Happy Trails Gorp Snack Mix

Gorp. A funny name for such a tasty trail mix! We recently went camping and hiking, and we love to take this with us.

This well-rounded snack mix gives a little bit of sweet, a little bit of salty, and the perfect mix of protein and carbs.


Here's how you make Gorp snack mix:

Ingredients:

• 1 small box of Cheerios 
• 1 can of dry roasted peanuts
• 1 bag of plain M&Ms
• 1 box/can of raisins

Are you ready? Here's where it gets difficult:

Pour your Cheerios into a large bowl.

Dump in the rest of the ingredients.

Stir to mix thoroughly. 

Real tough, eh?

Now just take Gorp Trail Mix with you on road trips, camping trips, movie night, in the lunch box... you get the picture. It's good anywhere, anytime. 

You can serve Gorp up at a Halloween or Fall Harvest party.

Or take it on a picnic {along with this amazing dessert}.

Now...what to do with all that left over packaging? 
Let's R3: Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose.  Here's how ~

Cheerios box becomes:  

Paperless gift wrapping. Very chic like craft paper.
You can also emboss or stamp the box to dress it up.

Raisin canister becomes:

Scrap Paper Mod Podge Canisters

Peanut canister becomes:

A dressed up way to store and present your Gorp trail mix!  You might notice that it goes very well with the Wild West Party theme:

Of course, you can always just recycle all the packaging. Do you have curbside recycling, or do you take it to a center near you?

That's my GORP project.

Tasty Treat. Virtually no trash. It's a win-win combo!!

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{I host a weekly linky party. Come find out more here!  I'm sharing Gorp Snack & Trail Mix with...Monday:  Craftomaniac, Making The World Cuter, Alderberry Hill, Skip to My Lou, Cherished Bliss; Tuesday:  Not Just a Housewife, Elizabeth & Co., The DIY Dreamer, Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Savvy Southern Style, Uncommon, What We Wore & Made, Gingersnap Crafts, The NY Melrose Family. ; Wednesday:  The 36th Avenue, Live-Laugh-Rowe, Someday Crafts, Handy Man Crafty Woman, The Trendy Treehouse,  Snap; Thursday: Johnny in a Dress, My Repurposed Life, Tidy Mom, Shabby Nest; Friday:  Funky Junk Interiors, Anything Goes, Finding Fabulous, My Simple Home Life, Romantic Home, French Country Cottage, Tatertots and Jello, Thirty Handmade Days, Naptime Crafters, Stuff & Nonsense, One Creative Mommy; Saturday:  Be Different Act Normal, Tutus & Tea Parties, Positively Splendid, Sew Country Chick; Sunday: Nifty Thrifty Things, DIY Project Parade, Under The Table and Dreaming, My 1929 Charmer, Sew Darned Crafty; Seasonal: Fall Frenzy}