Christmas trail mix recipe, it's not just for Christmas

With 6 kids it is hard to come up with a healthy snack they all like. If I buy apples, they have to be a certain kind or 1 kid won't eat them. Even then, only 5 kids like apples. 4 kids like bananas, 3 kids like certain dried fruit, 6 kids like cheese and 5 like Greek yogurt but 1 kid is lactose intolerant. 1 of my kids hates EVERY vegetable that exists. I have to sneak them in the food for her to eat them.

This being the case I have to get creative. I saw a recipe for a trail mix that has raw nuts and seeds, raw coconut, and dried fruit. 

I made it and only 1 kid liked all of it. 1 liked the nuts so would pick them out. The rest of the kids stuck their picky little noses in the air and didn't touch it

Well, mama doesn't give up

So here is what I came up with. All the kids love it

The recipe is easy

ChristmasTrail mix

2 cups raw Almonds

1 cup raw sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raw coconut

1 cup dried apples

1 cup dried dates

1/3 cup of raw honey

1 Tbs pumpkin spice

2 tsp real vanilla extract

1/4-1/3 cup dark chocolate chips or chunks

Mix everything except the chocolate. Bake for 15- 20 min. at 350 degrees.

Take out of oven to cool and harden but while the trail mix is hot sprinkle the chocolate chips over it and stir it around.

My oldest daughter says it tastes like Christmas. 

The kids are getting a mostly healthy snack, which makes me happy and they are happy because they count it as a treat. It's a good compromise Which I have learned as a parent happens ALOT