Last week, I noticed the painted labels peeling off the bottom of my mixing bowls. I stained a spatula a pretty pink, and I bent back a fork’s handle while cutting butter into flour and sugar. Yes, you’ve probably guessed it… I’ve been baking too much!
Unfortunately, I can’t share most of it with you. Not yet, anyway. You see, after I published my first cookbook, I immediately dove headfirst into a new one—and it’s entirely devoted to baking!
So I’ve spent that past few weeks becoming best friends with my mixing bowls and measuring spoons, spilling flour and sugar across the countertop, and chowing down on countless cookies and fruit crumbles. It’s a tough job… But somebody’s gotta do it!
With so much taste testing going on, I tend to nibble on little snacks throughout the day instead of sitting down to full-fledged meals. Usually I reach for carrots, grapes, or a banana, but if I’ve been sampling too many fruit pies or cobblers, I need to get my chocolate fix! (Yes, I’m a chocoholic. See here for details.)
Although incredibly tempted to break off just one tiny piece of my favorite Trader Joe’s dark chocolate bar—or sneak another one of these—I tossed together something better: a Chocolate Lover’s Healthy Snack Mix! With fruit, fiber, and a bit of healthy fat from almonds, a bowl of this is sure to leave you satisfied—especially that little chocoholic inside all of us!
This is a great make-ahead snack (and is easily doubled or tripled)! Store in an air-tight container or ziplock baggie for up to two weeks.
- Add the cereal and strawberries to a medium bowl. (Optional: Break the strawberries into pieces to be smaller than the cereal squares.) Roughly chop the almonds, and add to the bowl along with the chocolate chips. Toss everything together.
Yum, this looks tasty! I agree… I usually head right for the dark chocolate (love TJ’s!) but this looks like it could pose some competition! 🙂
Thanks Erin! What’s your favorite chocolate at TJ’s? I love the little red 3-packs of dark chocolate they have up by the registers!
Yes, those are so yummy!! I also love the dark chocolate cookie butter and the dark chocolate filled with caramel and sea salt (the ones by the registers in the pretty packages). 🙂
Cookie butter?? Somehow I’ve missed those — sounds like a fabulous combination!
OK you are inspiring me to bake!! It’s been FAR too long!! I know you don’t REALLLYYY believe that you have been baking too much though, NO SUCH THING! This snack mix sure looks good!
You caught me Brittany… I don’t exactly believe there’s such a thing as too much baking! (But my tight running shorts might disagree! 😉 ) I can’t wait to see what you bake — hopefully it’ll be a feature on your blog!
A healthy chocolate snack sounds too good to be true! This looks delicious. Good luck working on your book…how exciting. 🙂
Thank you Tina! It’s quite an adventure… Lots of desserts to sample and revise! Guess I shouldn’t complain too much, right? 😉
Mmmm… I would totally pour some milk over that and eat it for breakfast!!
Confession: I already did. 😉
Great recipe! I just made it and my 3 year old son loved it too! I switched out dried cherries since my local grocery store didn’t have the freeze dried strawberries and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Katie! That’s a huge compliment if your young son loved it as well. I was quite a picky eater as a toddler, so I’m very happy to hear he enjoyed the snack mix too!
This looks yummy as well…I have a dehydrator so if the store doesn’t have the strawberries, I will make my own! 🙂
That’s so cool Joanna! I wish I had space for a dehydrator. You must have so much fun with it!
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