“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!
Why not make the Easter Chex Mix with the leftover Easter candy!
(I don’t know where my comments are going, but they aren’t all appearing)
I would use the Chex cereal to make a variety of sweet and salty mixes. I might also use it like Rice Krispies by making Chex treats with marshmallows.
I like original chez mix or muddy buddies
I would make the Muddy Buddy recipe.
I would make muddy buddies mix
I would use chex to make puppy chow with my kids.
I would make a mix that contained cashews, m&m’s, mini marshmallows.
I would make a Spicy Chex Mix
I would like to make the recipe for the Honey-Peanut School Fuel mix found on the Chex site. This uses the Corn Chex cereal and Cheerios Protein Oats & Honey cereal.
I love making my own Chex mix with marshmallows, chocolate covered pretzels, and Cheetos.
I’d make the Chex Snack Mix.
I would make just a Chex Mix with different types of things. Or maybe something like Chex krispie treats.
the bunny bait chex mix 4.6
I would make a Chex Mix or maybe a play on rice krispie squares but with Chex Mix…yum!
I would make the granola chex mix.
I would make puppy chow.
i would make the Chocolate-Peanut Butter Munchies
I would make muddy buddies.
i like pupy chow
I would also like to make the Chocolate-Peanut Butter Munchies recipe :)
I would make spicy chex mix!
4/6 I would make muddy buddies.
Either the original or puppy chow.
I want to make the Chex Lemon Buddies
I would love to make puppy chow!