Road Trip Snack Mix
Freeze-dried fruit, dried vegetables, and seeds in a jar on the passenger seat.
- calories
- 320
- weight
- 2 oz
- cal / oz
- 160
- protein
- 9 g
- serves
- 6, scales
- prep
- 5 min
- cook
- 0 min
- total time
- 5 min
- water
- none
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Snack
- No cook
- Car camping
- Day hike
- Backpacking
- Bikepacking
- Canoe / raft
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten free
- Dairy free
- Nut free
- Eat in the bag
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| Freeze-dried strawberry slices | 1 cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Freeze-dried blueberries | 1/2 cup | |
| Dried corn | 1/2 cup | the crunchy kind, not the rehydrating kind |
| Dried green peas | 1/2 cup | |
| Pumpkin seeds | 3/4 cup | roasted and salted |
| Sunflower seeds | 3/4 cup | |
| Coconut chips | 1/2 cup | unsweetened |
| Salt | 1/2 tsp | |
| Smoked paprika | 1/2 tsp | optional, cuts the sweetness |
Method
- Tip everything into a large bag or a wide jar.
- Add the salt and paprika last so they land on the seeds, not the fruit.
- Shake until the color is even. Do not stir with a spoon — the freeze-dried fruit breaks into dust.
- Split into six snack bags, or leave it in one jar within reach of the driver.
This is a snack you build once at home and eat out of for a week. The seeds carry the calories and almost all of the protein; the freeze-dried fruit and vegetables are there for crunch and sugar, since they weigh almost nothing and never go soft in a hot car.
Salt is the part people skip. Two cups of seeds without it reads as bland by the third handful, and on a long driving day or a hot hike the sodium is doing real work. The paprika is optional but keeps the mix from tasting like dessert.
Packing
Freeze-dried fruit crushes under anything heavier than itself. Use a rigid jar or a wide-mouth bottle in the car, and put single servings in the top of the pack, not the bottom.
Variations
- Swap the peas for dried green beans if you want less starch.
- A handful of pretzels makes it more filling, but it stops being gluten-free.
- Dairy-free dark chocolate chips work in cool weather only. Above 70F they coat everything.
https://motherearthproducts.com/collections/road-trip-snacks