Energizing Trail Mix Bark
A flavorful snack that's packed with nutrition - includes nuts, dried fruit, spices. Great for high energy activity days!
Course: Snack
Keyword: dried fruit, high energy snack, hiking snack, mixed nuts, survival food, trail mix
Author: Adrienne Harvey
Ingredients
- 6 oz walnut halves Raw Walnuts
- 6 oz almonds Whole Raw Almonds
- 3 oz dried apricots Chopped or Diced
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 4 oz brown rice syrup I prefer the Lundberg brand
- 1 Tbsp almond butter or any other nut butter
- 4 grinds black pepper 4 good grinds of it
- 1/2 tsp sea salt ghost chili naga jolokia infused
- 1/4 tsp lemon zest Dried and powdered or fresh and obliterated
- 1 tsp ginger Dried China #1 ground at home is best
Put the walnuts, almonds and chopped apricots in a large metal bowl.
In a small saucepan, heat the coconut oil, brown rice syrup, almond butter and all of the spices over medium heat - stirring constantly to combine.
When the mixture comes to a slight boil/simmer, let it reduce VERY slightly (do not walk away for a second during this process, then pour over the nuts and fruit in the bowl. Working quickly, stir to make sure everything is evenly coated and combined.
Turn out onto a silicone baking mat and let solidify - store in plastic bags and try to control yourself, this stuff is highly addictive.
You can modify this recipe to suit whatever dried fruits, spices, etc. you may have available at the time. For the RKC Workshop I made a version of this mix which used walnuts, almonds, goji berries, raw cocoa nibs, and unsweetened coconut shreds for example.