Trail Mixes

Trail Mixes

A trail mix is only as good as the nuts that anchor it. At Nut Cravings, our trail mixes collection is built around a six-variety roasted salted mixed nuts blend that starts where most trail mix formulations stop: with raw walnuts staying raw because they taste better that way, and five other premium tree nut varieties roasted to the level that genuinely improves their flavor. No peanuts as filler. No added oils. No artificial preservatives. Dry roasted, Kosher certified, and packed fresh in Monroe, New York in a resealable bag.

Browse our complete nuts and seeds collection for individual variety bags to build a custom trail mix, and the full mixed nuts and bar mix collection for additional blend formats.

The Trail Mix Nuts Blend in This Collection

Roasted Mixed Nuts, Salted Brazil, Pecan, Almond, Hazelnut and Cashew

The Roasted Mixed Nuts, Salted blend is a six-variety trail mix nut base that handles both direct snacking and as the foundation for a custom homemade trail mix. Rated 4.9 stars from 13 verified buyers. Available in 1 lb, 2 lb, 3 lb, and 5 lb.

Six varieties in every bag:

• Raw California English walnuts, fresh and mildly sweet
• Roasted salted almonds, classic and lightly crisp
• Roasted salted cashews, buttery and rich
• Roasted salted Brazil nuts from Bolivia, large kernels with a dense creamy character
• Roasted salted hazelnuts, aromatic with a distinctive earthy depth
• Roasted salted American pecans, softer textured with a sweet-savory finish

The walnuts stay raw intentionally. Walnuts have a higher natural oil content than almonds or cashews and lose their fresh, earthy character faster after roasting. The other five varieties taste genuinely better roasted. Keeping each nut in the format that suits it produces a more interesting blend than a bag where everything has been processed the same way.

What Makes This Cashew Trail Mix Different

Raw Walnuts in a Roasted Mix

Most mixed nut blends treat all six varieties identically: roast everything, salt everything, bag it. This blend does not. The raw walnuts provide a textural and flavor counterpoint to the five roasted varieties surrounding them. Each handful shifts between crunchy, buttery, salty, and mildly earthy rather than tasting uniform from first piece to last. That contrast is specifically what makes this blend more interesting as a trail mix nut base than a standard all-roasted bag.

No Peanuts

Peanuts are not tree nuts. They are legumes, and they appear in most commercial mixed nut and trail mix products specifically because they cost less per pound than almonds, cashews, or Brazil nuts. Filling a bag with peanuts while calling it a mixed nut blend is a cost optimization that most buyers notice by the time they are halfway through the bag.

This blend contains no peanuts. Every ounce is tree nut. Walnuts, almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, and pecans, six varieties that each contribute something the others do not, at full weight across the bag.

Dry Roasted, No Added Oils

The five roasted varieties in this trail mix blend are dry roasted with no added oils. Commercial roasted nuts frequently use peanut oil, canola oil, or palm oil in the roasting process, which adds fat content beyond the nut's own natural oils and can introduce flavors from the roasting oil that compete with the nut itself. Dry roasting produces a cleaner result where the flavor of each nut is the only flavor in the bag.

How to Use Trail Mix Nuts

As a Cashew Trail Mix Base

The six-variety blend works as the nut foundation for a custom homemade cashew trail mix. Add dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips for the standard sweet-salty-crunchy trail mix combination. Add dried mango or dried apricots for a tropical profile. Add sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds for a seed-forward ultra-portable hiking mix. The neutral-to-savory flavor profile of the six roasted varieties integrates cleanly with dried fruit sweetness without the blend tipping into candy territory.

For Direct Daily Snacking

One ounce of this six-variety trail mix nut blend provides approximately 6g protein, 16g fat, 2g dietary fiber, and meaningful amounts of selenium from the Brazil nuts, vitamin E from the almonds and hazelnuts, copper and magnesium from the cashews, and ALA omega-3 from the raw walnuts. The nutritional complementarity across the six varieties covers more of the daily micronutrient spectrum than any single-nut snack at the same serving size.

The Brazil nuts in the blend require one specific awareness: one to three Brazil nuts per day provides the adult daily requirement for selenium at 55 micrograms. The tolerable upper intake level for selenium is 400 micrograms per day. In a mixed nut context where Brazil nuts appear alongside five other varieties, counting Brazil nut consumption separately and keeping it within the daily range is the correct approach.

As Office and Travel Snacking

The resealable bag format works directly for desk snacking, lunch bag packing, and travel without requiring any transfer or pre-portioning. The dry roasted no-oil processing means the nuts travel cleanly without leaving oil on surfaces. The six-variety range covers every snacking preference across a shared office bowl or a household nut bowl without any single variety dominating or running out first.

For Salads, Charcuterie, and Entertaining

Roughly chopped, the trail mix nuts work as a salad topping for autumn grain bowls, spinach and pear salads, and roasted vegetable dishes. Whole, they anchor a charcuterie board alongside aged cheeses, cured meats, and dried fruit. The six-variety mix provides visual range and flavor variety across a sharing context without requiring separate sourcing of multiple nut types.

Building Your Own Trail Mix With Individual Nuts

The single-product trail mixes collection pairs naturally with individual variety bags for buyers who want to build custom trail mixed nuts blends at home with full control over ratios, processing levels, and dried fruit or seed additions.

Individual variety bags confirmed live from the nuts and seeds collection:

• Raw walnuts for the ALA omega-3 and fresh earthy base
• Raw or roasted cashews for the buttery richness in a cashew trail mix
• Raw or roasted almonds for the classic crunchy backbone
• Raw or roasted Brazil nuts for the selenium contribution
• Pecans for the softer, sweeter texture element
• Raw pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds as seed additions

Browse the full mixed nuts and bar mix collection for pre-blended mixed nut formats including deluxe mixed nuts, mixed nuts with dried fruit, and savory bar mix alongside this trail mix nuts blend.

Trail Mix Nuts Nutrition at a Glance

Per one ounce of this six-variety roasted salted trail mix blend:

• Calories: approximately 170
• Protein: 5 to 6g
• Total Fat: 15 to 16g (primarily unsaturated)
• Net Carbohydrate: approximately 4g
• Dietary Fiber: 2g
• Selenium: covered by the Brazil nut component (1 to 3 nuts delivers the daily requirement)
• Vitamin E: meaningful contribution from almonds and hazelnuts
• Copper: significant contribution from cashews and walnuts
• ALA Omega-3: from raw walnuts

Kosher certified by BDMC, vegan, naturally gluten-free, no artificial preservatives. All six varieties are covered by the FDA's qualified health claim for nuts and heart disease.

Frequently Asked Questions

What trail mix nuts does Nut Cravings carry?

The trail mixes collection currently features a six-variety Roasted Mixed Nuts blend with raw walnuts, roasted salted almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, and pecans. No peanuts. Dry roasted, no added oils. Available in 1 lb, 2 lb, 3 lb, and 5 lb. For individual variety bags to build a custom trail mix, browse the complete nuts and seeds collection.

Why are the walnuts raw in the roasted trail mix blend?

Walnuts have a higher natural oil content than most other tree nuts and lose their fresh, mildly sweet flavor faster after roasting. Keeping them raw preserves the ALA omega-3 content and the fresh walnut character that roasting diminishes. The other five varieties taste better roasted, so each nut gets the processing that suits it.

Is this a cashew trail mix or a mixed nut blend?

Both. The six-variety blend includes cashews alongside five other premium tree nut varieties. It functions as a cashew trail mix base for homemade combinations and as a complete mixed nuts snack eaten directly from the bag without any additions.

How many Brazil nuts should I eat from this blend per day?

One to three Brazil nuts per day. One Brazil nut provides approximately 68 to 90 micrograms of selenium, which meets the adult daily requirement of 55 micrograms. The tolerable upper intake level for selenium is 400 micrograms per day. In a mixed nut context, count your Brazil nuts separately from the other varieties and keep them within the one-to-three daily range.

Is this trail mix nuts blend Kosher certified?

Yes. Kosher certified by BDMC, Beth Din Minchas Chinuch Tartikov. Also vegan and naturally gluten-free. No artificial preservatives.