Several times this year, I’ve been asked for ideas for a fun gluten-free snack mix for people to bring to pre-school, sports, or school. After some brainstorming and trying out different combinations, this is the fun no-bake gluten-free snack mix I came up with. When I saw these fun little bunny crackers at the store, I knew they would be fun for a spring snack mix.
My spring snack mix is free from gluten, nuts, and peanuts. You could easily make some substitutions if you are working around other allergies like dairy, soy, or corn. Just customize to fit your allergies and preferences.
Please note that if you are feeding this to someone with a nut allergy or peanut allergy, you will need to double check ingredients for manufacturing practices and make substitutions as needed. While this mix is free of nuts and peanuts, I’m not saying it is safe for the nut-allergic child. My goal in creating this mix was to make a gluten-free snack mix that my kids would be allowed to bring to eat for their own snack in their nut-free and peanut-free classrooms.
Since it can be hard to figure out what brands are safe for those of us that are extremely sensitive to wheat or gluten, I’ll give a little more info on each item I included. I was able to find all of these at my local regular grocery stores. In case you can’t, I’ve linked to where you can buy the items online, where applicable.
- Pretzel twists – I used both Glutino Gluten-free Pretzel Twists
and Glutino Gluten Free Yogurt Covered Pretzels. (P.S. These yogurt pretzels are seriously amazing and addicting. They tasted like white chocolate pretzels to me!) - Bunny cookies – I bought a box of Annie’s Homegrown Gluten-free Cocoa and Vanilla Bunny Cookies and just picked out all of the vanilla cookies for the snack mix. But a (probably better) choice would be Annie’s Homegrown Gluten-free Snickerdoodle Cinnamon Sugar Bunny Cookies.
- Chex – I used Vanilla Chex. Cinnamon Chex would be a good option as well.
- Banana Chips – So much dried fruit is processed on shared equipment with wheat. I prefer to buy banana chips from nuts.com where they are processed and packaged in a certified gluten-free facility.
- Dried cranberries – Three brands of dried cranberries that are not processed on shared equipment with wheat are: Ocean Spray® Craisins®, organic dried cranberries, and Trader Joe’s store-brand dried cranberries.
and 
. (P.S. These yogurt pretzels are seriously amazing and addicting. They tasted like white chocolate pretzels to me!)
.My boys LOVED this no bake gluten-free snack mix! I also packaged some of it up in cute little bags with bunnies on them to give away to gluten-free friends.
If you wanted to multiply this recipe to serve a whole class or team, you might pick up some cute bags to package the mix in. So fun!
No Bake Gluten-free Snack Mix Recipe:
this is the fun no-bake gluten-free snack mix I came up with. When I saw these fun little bunny crackers at the store, I knew they would be fun for a spring snack mix. *Verify each ingredient for allergen information. Dried fruit is often packaged on shared equipment with wheat. See post for recommendations for specific brands. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Gluten-free Spring Snack Mix {nut-free}
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*Please note that if you are feeding this to someone with a nut allergy or peanut allergy, you will need to double check ingredients for manufacturing practices and make substitutions as needed. While this mix is free of nuts and peanuts, I'm not saying it is safe for the nut-allergic child.Recommended Products
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Dana says
Oh, this mix looks great! My family loves those yogurt Glutino pretzels, my daughter calls them while chocolate, ha 🙂 Snickerdoodle bunnies are good, we need to pick those up again.
-Dana
Michelle Palin ~ My Gluten-free Kitchen says
Thanks Dana! I hope you can mix this up soon and enjoy it!
Michelle Palin ~ My Gluten-free Kitchen says
Erika,
Thanks so much for the tip. I clarified my post above to note that while this is a nut-free, peanut-free snack mix, I’m not meaning it is safe for those with nut allergies to consume. My goal was a gluten-free mix that was also safe for my kids to bring to school to eat for their own snack in their nut-free, peanut-free classrooms. Let me know if you have any other suggestions for how I can make that more clear in my post.
K says
I also feel you should take out nut-free from the title. I understand you think it’s ok to bring into a PN/TN free classroom(since there are no visible nuts) but since you are making it and putting into bags(not bringing in the marked boxes) for other children, who MAY be allergic to PN, it is hard for the children/teachers to differentiate. If you say they are ‘nut-free’, it should not even ‘be made at a facility with nuts or peanuts.’ Yes one of us could substitute, but then it would be our recipe and not the one you claim yours to be.
-from a parent with a PN/TN/egg/ coconut/sesame allergic 4 year old.