National Trail Mix Day (August 31st)
Quick facts When is it? Every August 31st Tagged as Food & Drink Nuts What are the hashtags? #TrailMixDay #NationalTrailMixDay Have we missed something? Sweet and salty. Crunchy and chewy. Trail mix brings a whole handful of complex experiences to what is otherwise a fairly simple snack! Trail mix is a high energy snack that is usually composed of dried fruits, nuts and energy snacks, designed to keep folks alert and energized when walking, hiking, and partaking in similar endurance and intense activities. National Trail Mix Day is all about creating a good trail mix and testing it out on the road. History of National Trail Mix Day Some people claim that trail mix was invented in the late 1960s by two surfers in California who needed a quick and easy snack to provide protein and energy. They started by mixing peanuts with raisins, which some people refer to as G.O.R.P., short for “Good Old Raisins and Peanuts”. Since that time and with just those two ingre...