Snacks

Recipe—Baseball Munchie Mix

My son has been playing little league baseball for the last six years and that means I have six years of experience being the team mom, six years of experience coordinating snack sign ups, and six years of watching moms try to outdo each other with their creativity with their snacks. Myself included.

I made up this baseball munchie mix at the peak of my team mom career (that was two years in) and it was all down hill after that. However, I will never forget the faces of our little farm ball players after their game when I passed these out. They thought the plastic hats were the absolute coolest, especially because it had their team logo on them.

I had found these adorable plastic ball caps on Amazon and knew I had to plan a snack around them. I took all of my son’s favorite salty and sweet snacks, mixed them up in a big bowl, and combined them into one epic snack mix served in the cutest hats. Now, if you don’t want to spend the money on plastic hats, you can absolutely make this mix and just put it in some plastic bags. Trust me, the kids will still be super stoked. I mean after all, there is candy involved.

Now, do you need a recipe for this? Probably not. But my blog is about all things in the kitchen and inspiring people to have fun. And that may even be to help all my fellow baseball moms out with a creative and fun snack idea for your little sluggers. I know Folsom moms aren’t the only baseball moms trying to outdo each other with their creative snack ideas. Plus, this is a fantastic recipe for a baseball or World Series watching party too!

INGREDIENTS
7 oz bag Boom Chicka Pop Kettle Corn
10 oz box Honey Teddy Grahams
8 oz Rold Gold Pretzels (I used the big ones and broke them up)
2 cups M&Ms (I found their team colors available)
6 full size Hershey bars broken up

STEPS

  • Mix all the ingredients together in a big bowl and portion into individual snack bags or plastic ball caps. 
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Snacks

Recipe—S’More Snack Mix

S’more snack mix please! Last year I made a Valentine’s Day Snack Mix that was a total hit with my followers and also my little man’s little buddies at school. Well it’s that time of year again and I was trying to come up with something fun. All kids love Teddy Grahams so those were a given ingredient. What goes better with graham crackers than M&M’s and marshmallows? This was a no brainer! I had to make s’more snack mix. This is a perfect treat whether or not it’s Valentine’s Day. I’m thinking I will make a big batch for our next summer camping trip (with traditional M&M’s of course). You can just serve it in a large bowl (perfect for a party) ORRRRR you can make your own Valentine’s Day snack bags to pass out!

Last year I had a couple people contact me requesting that I share my valentine snack bag design so that they could print and make their own. This year I thought I would just go ahead and include it right here on my blog. That’s right! You can download a pdf of the cute cards I designed and print and make your own! How fun is that?!? A special homemade bag of snack mix for the kiddos to share with their friends! You’re welcome.

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I hope you enjoy this fabulous mix as much as me and my munchkin do! I wish all of my followers a wonderful Valentine’s Day filled with lots of love and happiness.

xoxox
The Diva

Note: This recipe makes enough to fill 24–26 snack size Ziploc bags or 1 large bowl. IF you don’t want to print and trim these on your own just take the pdf file to Kinkos or Staples and they can do the work for you. 😉

INGREDIENTS
3 (8 oz) bags Honey Teddy Grahams
10 oz bag mini marshmallows
2 (12.6) oz bags Valentine’s M&M’s

STEPS

  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix.

STEPS TO CREATE THE VALENTINE’S DAY SNACK BAGS

  • Make snack mix as directed above.
  • Distribute mix into snack sized ziplock bags.
  • Click on the above picture of the Valentine’s Day tabs.
  • Save the pdf to your computer.
  • Print out however many pages you will need to a heavy card stock.
  • Cut out the valentines along the black trim marks.
  • Fill in the “To” and “From” portion of the valentine.
  • Fold each valentine in half.
  • Staple along the top of the ziploc bag.
  • Wellah!

 

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Snacks

Recipe—Valentine’s Day Snack Mix

If you are on Pinterest then you have probably seen one form or another of “Puppy Chow” snack mixes. (Basically a super sweet treat made from chocolate covered Chex cereal and tossed with other tasty goods.) These snack mixes are popping up everywhere! I saw one the other day for Valentine’s Day that looked super cute. I liked the idea of doing something like this for my son and all his little classmates at school but thought his teacher’s may not appreciate it if I get a classroom full of 2 and 3 year olds all hopped up on sugar. I decided to create this lower sugar version snack mix that is great for people of all ages. Have fun mixing any and all of your favorite bite size snacks!

Note: This recipe makes enough to fill 24–26 snack size Ziploc bags or 1 large bowl.

Here are my final goodie bags. I made some cute tags that I folded in half and stapled over the top.

INGREDIENTS
15.5 oz box Strawberry Frosted Mini Wheats
10 oz box Honey Teddy Grahams
2 c yogurt covered raisins
2 c raspberry yogurt covered pretzels
1 1/2 c dried cranberries
1.25 oz yo’ drops crunchable yogurt

STEPS

  • Combine all ingredients and one large bowl and use a large serving spoon or scoop to mix together gently.
  • Divide mix into snack size bags or serve in one large bowl.
  • Enjoy!

Happy Valentine’s Day!