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Thanksgiving Dinner Tips and a Cinnamon Snack Mix Recipe

My Thanksgiving dinner tips and a recipe for cinnamon snack mix – perfect for parties or snacking!

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My Thanksgiving dinner tips and a recipe for cinnamon snack mix - perfect for parties or snacking! | honeyandbirch.com

With Thanksigiving right around the corner, I bet there is more than one of you freaking out a little about hosting this year. I remember the first holiday dinner I hosted very well. It went okay because I’m a control freak and wouldn’t let anyone help me. I ran around, frantically making sure everyone was eating and enjoying themselves.

I didn’t even notice that the dog snuck off with my perfectly cooked turkey.

Now when I host I try to do as much planning as I can ahead of time. How else am I going to keep an eye on the dog? Read on below for a few more Thanksgiving Dinner Tips and a fun and delicious recipe for cinnamon snack mix.

My Thanksgiving dinner tips and a recipe for cinnamon snack mix - perfect for parties or snacking! | honeyandbirch.com

Thanksgiving Dinner Tips

Make lots of lists. From guest lists to grocery lists, I have found list making is my friend when it comes to hosting Thanksgiving dinner.

Start with your guest list – if you aren’t sure who is coming, now is the time to start making phone calls to family members or friends. And since it is Thanksgiving, ask if anyone is bringing a guest with them. Why not open your home to that new boyfriend or that new neighbor from out of town?

Once you have a rough guest list, you can make your menu and grocery lists.

Make food ahead of time. Some recipes, like stuffing or cranberry sauce, can be made days in advance and stored in the freezer. Stock up on Hefty freezer bags when you do your grocery shopping and plan an afternoon a few days in advance to get some of your meal prep done.

If you are making any dips, cut up your veggies and store in Hefty storage bags for one less task to do on Thanksgiving Day.

My Thanksgiving dinner tips and a recipe for cinnamon snack mix - perfect for parties or snacking! | honeyandbirch.com

Eat. You may think this is a silly tip, but come Thanksgiving day you may find yourself getting tired midday if you don’t remember to eat something in the morning.

Snack on the below recipe for cinnamon snack mix when you’re looking for an energy boost midday. It’s always a crowd pleaser, so make a double batch and serve it alongside your holiday appetizers!

Plan for leftovers. My family is full of big eaters but we are also big cooks. Because of that, there is never a shortage of leftovers.

We used to rotate plastic containers depending on who was hosting but have gravitated towards doling out leftovers in Hefty storage or freezer bags. Their flexible nature makes them the perfect container for a myriad of leftover sizes and shapes and makes fitting them in the fridge or freezer an easy task.

Try this cinnamon snack mix recipe - full of rice cereal, pretzels, graham crackers, cranberries and white chocolate! | honeyandbirch.com

Cinnamon Snack Mix

This recipe for cinnamon snack mix is a delicious blend of crunch, salty and sweet with the added delcisious spice of cinnamon. It can easily be doubled or tripled and makes a great snack or Thanksgiving appetizer thanks to the addition of dried cranberries!

This is a recipe you can add to your make-ahead list and freeze it for future snacking in a Hefty® Freezer Slider Bag!

Try this cinnamon snack mix recipe - full of rice cereal, pretzels, graham crackers, cranberries and white chocolate! | honeyandbirch.com

Cinnamon Snack Mix Recipe

Cinnamon Snack Mix Recipe

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Try this cinnamon snack mix recipe - full of rice cereal, pretzels, graham crackers, cranberries and white chocolate!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rice cereal
  • 1 cup graham cracker bears
  • 1/2 cup small pretzels
  • 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts
  • 1/4 cup melted salted butter
  • 1/4 cup agave nectar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips or chunks
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a gallon Hefty storage bag, combine the rice cereal, graham cracker bears, pretzels and peanuts. Shake well until well mixed.
  3. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, agave nectar and cinnamon with a whisk. Pour butter mixture over the cereal mixture inside the storage bag and shake well. Pour out of bag and onto a baking sheet.
  4. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, stirring once at 5 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Split the snack mix into two Hefty quart storage bags, breaking up the snack mix with your hands through the plastic. Add the white chocolate and dried cranberries to the bags and shake well.
  5. Eat immediately or store in Hefty freezer bags to enjoy later.
© Jenny B - Honey and Birch
Try this cinnamon snack mix recipe - full of rice cereal, pretzels, graham crackers, cranberries and white chocolate! | honeyandbirch.com

Try this cinnamon snack mix recipe - full of rice cereal, pretzels, graham crackers, cranberries and white chocolate! | honeyandbirch.com

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Comments

  10. I would like to make homemade Cranberry Sauce, then freeze and have a nice addition to upcoming week night dinners 🙂

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  27. The Puppy Chow in a Bag sounds like it would be easy to make and a fun treat. Just the name alone sounds cute and makes me want to try it this Thanksgiving.

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  77. Gourmet Bacon in a Bag is part-delicious and part-sinful healthwise, but nothing can beat the awesomeness that is bacon hence I really would love to try it one of these days! 🙂

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  123. I would say the cranberry sauce. For the simple fact that I’ve never, in my 31 years of life, ever had good tasting cranberry sauce. I’m looking for that one special recipe.

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  144. Wow, I had no idea Hefty had some much information on their site! I would like to make the PATRIOTIC FRUIT PARFAIT CUPS.

    I also screwed up this entry in the form. I started to say stuffing…. and when I went to backspace to do the entry correctly, I hit enter. Ughhh!!!

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  146. I’d actually like to make some MATZO BALLS to use in soup. What a great comfort food! Nice for an early lunch, since we usually eat out Thanksgiving dinner a bit later in the evening.

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  147. Ok, so I am Canadian and have already had Thanksgiving but I would love to try GOURMET BACON IN A BAG as we’re big bacon fans here and it sounds tempting!

    M

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  168. I can’t stand turkey, so we never have the traditional meal. We usually grill up some beef tenderloin steaks and saute mushrooms.

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  173. I am a going to try making the cranberry sauce ahead of time and freezing it to make it easier for me to entertain.

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  209. Great Scout, luv to try gourmet bacon . To die for. . Wow, prize amazon gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.

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  236. not sure what happened to my comment but here I go again..
    I will be making the cranberry sauce as I do every Thanksgiving dinner and Hefty products has always been
    there to help me out doing so..
    @tisonlyme143

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  237. I will definitely be making cranberry sauce as I do every year and Hefty products has always been there to help me out

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  239. I would like to make the gourmet bacon and crumble it over the stuffing and mashed potatoes and beans…and everything else 🙂

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  258. Holy batman, luv to try the stuffing. Wow, prize amazon gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.

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  268. I would like to use Hefty Storage Bags and freeze leftover stuffing It is safe to freeze for a month and would make a nice addition to some week night dinners 🙂

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  270. My favourite Thanksgiving morning recipe would have to be the “Gourmet Bacon in a Bag”!!! I love bacon, and try to eat it as much as possible over the holidays!!!

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