Chocolate Cherry Snack Mix {Paleo, Vegan, Gluten-Free}
With all the hustle and bustle of being outside in the sun, it’s crucial to have wholesome, tasty snacks on hand! Switch up your store-bought granola for this healthy, real food-based homemade chocolate cherry snack mix instead.
Keeping you (and your family!) fueled when you’re on the go can be tricky sometimes. Which is why having homemade snacks on hand helps keep life simple.
This chocolate covered cherry snack mix has all the makings of a snack the whole family will love: something sweet, something crunchy, something salty and of course… chocolate!
Chocolate Cherry Snack Mix Recipe
This chocolate cherry snack mix uses tart dried cherries, cacao powder, coconut sugar to keep this mix sweet and tart.
Wildly Organic Coconut Sugar is a great replacement for refined white sugar and has a molasses-type taste, similar to brown sugar. It’s a high energy food source that helps make recipes like snack mixes just a bit more delicious.
The combination of ingredients in this chocolate cherry snack mix not only taste great, but also provide a lot of benefits as well thanks to the cacao powder (a great boost of calcium, iron, and antioxidants). Did you know that Wildly Organic Cacao Powder is also Fair Trade Certified?
Loaded with healthy fats, this snack mix keeps you satiated but also full. It’s similar to trail mix in the sense that there are some nuts and seeds, but everything has been coated in salted chocolate making it a bit more dessert-like.
This chocolate cherry snack mix is great to keep on hand for busy days, after school snacks or if you’re heading out for a quick hike. It would even be great to put in a bowl for having company over. It’s a simple, no-bake recipe that keeps you full, fueled and always wanting more! Everyone loves a little chocolate!
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Who will you share this Chocolate Cherry Snack Mix with?
- 2/3cup dried cherries
- 1/2cup Wildly Organic Walnuts
- 1/4cup Wildly Organic Coconut Chips
- 1/8cup Wildly Organic Pumpkin Seeds
- 1/4cup Wildly Organic Centrifuge Extract Coconut Oil
- 1tablespoon Wildly Organic Fermented Cacao Powder
- 2tablespoosn Wildly Organic Coconut Sugar
- 1/4teaspoon Wildly Organic Pink Himalayan Salt
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Line a cutting board or baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
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In a bowl, combine the cherries, walnuts, coconut chips and pumpkin seeds and mix. Set aside.
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In a small pot, place the coconut oil and heat over low.
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Once melted, whisk in the cacao powder, sugar, and salt. Turn off the heat and keep whisking until most of the sugar is dissolved.
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Pour the chocolate mixture over the cherry walnut mix and stir until everything is coated.
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Pour the contents of the bowl onto the parchment paper using a spatula to get all the chocolate!
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Place in the freezer for thirty minutes.
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Remove from the freezer and break into pieces.
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Place in a jar and store in the fridge to munch on. If left at room temperature for a long time, the chocolate will begin to melt. This recipe is best stored cold.
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Shelby Stover
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