Some things start out as good ideas…but just don’t work.
Wearing my black keds with hot pink shoelaces, green jeans, a blue sweatshirt, and purple socks. Not kidding one bit – this really happened, and there’s a picture of it.
That perm I got in college. The bad music I used to listen to. The punk phase I went through in high school – I literally only shopped at Hot Topic for months. Sorry mom and dad.
I’ve got a ton of examples, and I’m sure you have your own.
But this trail mix nut butter? It may be one of the best idea I’ve ever had. I love trail mix. I love nut butters. And I wanted to really break in my food processor after only using it to shred zucchini, make pesto, and puree hummus.
And…one other bad idea?
Don’t put a wooden spoon down the shute of your food processor to press the sides of the nuts down. It won’t end well, and then you’ll spend 5 minutes picking shards of wood out of your nut butter base. Trust me.
Spoon incident aside – this trail mix nut butter has everything I love in a trail mix, blended together to drizzle on oatmeal, spoon onto yogurt, or slather on bread for an even better pb&j sandwich.
My favorite trail mix has peanuts, sunflower seeds, currants, chocolate chips, and m&ms (which are required in trail mix, right?). The best part of making a trail mix nut butter is that you can make it with your favorite mix-ins!
Love butterscotch chips and dried cherries? Go for it. If you like cashews and almonds more, whip those up instead of the peanuts and sunflower seeds.
I’m pretty sure a chocolate raspberry one will be happening soon, too.
Trail Mix Nut Butter
Makes: about 1 cup
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup roasted salted peanuts
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 Tbsp dried currants
- 1 Tbsp chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp mini m&m candies
Directions:
- Pour the peanuts and sunflower seeds into the bowl of a food processor. Turn it on a medium speed and let it run for 5-7 minutes until the mixture is broken down and beginning to look creamy.
- Taking breaks if the processor needs it, keep running the peanuts and sunflowers together until the mixture is as smooth as you want it.
- Add the currants, chocolate chips, and m&ms and let it spin together for another minute.
- Scoop into an air-tight jar.
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Wow. Just wow. This looks amazing! Do the currants blend down all the way or do they add a chewy texture to the butter?
YES YES YES!!!
Awesome idea, love how you can customise this however you like!
Oh this really is an amazing idea!
Oooh – I love this idea! :) Looks amazing!
Brilliant!! Love this!
What a fantastic idea! I’ve never considered actually processing the mix-ins with the nuts, but now I can’t wait to try it!
HOT TOPIC. Hahahaha, I’d *totally* repressed that from my memory…I definitely made a few ill-advised purchases there myself in high school. Ack.
What a GREAT idea!
What a fun nut butter flavor!
I got a perm in college too, not the best Idea I’ve ever had either. I LOVE this idea, perfect to spread on just about everything on the planet.
You’re a genius! I’ll see your “punk phase” and raise you an “obsessed with Fred Durst for 6 months” :)
This is a genius idea, I would have never thought of it but it sounds so delicious!! (And I’ve also had to search for plastic spoon pieces in my food processor- lesson well learned that those blades are indeed sharp)
When I was younger all of my friends were getting their hair layered and I wanted in on the layering party. After much begging and pleading, my Mom finally gave in and I hated it! I still don’t know why thought that layers on my already curly, frizzy hair would look good! :-P
This peanut butter looks great (unlike my hair post-layers!) I love playing around with different peanut butter flavors! :-D
this is definitely a genius idea!!! hope you have another wooden spoon ;) and ah, hot topic… the memories, lol
so creative! i love this!