Thanksgiving Remembrance Blessing Mix with Scripture

I brought this to a gathering a few weeks ago and my family is still snacking on it. I tweaked this recipe to create a Thanksgiving Remembrance Blessing Mix to give thanks and remember our beloved ones dearly missed around the Thanksgiving table.

I know this is a bit different from the posts usually featured here on finding hope in grief and faith through the storms of life, but when I sent it out in my weekend Hope Note newsletter, I had so many of you ask to share it, I decided to park it here so for easy reference and to make it shareable. I hope this is a festive and meaningful way to give thanks and remember loved ones during the holidays.

Thanksgiving Remembrance Blessing Mix Recipe

Mix the following according to taste in a large bowl. Leave out the candy corn and cranberries if storing in an airtight container and then add them just before serving.

• Bugles Corn Snacks, Original Flavor
• Mini Pretzel Twists
• M&Ms Milk Chocolate Candy
• Unsweetened Dried Cranberries
• Candy Corn
• Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses (keep wrapped)

This Thanksgiving Remembrance Blessing Mix is a tasty snack but each ingredient also represents deep meaning on Thanksgiving Day.

Bugles: Shaped like a horn of plenty, these remind us that God meets our every need. If you’re in a place of deep grief, let this also remind you that God has promised abundant life this side of the cross as well as for eternity.

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:8, ESV)

Mini Pretzel Twists: Shaped like hands folded in prayer with arms across your chest, these remind us to give thanks in all things.

“…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7, ESV)

M&M’s: These candies symbolize the memories we hold of those loved and missed around our Thanksgiving table.

“Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.” (Psalm 112:6, NIV)

Dried Cranberries: Cranberries are harvested in the fall and appear in grocery stores around each Thanksgiving. This fruit reminds us that God never wastes our pain and brings good fruit in us and through us.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5, ESV)

Candy Corn: This represents God’s promise of a harvest when we plant and sow with him.

“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Psalm 126:5-6, ESV)

Hershey’s Kisses: These chocolate candies reflect God’s love for us and the love we shared with the ones we miss at Thanksgiving.

“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19, ESV)

Ways to Serve Thanksgiving Remembrance Blessing Mix

This snack mix is so easy to assemble with lots of ways to serve and use it during the Thanksgiving season. Here are a few favorites.

• Package into gift bags, tie with a ribbon, and give to neighbors, Bible study friends, or work colleagues. We often give goodies for Christmas, so giving and receiving a treat at Thanksgiving helps it stand out.
• Put into a large serving bowl with the printable on a frame or printed onto card stock to show the meaning of each piece. Then let guests nosh on it throughout Thanksgiving Day.
• Pass around a bowl at the Thanksgiving table and let everyone take a scoopful as you read the meaning for each ingredient and the scriptures. You can have guests share a memory of your loved one in heaven or name something they’re thankful for.
• This blessing mix is wonderful for a Friendsgiving or any gathering during the fall months of September through November.

Get the Blessing Mix with Scripture Printable

Download a copy of this mix with supporting scripture to print and display with a bowl of the mix or tie onto a bag to give to friends. You can use cardstock or your copy printer paper. Get the printable here.