Pinterest Experiment 11 - Anna's "Want to Build a Snowman?" Party Snack Mix

I'm so far behind with the blog! I love to blog, but life definitely gets in the way. Sometimes you just have to roll with it and do a massive catchup of posts. So that's what I'll do this week!

The past few months have been a whirlwind of fun and exhaustion. Spring has brought many events like my daughter's four-year birthday party and Easter class parties. I researched for a couple of months before her party for ideas on party foods and goodie bags.

Her theme was, ahhhhhh, "Frozen." I'm sure Frozen has taken over your house too if you have kids. This movie, wow, it's impacted our lives in a lot of ways. "All good things, all good things," as Olaf the Snowman said.

We had her party at one of those jumpy tent places, which was awesome. We rented "Elsa" which was amazing and fun. It's definitely a decision I don't regret, even though the girls figured out immediately she was wearing a wig and costume. Smarty Pants!

Elsa!!!

For the food, we had the obligatory sheet cake (Anna & Elsa), cookie cake (from the party facility), pizza, the snack mix, Elsa's "Let It Go" York Peppermint Patties (I tried, I really tried to make my own and it was a fail) and Sven the Reindeer's Peanut Butter Truffles (post coming soon).

Here is the original Pinterest Pin.

Frozen snack mix
Ingredients:

• 1 C. chex cereal (any flavor will do)
• 1 C. pretzel sticks
• ½ C. Swiss or Provolone flavored Cheez-Its
• ½ C. Peanuts
• ½ C. York Peppermint blue & white minis (found in the candy aisle)

The great thing about this pin was I KNEW I would not be able to find these items unless I did some kind of crazy scavenger hunt in town. Somehow time got away from me - doesn't it always? - and I was scrambling a couple of days before the party.

So I had to improvise and luckily this recipe is very forgiving. I did have the chex cereal, swiss Cheez-Its. But I could not find pretzel sticks or pretzels, what the .... nor could I find the York Peppermint blue & white minis.

Darn it!!! Shaking my fist!

So I used a small bag of Chex Mix that had the pretzels in it already. I also used a nut mix for the peanuts. For the candy, I had to use Junior Mints. Seinfeld anyone? "You know you want one Junior Mint!"

Before

After

Another great thing about this pin was my daughter helped me. I let her pour all the ingredients into the bowls. Then she just shook the bowls. It was a lot of fun and helped her feel like she did something for her party.

My toddler is notorious for wanting to help. all. the. time. That can be tough sometimes when I'm in a rush OR I have an idea of how you want to perfectly execute a craft or recipe. So this was a chance to let her do something to be involved in a part of the process.

Sometimes there is a downside to too many ideas...nobody ate the mix. NOBODY. LOL! All I can do is laugh about this. 

As always, it's a learning process. However, this would be great for a home party where kids won't be so obsessed with jumping in the bouncy tents. Parents tend to gravitate towards where the food is, so this would be a perfect noshing snack.

This was almost Pinterest perfect, so I give it up a thumbs up.