Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix (Vegan + Gluten-Free)

This Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix is a healthy and delicious snack that won’t disappoint in any case. With chopped dates, dried cranberries and dark chocolate chunks, this trail mix is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth but also provide your body with healthy fats, vitamins, minerals, and fiber!

Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix

This recipe is friendly for many allergies too as it’s vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, oil-free and low sugar.

Want More Healthy Vegan Recipes?

If you’d like more healthy and vegan recipes, feel free to check out some of these great ones!

1. Blueberry Lemon Oatmeal Bars (Gluten Free + Vegan).
2. Healthy Trail Mix with Chocolate and Banana Chips.
3. Healthy Strawberry Oatmeal Bars (Gluten Free + Vegan).
4. Chocolate Granola Clusters (Gluten Free + Vegan).

I made this using raw nuts and seeds in order to avoid unhealthy oils that are often added to pre-roasted nuts. If you prefer, you can use roasted instead, or you can roast your own easily.

Roast Your Own Nuts at Home

To roast your own nuts and seeds, pre-heat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Add a bit of oil like coconut or avocado and place on a baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper. Roast until golden brown, turning every 5 minutes. This will take whole almonds and walnuts 5-15 minutes and smaller seeds like pumpkin and sunflower 5-10 minutes.

Soaked or Sprouted Nuts

Another option is to soak or sprout your nuts and seeds for better digestibility. I don’t always make the effort to do it myself so, I like to use pre-sprouted nuts and seeds when I can. For instance, I found the pumpkin seeds I used at Costco. Go Raw is another brand that sprouts seeds. Nates Raw Harvest has options for sprouted nuts. Pecan Shop has sprouted nuts and seeds.

If you are interested in soaking or sprouting your own nuts and seeds then, Nutrition Stripped has an amazing guide on how to do that. You can find that guide here.

Allergen Friendly Chocolate

I always get vegan chocolate chunks that are sweetened with cane sugar, in order to avoid GMO sugar. If you care about that, you can purchase organic and/or NON-GMO project verified chocolate. In particular, Enjoy Life is an allergen friendly brand available at most grocery stores and they use very minimal ingredients. Here, I used my local grocery store’s generic organic chocolate chunks.

Dried Cranberries Sweetened with Apple Juice

I prefer to get dried cranberries that are sweetened with apple juice instead of refined sugar. I’ve found them in bulk bins (which is cheaper) at Good Earth stores but they may also be available at Whole Foods. If you want dried cranberries without added refined sugar and can’t find them near you, then you can order some here.

Trail Mix Recipe Adaptations

Feel free to change up ingredients, leave some out or replace them with something else. Instead, try adding dried fruit like bananas, strawberries, pineapple, mangos, raisins, apricots, blueberries, etc. And more nut options could be pecans, cashews, pistachios, etc.

Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix (Vegan + Gluten-Free)

Keyword: Chocolate cranberry trail mix

Author: Adrianne from Bananasaboutlife.com

Yeild: 6-8 servings

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup raw almonds
• 1/3 cup raw walnuts
• 1/3 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
• 1/8 cup dried cranberries
• 1/8 cup dark chocolate chunks
• 2 medjool dates (roughly chopped)
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions:

1. Remove the pits from medjool dates and chop each into about 8 pieces.
2. To a mixing bowl add nuts, seeds, cranberries, chocolate and chopped dates, then stir to combine.
3. Sprinkle sea salt over the mixture and stir again to distribute.
4. Add mixture to a sealed container and enjoy throughout your week. Store in the fridge or pantry.

More Healthy Snack Recipes

We all need some great go-to healthy snacks so feel free to check out my Healthy Trail Mix with Chocolate and Banana Chips. As well as my Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies (Vegan + Gluten Free) and my Easy Candied Nuts Recipe (Vegan + Paleo). And finally, The Best Granola Clusters (Vegan + Gluten Free) is a great recipe to meal prep for snacks.

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Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix

This trail mix is made with a mixture of nuts, seeds, dried fruit and chocolate chunks. It's perfect for kids and adults for healthy snacking and a great meal prep idea for snacks ready whenever you need them! I hope you enjoy!

Course Snack

Keyword chocolate cranberry trail mix

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 8

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raw almonds
• 1/3 cup raw walnuts
• 1/3 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
• 1/8 cup dried cranberries
• 1/8 cup dark chocolate chunks
• 2 medjool dates roughly chopped
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

• Remove the pits from medjool dates and chop each into about 8 pieces.
• To a mixing bowl add nuts, seeds, cranberries, chocolate and chopped dates, then stir to combine.
• Sprinkle sea salt over the mixture and stir again to distribute.
• Add mixture to a sealed container and enjoy throughout your week. Store in the fridge or pantry.