Blessings Mix Tutorial: Make Seasonal Gift Mix Treats
The mix is simple, so it’s great fun for the children to do. Make some extra, because they’ll enjoy snacking on it as much as they will enjoy handing it out to their friends!
This is what you’ll need:
Thanksgiving Blessing Mix Recipe:
2 cups Bugles brand corn snacks
2 cups small pretzels (not the stick kind)
1 cup candy corn
1 cup dried fruit bits or raisins
1 cup peanuts or sunflower seeds
1 cup M&Ms
1 cup Hershey’s Kissables candy
Gently mix all ingredients together. Place about 1 cup mix into small cellophane bags. Close bag with twist tie.
Attach a printed explanation of what your mix symbolizes:
Thanksgiving Blessing Mix Poem Example:
Bugles – shaped like the cornucopia, the horn of plenty.
Pretzels – arms crossed and folded in thanks and prayer.
Candy corn – the sacrifices of the first winter.
Dried fruit – the bountiful fruits of the earth, gathered at harvest time.
M&M’s – memories of those who came before us to guide a blessed future.
Nuts/Seeds – the promise of a future harvest if seeds are planted and tended with care.
Hershey’s Kisses – are the love of family and friends that sweetens our life.
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You can put it in any type of container to deliver it to school. They sell adorable fall and Thanksgiving print cellophane bags (the goody bag type of bag), and you can even find Chinese take away boxes in fall patterns.