Trail mix night offers creative snacking options

 

 By Yen Nguyen

Reporter

 

RLA hosted “Trail Mix Night” in the Hub, attracting 75 people, Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. 

The event allowed for people to come and make their own trail mix bag and take home the product. There is a variety of options, including peanuts, cashew, almond, pretzels, dried fruit, marshmallows, and chocolate. According to RA, Sara Taggart, 22 senior of Harrisburg, Trail Mix Night is a healthy lifestyle event where people can customize their snacks with the provided ingredients. 

“Looks like they have lots of creativity and it’s really healthy, too,” said Taggart. 

“I just want everything between sweet and salty to unhealthy marshmallow and chocolate. I look at the regular trail mix bag and throw these out separately so people can mix and match the bag of their own,” she said.

The budget for this event was initially $150 but she ended up needing $75 to purchase ingredients for the mix, according to Taggart. 

“I tried to figure out how to make non-allergy stuff but there weren’t lots of options at Walmart,” Taggart said. 

15 minutes into the event, the ingredients were pretty much cleaned up by students.  Taggart had to regularly fill up the selections because of this high-demand. Taggart said she would bring more options, different things, widen the horizon if she held this event again. 

“I like the options, especially pretzels. My least favorite would be the dried banana but there are lots of choices, so it doesn’t really matter,” Chinaza Nwosa, 20, senior of Lagos, Nigeria said. 

The coming RLA events are both on Saturday, “Tie Dye Fun Time,” 11 a.m. in the Hub, and “DIY Stress Ball,” 2 p.m. in Edna Conference Room.