Name: White Chocolate Chex Mix
Prep time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 cups Cheerios; 3 cups Rice Chex Cereal; 3 cups Corn Chex Cereal; 1 cup pretzels; 2 cups M&M's; 24 ounces white chocolate (chopped)

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Who doesn’t love Chex Mix, but White Chocolate Chex Mix is even better. A sweet and salty snack that’s hard to put down. Great for make ahead Christmas GIFTS, 4th of July, Easter or anytime.

A cookie jar full of White Chocolate Chex Mix — Christmas themed White Chocolate Chex Mix

I love White Chocolate Chex Mix around the holidays, crunchy, salty and sweet, it’s the perfect snack to munch on. You can make this traditional snack into a decadent sweet treat just by drizzling white chocolate over it. It’s so simple to make and you only need a microwave. White chocolate party mix is one of those desserts I have to keep in the freezer or I would eat the entire batch.

What is White Chocolate Chex Mix

White chocolate party mix is just a combination of Chex cereal with pretzels and M&M’s coated with white chocolate. It sounds too simple to be as outstanding as it is. It is also known around the internet as “Christmas Crack”. It’s different from Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow as those recipes use dark chocolate and are covered in powdered sugar.

Is White Chocolate really chocolate

White chocolate is not officially a chocolate because it doesn’t contain chocolate solids. It’s made of sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla, milk products and lecithin. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a delicious, rich product that makes the perfect dessert like white chocolate caramel bark or tiger butter.

A batch of White Chocolate Chex Mix — White Chocolate Chex Mix

How do you make White Chocolate Chex Mix

Step 1: Pick your ingredients. I use two types of Chex cereal, rice and corn and add some Cheerios and Christmas shaped pretzels. If you’re making it on other occasions, change your sprinkles to pastels or 4th of July stars and stripes.

A bowl of 4th of July decorated Chex mix

White Chocolate Chex Mix – 4th of July themed

Then add a couple of handfuls of M&Ms and that’s it. We have changed it up and used peanut M&Ms or Caramel M&Ms. And you can totally choose the cereal combination that you like best but make sure it’s unsweetened. You can also add nuts. Don’t leave out the pretzels, you need the salt with the sweet. If you can find holiday M&Ms that’s a nice touch. Try to use the best white chocolate you can find, I use Ghiradelli Premium White Chocolate Baking Bars or Lindt White Chocolate Bars if I’m feeling decadent

Step 2: Warm up the white chocolate in the microwave on 50% power for about 3 minutes stirring every 30 seconds and drizzle it over your mixture, stir and pour it out onto a cookie sheet. Let it sit for a while so that the white chocolate can harden and break it into bite size pieces.

Nana loves white chocolate so I’m sending her some to enjoy over the holidays. The rest will go into goodie bags for friends. I have to admit it was hard not to eat all the crumbs while I was taking the photos!

White Chocolate Chex Mix on parchment — White Chocolate Chex Mix

Don’t forget about this at other times of the year, it’s great for your college student who might need a care package, or to add to an Easter Basket. You can even take it to the p0ol, it won’t melt as quick as regular chocolate but it will get melty if left out in the heat. This freezes great for those times when you need a sweet snack or have friends stop by.

And don’t forget Valentines Day!

A black bowl of valentines themed white chocolate cex mix — White Chocolate Chex Mix with Valentine M&Ms

Are you looking for more treats to give as GIFTS

My go to gift is Chocolate Caramel Bark
If you love chocolate then try Peppermint Fudge
Vanilla Caramels are the perfect bite size gift
You can’t go wrong with Special K Cookies

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White Chocolate Chex Mix

Who doesn’t love Chex mix, but White Chocolate Chex Mix is even better. A sweet and salty snack that’s hard to put down. Great for make ahead Christmas gifts, 4th of July, Easter or anytime.

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PREP: 15 minutes

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Ingredients

Instructions

Place a sheet of parchment paper in a lined baking sheet.
In a large bowl combine cereal, pretzels, and M&M’s.
Place chopped white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on 50% power for 3-4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until it is smooth.
Drizzle over cereal mixture and stir until all pieces are completely covered. Pour onto prepared pan and let it sit until cool about an hour. Once it has hardened, break into bite size pieces.

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Barbara’s Tips + Notes

Change up the sprinkles and M&M to match the occasion like stars for 4th of July, Easter egg M&M’s in the Spring, or Christmas sprinkle around the holidays.
You can use any combination of unsweetened cereal.
Try adding nuts or more pretzel, the salt is a great combination with the sweet white chocolate.
When melting the white chocolate, make sure you are melting at 50% power in the microwave and stirring every 30 seconds.

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