Not that any of those ingredients would have made this a better trail mix. On the contrary. I'm just making sure readers know that by "everything," Archer Farms means dried fruit, yogurt-covered peanuts, chocolate, almonds, raisins, and coconut. As it is, it's pretty tasty.
At $3.99 a bag at my local Target, this is one of the least expensive trail mixes AF has to offer. They go all the way up to $7 a bag! For that price, there had better be caviar in there...or something else really gourmet-ish.
Most of the ingredients in this bag are relatively healthy, except for maybe the chocolate chips. My wife and I agree that the chocolate really isn't necessary here, nor is the moderate amount of added sugar. There's plenty of sweetness from the banana chips, raisins, dried mangos, pineapple, and yogurt chips.
Honestly, I wouldn't have minded a few more nuts in the mix to counterbalance all of the sweetness. But all things considered, this is a delicious, energizing snack that would be great to keep one's blood sugar up if hiking or biking or what have you.
I'll absolutely be trying and reviewing more of AF's trail mixes, so stay tuned. Keep those comments coming, check out and "like" our Facebook fan page, and as always, thanks for reading!
I give this trail mix 8 out of 10 stars.
It has plenty of sweetness because the dried fruit is sweetened with sugar. A lot of sugar! These ingredients have added sugar: sweetened banana chips, dried sweetened mangos dried sweetened pineapple, yogurt-coated peanuts, milk chocolate chips, dried sweetened cranberries. Sugar is the first ingredient in the dried sweetened pineapple, which indicates there is more sugar than pineapple! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point, Jay.
ReplyDelete"Would you like some pineapple with your sugar?"