Sweet and Salty Spring Chex® Party Mix Recipe
“This post is sponsored by Chex®. All views expressed are that of my own.”
Anyone excited that Spring is finally here? I know I am, but I just wish Mother Nature was on the same page. These rough, below freezing days have got to go! Sunshine, birds chirping, and lots of new plants budding is what I can only dream of!
In the mean time, I suppose staying indoors and busy in the kitchen will have to do until I can get out to garden! You can tell by my cooking, and baking that I want warmer weather because lately, I have been very colorful to say the least! My most recent creation is inspired by the folks at Chex®. They asked me to create a recipe which features one of their iconic Chex products and I was super happy to oblige!
I mean really, we eat this stuff on a normal basis so why not have some creative fun? Since Spring is on my mind, I knew I wanted to make a Chex® Party mix that featured both sweet and salty components, and lots of color! Pastels are really “in” right now so I wanted my Chex® snack to be bright and cheery!
So I decided to make some Sweet and Salty Spring Chex® Party Mix. I am sure my kids are going to come home from school today and get super excited when they each see a little pail of this Eastery goodness on their spots. This Sweet and Salty Spring Chex® Party Mix made quite a bit of servings so I was able to make 8 goodie bags filled for their weekly snacks.
The ingredients I used to make this Sweet and Salty Spring Chex® Party Mix are fairly simple which is great! I am all about simplicity so common ingredients are always a must! I used the following to make one standard sized sheet pan full:
- 2 cups of Gluten Free Vanilla Chex® Cereal
- 2 Cups of Pretzels *you can use gluten free or regular
- 1 bag of Popped Popcorn *I used Ketttle Corn
- 1/2 Cup of Spring M&Ms
- 1/2 cup of yellow & pink candy melts
Directions:
Prepare a standard sized baking sheet with parchment paper.
Pop your popcorn, and then spread it across the parchment lined pan. Be sure to remove any seeds.
Line pretzels, and Chex® Cereal over the pop corn.
Sprinkle the M&Ms generously over the top of the party mix
In a microwave, melt the candy until creamy. Mine took (3) 20 seconds intervals each, with a quick stir in-between.
Fill 2 separate zippered bags with the chocolate and snip a tiny hole in one corner of each bag.
Drizzle the chocolate over the entire pan evenly, and allow to harden for 30 minutes.
Once the Sweet and Salty Spring Chex® Party Mix is ready, place it in goodie bags, little pails, or in a large bowl for guests to enjoy. This Chex® Party Mix has also been referred to as “Bunny Bait” and would be great to leave out for the Easter bunny!
I love the sweet & salty mix you have going on here. Plus it looks so pretty :)
Best snack mix EVER! This is absolutely the most amazing thing ever. Thanks!
I loved the small pales filled with the party mix. They looked so cute!
Oh Yum! I am all over this snack. And what a great way to present it in those pails. I picked up a couple of pink ones after Valentine’s Day for a good price and never thought to use them that way!
Oh I love this snack! Perfect way to present for spring parties!
I only thought I loved Chex mix! This really takes it up a notch. Thanks!
This snack is so cute! I love the spring colors!
These look absolutely delicious! It looks like the type of recipe you could tailor to any season or holiday. Fun!
Now this is a fun party mix I would love to try. I love the pink coloring too… Thanks for sharing.
This is such a perfect Easter snack! I love that it is so coloful, but not full of candy!
What a great idea! I bet my kids would love this recipe!
I am definitely making this for our next movie night. It looks so easy to make and so delicious.
I am a total sweet and salty fanatic. I could probably eat all that by myself :)
I love chex mix and I love sweet and salty. How can I loose? I am going to get the ingredients at my next trip to the grocery store.
That looks so tasty, and I love how you portioned it into individual servings and made it so cute!
Not only does it looks fabulous and tasty, but festive as well. Thanks for posting this.
I wish i had an event to go to so I could make this beautiful mix. The colors are stunning!
Mmmm, that looks like it tastes delicious. Not to mention, it would really make for festive decorating. So colorful.
I have to make this!! We love Chex Mix in our house and I can’t keep my hands off anything sweet and salty!
I love a good snack mix. Yours looks tasty and colorful!
Make Chex Mix and put melted chocolate on it and serve when cool.
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I just saw an awesome recipe for Easter Chex Mix that had Mini Eggs and pretzels, among other goodies, so I’d try that first!
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I love your recipe, but might also try an oreo type snack mix
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make it in a snack mix
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My family likes to make chocolate puppy chow and Id like to try the Its a Boy chex mix for an upcoming baby shower.
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a chex mix with chocolate drizzled over it
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3/31 Original Chex mix
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Either the original or puppy chow.
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the bunny bait chex mix 4.6
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my favorite to make is the Chex Muddy Buddies.
I normally make muddy buddies (aka puppy chow).
I want to make the pretty- Sweet and Salty Spring Chex® Party Mix!
4/7 I would make muddy buddies.
I WOULD MAKE THE SWEET AND SALTY MIX
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My kids just love muddy buddies but I myself will it just the way it is.
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I would make the same thing you did! It looks so pretty!
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I think I would make the muddy buddies
This snack mix looks delicious. I like the original snack mix too. Thanks.
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Puppy Chow!
I have made some basic Chex Mix recipes before and love them! I would make those, but would also love to attempt the Spring Mix recipe you have posted. Not only does it look delicious, but it is a work of art as well!
Oh I’d love to make the bunny bait! How cool!
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Thank You for the giveaway…we like the Buffalo Chex Mix recipe at Chex.com !
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