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When your sweet tooth wants something delicious, make a big batch of these chocolate trail mix clusters to enjoy all week! The recipe makes a big batch, and they last a long time, too. Each chocolate cluster is filled with peanuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, raisins, and unsweetened coconut, but you can customize it too!
Table of Contents
- 6 Ingredient Chocolate Trail Mix Clusters Recipe
- Why you’ll love this recipe
- What you need for chocolate covered trail mix bites
- How to make trail mix clusters
- Watch me make these healthy chocolate clusters
- How to store
- Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments
- More chocolate covered treat recipes you’ll love
- Chocolate Trail Mix Clusters Recipe
6 Ingredient Chocolate Trail Mix Clusters Recipe
When I first started making these chocolte trail mix clusters years ago it was because I had an abundance of storebought trail mix on hand. After I made them once, my mind started thinking about all the posibilities of customizing it to my liking.
That’s how this recipe was born, and 12 years later we still love it and make it on repeat!
Because this recipe makes such a large batch (about 25 clusters depending on the size) I always feel like I’m getting a lot out of the small amount of prep time.
Big bang for your buck with lots of delicious treats to enjoy!
Why you’ll love this recipe
Simple steps – I love recipes like this because they’re so easy I can have my kids make it! Once your chocolate is melted, you’re simply mixing, scooping, and chilling.
Customizable trail mix – You could of course use storebought trail mix, but the great thing about making your own is that you can control the ingredients that go into it!
Healthy treats – Biting into a chocolate cluster is like having candy bars at home. They are delicious but made better for you!
What you need for chocolate covered trail mix bites
Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.
- dark chocolate chips
- raisins
- dry roasted peanuts
- raw almonds
- sunflower seeds
- unsweetened shredded coconut
How to make trail mix clusters
Step 1: Start by melting your chocolate in the microwave in increments or over a double boiler. To create a double boiler fill a small pot with 2 inches of water. Place a large glass bowl over it. Make sure the bowl does not touch the water. Place on the stove over medium heat. Add the chocolate and stir as it melts.
Step 2: Once melted, add all the remaining ingredients to the melted chocolate and mix well.
Step 3: On wax paper or parchment paper, scoop and drop about 3-4 tbsp of the mixture. Repeat until no more remains. Add a sprinkle of sea salt to them if you’d like. Allow the clusters to harden at room temperature, or place them in the fridge or freezer to cool faster. Makes about 25 clusters.
Watch me make these healthy chocolate clusters
The full how to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!
How to store
To store your trail mix clusters, add to an airtight container or sealable silicone or plastic bag.
Store the clusters at room temperature or in the fridge.
You can also freeze them for longer term storage for up to 6 months!
Substitutions, optional variations & dietary adjustments
Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this chocolate treat recipe.
If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
Dark chocolate chips – Use your favorite type of chocolate here. You could also experiment with white chocoalte, or adding mix ins into your melted chocolate like peanut butter or almond butter!
Raisin – Other dried fruits like dried cranberries, dried currants, or dried diced apricots would be delicious.
Peanuts and almonds – Feel free to swap and use any type of nuts you have on hand here!
Sunflower seeds – Other seeds like pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, and flax seeds are great options too.
Shredded coconut – Bigger pieces of coconut work in place of shredded coconut, I would suggest giving it a chop before adding so that you aren’t left with large pieces that don’t mix in well to the clusters.
More chocolate covered treat recipes you’ll love
- Chocolate covered dried figs
- Chocolate covered gummy bears
- Chocolate covered strawberry protein balls
Chocolate Trail Mix Clusters
Ingredients
- 1 bag dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
- 1 cup raw almonds, chopped
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
Instructions
- Start by melting your chocolate in the microwave in increments or over a double boiler. To create a double boiler fill a small pot with 2 inches of water. Place a large glass bowl over it. Make sure the bowl does not touch the water. Place on the stove over medium heat. Add the chocolate and stir as it melts.
- Once melted, add all the remaining ingredients to the melted chocolate and mix well.
- On wax paper or parchment paper, scoop and drop about 3-4 tbsp of the mixture. Repeat until no more remains. Add a sprinkle of sea salt to them if you’d like. Allow the clusters to harden at room temperature, or place them in the fridge or freezer to cool faster. Makes about 25 clusters.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you try this chocolate covered trail mix clusters recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
Originally published April 2013. Updated April 2025.
happy Happy Birthday week! Since I am in Canada and cannot enter your giveaway, I do appreciate that you have shared the recipe! Looks great.
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My birthday is March 4. We always go out to eat at one of my favorite restaurants!
Happy early Birthday! My birthday is September 3rd which always falls during the Labor Day holiday. I just look foward to spending the day with my family.
Happy early birthday! Mine is december 30th and a tradition is that we all go to a movie as a family (if we all are home). these look amazing by the way, drooling across the screen
I’m actually turning 21 in just two weeks – May 6th! I will most definitely be hitting the bars and having my first legal drink (and then some ;))
By the way, I’m a new reader/follower. I love your blog (the baby posts, the food, the group fitness talk!) and I’ve been following you on instagram for a while now. I hope to be able to try your trail mix clusters! The coconut caught my eye for sure.
These look delicious girl! Happpppy birthday! My birthday is September 2nd. To celebrate, we usually do mexican with lots of tortilla chips!
My birthday is on June 7th! Every year my mother takes me out for breakfast, last year I was 300 miles away and she still went to breakfast on my birthday while I went to the same place here and we talked, it was so sweet! I look forward to that every year!
Happy early birthday!! My husbands birthday is the same day as yours:) My birthday is February 21st and I always look forward to going out to dinner somewhere nice with my husband. Although this year I had the flu and we had to cancel our plans, no fun at all. Instead, I’m celebrating my birthday at the same time as my husbands and we are going out this weekend!
Oh, those look AMAZING!! My birthday is in August and I try to always have a raspberry pie to go with; I grew up in NY and that was when raspberries were ripe, and easy to find!
Mmmmm that sounds delicious. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a raspberry pie. Marionberry is one of my favs with locally grown berries.