Summer road trip snacks and perfect road trip travel outfit!

With summer comes travel and with travel comes lots and lots and lots of packing! I know how stressful traveling can be, from making sure that you have everything you need, then the perfect road trip snacks so you're not spending an arm and a leg! I don't know if y'all are anything like me, I prefer healthier snacks because I always feel so blah when I'm stuck in a car all day! I have two great snack options for you and the perfect travel outfit to ensure you are stylish and comfy!

Crispy Chickpea's

These are the absolute best in my opinion! They are healthy, help fill you up, and also are the perfect salty fix for you! You can also mix it up with this recipe! You can add garlic salt, cumin, creole seasoning, literally anything you want! You can make this recipe whatever YOU want it to be!

to make crispy chickpeas snack, you will need: 

1 15.5 ounce can chickpeas, rinsed and dried
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
seasonings of choice (cinnamon, garlic powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, maple syrup, honey, etc.)

In a bowl, mix the chickpeas, olive oil, coarse sea salt and seasonings of choice. Shown here are chickpeas with 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Bake at 425 degrees F for 20 to 40 minutes or until the chickpeas are crispy. 

Store in an airtight container for traveling to maintain freshness

Banana Split Swirl Energy Bites

These bites will feed your sweet tooth that you are bound to encounter while traveling on the road! The best part about these bites? They're energy bites, so you won't feel the crash that you normally feel after eating sweets!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 ½ cup cashews (or any nut), divided
• 6 dates, divided
• ½ cup freeze dried strawberries (I used Simply Balanced)
• 1 ½ tablespoons unsweetened almond milk, divided
• ½ cup dried banana chips (I used Danielle)
• 1 ½ tablespoons cocoa powder
• ¼ cup peanuts, divided

INSTRUCTIONS

1. For the strawberry flavor: In a food processor, pulse ½ cup cashews until they resemble coarse bread crumbs. Add in 2 dates, and the freeze dried strawberries. Pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Add in ½ tablespoon of almond milk (or more) and pulse until the mixture starts clumping up. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and set aside.
2. For the banana flavor: In the same food processor, pulse another ½ cup cashews until they resemble coarse bread crumbs. Add in 2 dates and the dried bananas. Pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Add in ½ tablespoon of almond milk (or more) and pulse until the mixture starts clumping up. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and set aside.
3. For the chocolate-peanut flavor: In the same food processor, pulse the last ½ cup cashews until they resemble coarse bread crumbs. Add in 2 dates, cocoa powder, and the peanuts. Pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Add in ½ tablespoon (or more) of almond milk and pulse until the mixture starts clumping up.
4. Form the balls: Take one 1 teaspoon each of the strawberry, banana, and chocolate mixtures. Bring them together in the palm of your hand and roll into a balls. Repeat until all mixtures are gone.
5. Store in an airtight container until all balls are gone.

So now..... with travel comes fashion, and you don't want to look less than your best when you're traveling because when you look your best- you feel your best and you will have a great road trip!

Black, Rose, and Lilac Floral Leggings are a necessity, you need to be comfy in the car! These leggings are the perfect comfy and stylish leggings!

White Woven Tunic Hoodie is a must to wear for your top, it tends to get cool when you're riding in your car long distances, and the woven detail gives your outfit a pop it needs!

Blush Mesh Sneakers will bring out the rose in your leggings to tie your outfit all together

To finish off the outfit perfectly, I would wear these adorable Silver and Pearl Lustre Brighton Earrings

I hope y'all enjoy the road trip snacks and the perfect outfit for your fun vacation! Let me know how the recipes worked out and if they were well liked!

XoXo,

CoCo