Tropical Snack Mix
Created by Cheesehead on November 24, 2011
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #3025
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried pineapple
- 1 cup golden raisin
- 1 cup almonds (whole or slivered)
- 1/2 cup ground flax seeds
- 1/2 cup sunflower seed
- 3/4 cup unpopped popcorn
- 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup no trans fat margarine
- 1 cup brown sugar (or less if you like)
- Cinnamon, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
How to Make
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Step 1: Pop the popcorn on the stove or skillet. DO NOT air pop.
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Step 2: Pour into a large bowl that you can seal and let the popcorn cool.
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Step 3: Add pineapple, raisins, almonds, and sunflower seeds to popcorn. Stir thoroughly.
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Step 4: While popcorn is cooling, melt butter and mix in brown sugar and cinnamon to taste.
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Step 5: Boil for 1 minute only. Remove from heat and add flax seed and vanilla; mix well.
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Step 6: Pour over the popcorn mixture and use a rubber spatula to mix from the bottom up, like folding in ingredients. The seeds tend to fall to the bottom. Let dry and enjoy. Makes a big bowl.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (44.8 g)
- Calories 126.6
- Total Fat - 6.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.9 g
- Cholesterol - 0.6 mg
- Sodium - 38.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.3 g
- Sugars - 8.1 g
- Protein - 1.5 g
- Calcium - 22.2 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg