage! Such a cute idea! I just got that sriracha almonds in the mail and I can’t wait to try them out. I’m in looooove! I love the trail mix idea!
I still have your sriracha guacamole on my list of things to try! Plus I have a few avocados in my fruit basket, so maybe this week I’ll give it a go 🙂
So glad I stumbled upon your blog – I love e-meeting fellow CA food bloggers! And this trail mix would have been perfect for our camping trip last weekend.
Agreed, I’m so glad that you found my blog, and I’ve been enjoying reading yours Dani!
So in love with the idea of using Sriracha almonds in this. Spicy food is my jam ;). Can’t wait to try!
If you like spicy & salty then I think you’ll love these almonds!