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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Jasmin's Berry Chocolatey Trail Mix

Mackenzie introduced me to this wonderful trail mix called "Artisan Blend" by Savanna Orchards.  The idea is absolutely fantastic - dried berries, nuts, plus chocolate.  I'm not a big fan of nuts, which means I forgot to purchase them while at the grocery store today.  However, I did remember to buy dried pomegranates, dried blueberries, and dark chocolate morsels.  I tried finding "mini" dark chocolate morsels, but they only sell dark chocolate chunks and regular sized dark chocolate chips.  The only mini morsels I could find were semi-sweet, so I said no thank you!  We already have the dried cranberries, so here we go!

No, I have no affiliation with Ocean Spray...
it just happens to be the only brand I could find!

My measurements:
1 cup dried blueberries
1/2 cup dried cherries
1 cup dried pomegranate
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 cup dark chocolate morsels
Mix!

Jasmin's Berry Chocolatey Trail Mix

For those of you who know me, I'm a decent cook - I just need a recipe.  I'm actually writing this blog post as I make the trail mix, so it's a pretty neat experience!  My own recipe has turned out pretty darn good!  My reasoning for choosing 1/2 cups of cherries and cranberries?  I like the blueberries and pomegranate more.  Great logic, right?  The next time I do this, I think I might only use 3/4 a cup of dark chocolate morsels.  I feel like trail mix shouldn't look like a chocolate overload, and I see way too many pieces of chocolate on first glance.

Although it looks like there is too much chocolate, you actually get ~1 chocolate with every 3-5 berries which is a really great [taste] ratio!  I do wish the chocolate chips were smaller so I could feel healthier...maybe I can find some on Amazon.

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