{"id":2561,"date":"2016-10-30T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2016-11-02T12:14:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T12:14:56","slug":"have-a-trail-mix-buffet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/have-a-trail-mix-buffet\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Trail Mix Buffet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/trail-mix-buffet-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"trail mix buffet\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"trail mix buffet\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/trail-mix-buffet_thumb-1.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"476\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A trail mix buffet is a fun option for your western or rustic themed reunion or party.&nbsp; If your occasion is more formal you can dress up your buffet with glass apothecary jars for a fancier look which lends itself to fancier parties such as wedding receptions or anniversary celebrations. A trail mix buffet is also a fun treat idea for a movie themed or kid themed party.<\/p>\n<p>For our family reunion of 100 guests we used large tin foil pans to put the many treat options in but using&nbsp; a variety of glass jars, tin buckets, and baskets are great for holding all the delicious goodies&nbsp; your guests can choose from. .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image result for build your own trail mix bar\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/33\/e3\/ac\/33e3ac2b2b236cc72815bea42a7639ba.jpg\" width=\"426\" height=\"269\"><\/p>\n<p>Serving guests is a breeze and everyone fills their own containers (paper sacks, sandwich bags, party treat bags,&nbsp; boxes or paper ice cream cups) with their favorite treats. <\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px\" marginheight=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=famireunhelp-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01J0N56VU&amp;asins=B01J0N56VU&amp;linkId=e0ee0c2f3ccdcb869737749c8c4c3b1d&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066C0&amp;bg_color=FFFFFF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">     <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can use healthy ingredients for your buffet featuring raisins, nuts and seeds or a kids favorite buffet using cereals, M &amp; M\u2019s and gummy bears.&nbsp; Use your imagination when selecting treats for your buffet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image result for trail mix buffet\" src=\"http:\/\/6655-presscdn-28-93.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_3803.jpg\" width=\"328\" height=\"208\">+<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a list of possible options for your buffet:<br \/>nuts- almonds, peanuts, pecans, cashews etc.<br \/>pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds<br \/>cereal such as Cheerios, Trix, Chex, Fruit Loops or Captain Crunch etc.<br \/>chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, vanilla or peanut butter chips etc.<br \/>candy-&nbsp; M&amp;M\u2019s, candy corn, gummy worms, milk duds, sour patch kids etc. <br \/>granola<br \/>marshmallows<br \/>coconut, banana chips<br \/>pretzels, goldfish crackers<br \/>raisins, Craisins, chopped dates, yogurt raisins<br \/>Popcorn makes a great filler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSCN2942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSCN2942\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN2942\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSCN2942_thumb.jpg\" width=\"382\" height=\"288\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make signs for ingredients your guests may not recognize. Custom labels, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UmMXWE\"><font color=\"#000000\">mini chalkboards<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\"> and cardboard tents designed to&nbsp; support your theme will do the job. Print off the following food tents for your trail mix buffet. <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/western-food-tent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"western food tent\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"western food tent\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/western-food-tent_thumb.jpg\" width=\"421\" height=\"526\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Untitled-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Untitled-2\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Untitled-2\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Untitled-2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"530\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Provide serving scoops such as ice cream scoops, oversized spoons or<\/font> measuring cups- you\u2019ll need one for each treat in your buffet.&nbsp; Smallish scoops help control serving size to assure that there is enough if each treat for all your guests.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px\" marginheight=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=famireunhelp-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00WQPDQZ8&amp;asins=B00WQPDQZ8&amp;linkId=678b23aab4f40cc3e532d0649eb95116&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">     <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trail mix buffet is a fun option for your western or rustic themed reunion or party.&nbsp; If your occasion is more formal you can dress up your buffet with glass apothecary jars for a fancier look which lends itself &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/have-a-trail-mix-buffet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,500,175,48,226,755,519,811,88,615,12],"tags":[913,184,911,909,910,916,530,912,907,917,908,914,915],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions\/2594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}