God is good...maybe that's how he showed the native peoples of this land how to get maple syrup from a tree. By accident (though not with the car). Because it just doesn't add up that a native person would look at a specific tree and think, "Hey, I bet if I collect that watery stuff and boil it long enough at a hot enough temperature then I'm bound to get a sweet sticky syrup from it." But back to the recipe...
1. Preheat oven for about 5 minutes to 350 degrees. Then turn the oven off.
2. Select your favorite combo of trail mix ingredients. Currently this is what I mix:
- one 1 lb unsalted, whole almonds (roasted or raw works)
- one 8 oz package of dried cranberries
- about half a regular size bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- about half a page of roasted, salted pepitas
- about 1/2 to 2/3 of a 24 oz container of raisins (I like the Sunmaid brand)
- as many pretzels as I feel make a good balance - I like the square pretzels for their shape and bite-sizeness - if you get the stick kind, you'll want to break them in bite-sized pieces
3. Let the bowl sit in the oven until you notice the chocolate getting melty. You may want to give the bowl a gentle stir a couple of times during the warming process. The more you stir though, the more the chocolate gets on the sides of the bowl, so take it easy with this part. ;)
4. Then set in a cool spot or on the counter until the chocolate hardens. And you're done! I store our trail mix in large plastic pitchers (the kind meant for mixing frozen juice. For travel I reused plastic rice containers.
I love this recipe because it's less messy in the car and the kids tend to eat all the trail mix instead of trying to pick out there favorites (i.e. the chocolate :) )
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