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Is it really 33% nuts, 33% raisins or dried cranberries, and 33% chocolate? Or is it a different percentage? I think it may be 40-40-20, or 35-35-30.

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[–] joel_anderson 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

100% chocolate. Shoot I’m just eating straight chocolate chips. Again.

[–] Mog_fanatic 5 points 2 years ago

Absolutely agree. The other things are just garbage and a waste of energy to consume. If for some reason you find yourself with trail mix that isn't all chocolate, what you want to do is just heat up the trail mix over a strainer and let all the chocolate fall thru. Let the chocolate cool, throw away the rest, and then eat the remaining chocolate once it hardens. Enjoy the best trail mix ever.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s whatever ratio you like! I go heavier on the nuts because I can pretend it’s healthier.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

"they're healthy fats! You gotta get your healthy fats in" I say around a full mouth of cashews and macadamia nuts, my fifth such handful

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably is. Raisins makes many people's blood sugar levels shoot thru the roof. It's basically candies. The only issue with nuts is that it's easy to over eat them and they're hugely calorie dense

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Calorie density is the entire point of trail mix. It's not a bad thing.

[–] favrion 2 points 2 years ago

Makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Whatever it is, the raisens should be at the lowest with the chocolate just above them. I hate it when my trail mix is more chewy than crunchy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1% spider so you don't eat too much in one go

[–] favrion 3 points 2 years ago

But protein though?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll go with 1/4 nuts, 1/4 seeds, 1/4 dried fruit, and 1/4 M n' Ms. 😋

[–] favrion 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good call, except seeds are too tiny for my taste.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I like pumpkin and sunflower seeds.

[–] dystop 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mine is usually 100% chocolate, 0% nuts, 0% fruit. Oops

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

25% chocolate, 25% peanuts, 25% caramel, 25% nougat = health food of the gods

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I like to think of it as a portable trail mix loaf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, mine too!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

75% rye chips. The rest can be whatever

[–] HatterTheSad 4 points 2 years ago

75%? Why are you skimping on the rye chips?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

That's way too much chocolate for my tastes. I like a low like 5% so you don't get it every handful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I once had a high school science teacher tell us that trail mix was a homogeneous mixture because there was an equal amount of each ingredient. He was ridiculously incorrect of course but that stuck with me lol.

[–] surewhynotlem 5 points 2 years ago

Mine is more like... 60% nuts, 30% raisins, 10% chocolate, by weight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

0-50-50 because I'm allergic to nuts lol

[–] favrion 4 points 2 years ago

Fruit and chocolate is a heavenly combo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Depends on your goal I guess? I can't imagine chocolate being over twenty percent unless you are just making candy.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cassandra would like to have a word with you.

[–] favrion 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She's the main character a book series called "The Secret" by Pseudonymous Bosch.

Very fun and REALLY cool series.

Cassandra has a trail mix that contains chocolate chip and banana as well.

[–] favrion 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ElPussyKangaroo 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. As an Indian, it's a very common snack here...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not sure about the ratio but I just found this at Costco and it's amazing, plus no chocolate which is gross.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chocolate IS gross. Glad to see another anticho

[–] Sketchpad01 1 points 2 years ago

Finally, more sane people!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The trick is to put knobs on your helmet that control the ratios. That way your trail mix steam can be altered based on the situation.

[–] favrion 1 points 2 years ago

A helmet? While walking on a trail?

[–] Crackhappy 1 points 2 years ago

I don't like chocolate in mine at all.