I am beyond excited to announce that I have been chosen to be a “Chief Waffle Officer” for Eggo! Each day this week I will be sharing a creative kid-friendly recipe using Eggo waffles
. We’ve been having so much fun experimenting with all of the tasty (and convenient) Eggo products over the last week. And I’ve been having fun making Cliff call me “Chief!”
With my new title, I hope to inspire you to look for easy options, like Eggo frozen waffles
, to make your kids’ meals and snacks a little more fun.
An Easy and Super Yummy Snack Mix for Kids
First, let me share this easy recipe for a super yummy snack mix…
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Cinnamon Waffle Snack Mix Recipe
(Jump to the printable recipe for the ingredients!)
Using frozen waffles makes this snack mix recipe so easy to make. You don’t even have to thaw them out. Just cut the frozen mini waffles into approximately 1″ pieces.
With them stacked as in the photo above, I cute each mini waffle into fourths.
Then. you just put all those mini waffle pieces into a big mixing bowl
and spray them all lightly with some canola spray
. Toss ’em up and spray again so they’re lightly coated.
Mix the cinnamon
and sugar
together in a small bowl
and add that to the big bowl of waffle pieces, tossing them about ’til they’re all coated with sweet cinnamony-sugar – yum!
Finally, you just spread the cinnamon-sugar coated waffle pieces out evenly on a nonstick baking sheet
and bake for 20 minutes in a 450-degree oven. Check on them and stir them every 5 minutes or so, and take them out when they’re toasted up, lightly brown and a little crunchy. Isn’t this getting exciting?!
Now you just have to be a little patient and let those waffle pieces cool a bit. It might help to turn them out into your serving bowl
to cool. Once they’ve cooled, add your M&Ms
and peanuts
, toss ’em all together, and dig in!
Try to make it last for more than a couple of hours; I bet you won’t be able to do it!
Cliff and the kids couldn’t eat this snack mix fast enough! I even found the kids picking out the cinnamon waffle pieces and eating them first instead of the chocolate candies. Even toddler J.C. loved the sweet waffle pieces for a snack. This is definitely our new favorite snack mix recipe to date.
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Print this Yummy Snack Mix Recipe!
Cinnamon Waffle Snack Mix Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box Kellogg's Eggo Homestyle Mini Waffles (10 sets of 4 mini waffles)
- 2 cups M&Ms
- 2 cups dry roasted peanuts
- canola oil cooking spray
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Cut frozen mini waffles into approximately 1" pieces.
- Place mini waffle pieces into mixing bowl and spray lightly with canola oil spray. Toss and spray lightly again.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Add to bowl of waffle pieces and toss or stir to coat waffle pieces in cinnamon sugar.
- Spread waffle pieces onto a nonstick baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes in a 450 degree oven. Stir and check every 5 minutes until lightly toasted and crispy.
- Place toasted cinnamon waffle pieces into a mixing bowl and combine with M&Ms and peanuts.
More Yummy Recipes for Kids:
- Kid-Made Shaker Jar Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe
- Strawberry Yogurt Muffin Kids Smoothie
- An Orange Cranberry Muffins Recipe
Savannah says
These, too, are cute and would make a great addition to Look What We Did.
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons says
We think this is a fantastic idea…love it!:)
Krissy @ B-InspiredMama says
Thanks so much, Jill! I’ve been loving seeing your waffle ideas, too.