Trader Joe’s Step Up To The Snack Bar Mix review – Trader Joe’s loves nuts and nut mixes. If you have shopped at Trader Joe’s for any length of time you know they have some of the lowest prices on nuts (except maybe Costco) but nobody has the depth and breadth of selection that Trader Joe’s does. They love their nuts and snack mixes with nuts in them.
In what has become a seasonal tradition, Trader Joe’s releases a bunch of different nut/snack mixes for the holidays. I really like this one too. It’s great bar food or a mid-day snack. It’s called Step Up To The Snack Bar Mix (they also have a spicy version which I will review later). It’s made up of Honey Mustard Pretzel pieces, Honey Roasted Peanuts, Corn Chips with Flax Seeds, Cheddar Rockets crackers, Honey Roasted Sesame sticks, and Chili Lemon corn sticks.
Some of these will be familiar like the Cheddar Rockets, Honey Roasted Peanuts, and Honey Mustard Pretzel pieces that you can buy separately. The rest seem to be from other common mixes that they carry, but it all comes together in a create mélange of crunchy, nutty flavors. Great for when you are watching a football game and having a beer or to put out when guests come over (well when this virus thing is over and you can have guests again!). I especially like the honey mustard pretzel pieces and cheddar rockets in this mix.
As with all nut mixes, a little goes a long way. 1/3 of a cup is 160 calories.
I’m going to rate the Step Up To The Snack Bar Mix a solid 8 Bells!
BTW, I’ve never seen so many ingredients on one product in my life!
Ingredients
HONEY MUSTARD PRETZEL PIECES (PRETZELS [WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, BAKING SODA, SODIUM HYDROXIDE {PROCESSING AID}], VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], SEASONING [SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, BROWN SUGAR, MUSTARD POWDER {DISTILLED VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT}, ONION POWDER, SALT, HONEY POWDER, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CITRIC ACID {ACIDULANT}, DISTILLED VINEGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, MUSTARD OIL, TURMERIC OLEORESIN {COLOR}]), HONEY ROASTED PEANUTS (PEANUTS, SUGAR, HONEY, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], CONTAINS 1% OR LESS OF SEA SALT, POTATO STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM), CORN CHIPS WITH FLAX SEEDS (WHITE CORN FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], FLAX SEEDS, SEA SALT, POTATO FLOUR, TRACE OF LIME), CHEDDAR CHEESE CRACKERS (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME], SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, SUGAR, NATURAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR [CHEDDAR CHEESE {CULTURED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME}, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM], ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], BAKING SODA [LEAVENING], ONION POWDER, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE [LEAVENING], SOY LECITHIN, ENZYMES), HONEY ROASTED SESAME STICKS (MALTED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], SUGAR, SESAME SEEDS, BULGUR WHEAT, HONEY, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SEA SALT, POTATO STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM), CHILI LEMON CORN STICKS (WHITE CORN FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL [PEANUT, SAFFLOWER, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL], SEASONING [SEA SALT, RED BELL PEPPER POWDER, CHILI PEPPER, CITRIC ACID {ACIDULANT}, MALTODEXTRIN, PAPRIKA {COLOR}, LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVOR], POTATO FLOUR, SEA SALT, TRACE OF LIME).
- CONTAINS MILK, SOY, SESAME, WHEAT, PEANUT.
- MAY CONTAIN ALMOND, BRAZIL NUT, CASHEW, COCONUT, HAZELNUT, MACADAMIA NUT, PECAN, PINE NUT, PISTACHIO, WALNUT.
