Christmas Chex Mix
Christmas Chex Mix coats Chex cereal and holiday-shaped pretzels with melted white chocolate before adding in candy and marshmallows! A delicious snack that everyone will love all season long!
Make more snacks like this Christmas Popcorn or Homemade Chex Mix for all of your holiday gatherings! Both easy recipes prep in just 15 minutes or less!
Enjoying A Handful Of This Holiday Snack Mix
Pair this Christmas Chex Mix with your family’s favorite Christmas movie for a fun night at home! The sweet crunchy snack mix adds festive holiday fun to any occasion!
This is hands down one of the Best Christmas Chex Mix Recipes! And whether you share it at the office or send it to school with your kids, anyone lucky enough to grab some will definitely be searching for this recipe!
If I’m gifting it, I love to package it up in cellophane bags and tie them off with colored twine or a holiday ribbon! An easy touch that shows lots of thought when giving this delicious snack mix away!
Rebecca’s Recipe Review
Taste: Sweet, white chocolate coats salty pretzels, and rice Chex cereal! Giving this Christmas Chex mix sweet and salty flavor that no one can resist!
Texture: Each handful of snack mix is perfectly crunchy! From the cereal to the pretzels and candy mix-ins like M&Ms, mini dehydrated marshmallows, and heath toffee bits, every mouthful is filled with satisfying texture!
Ease: 2/10
Pros: A salty, sweet festive snack perfect to enjoy with a holiday movie!
Cons: None.
Would I Make This Again? Yes, I make this year-round!
Christmas Chex Mix Ingredients
- Rice Chex Cereal (or Corn Chex Cereal)
- Holiday-Shaped Pretzels
- White Chocolate Melting Wafers
- Heath Toffee Bits
- Holiday M&Ms
- Mini Dehydrated Marshmallows
- Holiday Sprinkles
Fun & Tasty Variations To Try!
- Use Your Favorite M&Ms – I chose to use milk chocolate M&Ms but feel free to choose your favorite! Peanuts, white chocolate pretzels, or peanut butter M&Ms would all be tasty additions!
- Pretzel Choice – If you can’t find the Utz holiday pretzels (affiliate link) you can use mini pretzels. Pretzel sticks also work but you may want to break them in half!
- Add Some Salty Flavor – For a saltier flavor, you can add in peanuts or sprinkle the mix with sea salt as it sets up!
- More Mix-Ins – You could also add in some mix-ins once the snack mix has set! Things like mini peanut butter cups, snow caps, mini marshmallows, and chocolate-covered raisins, would all add delicious contrasting flavor!
- Make It For Any Holiday – Though this recipe is geared toward Christmas you can totally make it for any holiday! Just simply grab sprinkles and colored M&Ms with the matching color theme to the holiday. For example, red and pink M&Ms and sprinkles for Valentine’s Day!
How To Make Christmas Chex Mix
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and then set it aside.
- Combine the cereal and pretzels in a large bowl.
- Melt the melting wafers until smooth. Then pour the melted chocolate over the cereal and stir gently to coat.
- Add the toffee bits, M&Ms, and mini dehydrated to the chocolate-coated cereal and pretzels. Mix until everything is evenly coated.
- Spread the mixture out onto the prepared baking sheet and top with the remaining marshmallows, mini dehydrated marshmallows, and sprinkles. Allow the Chex mix to set up before enjoying!
How To Store Easy Christmas Chex Mix
Once the snack mix has cooled transfer it to an airtight container or a Ziploc bag with the excess air squeezed out of it.
It can then be stored at room temperature for a week or two weeks in the refrigerator.
Gluten-Free Christmas Chex Mix
The cereal, M&Ms, heath toffee bits, and mini dehydrated marshmallows are all gluten-free. You will need to grab a bag of gluten-free pretzels and be sure to use gluten-free white chocolate melting wafers.
Snyder’s brand carries gluten-free pretzels and Ghirardelli’s white chocolate melting wafers are also gluten-free!
More Delicious Christmas Treats:
- Christmas Tree Brownie Bites – Make a batch to enjoy while you decorate the family tree!
- Chocolate Covered Grahams – Decorated with your favorite Christmas sprinkles!
- Crockpot Turtle Candy – An easy holiday treat that preps in just 10 minutes!
- Cute Mini Yule Logs (Swiss Roll Cakes) – Edible fun the whole family can enjoy!
- Christmas Cake Dip – One bite of this dessert dip and you’ll be hooked!
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Christmas Chex Mix
Ingredients
- 6 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 4 cups holiday-shaped pretzels
- 16 ounces white chocolate melting wafers candy melts or chocolate chips will also work
- 1 cup Heath toffee bits
- 1½ cup holiday M&Ms divided
- 1 cup mini dehydrated marshmallows divided
- Holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add cereal and pretzels to a large bowl.6 cups Rice Chex cereal, 4 cups holiday-shaped pretzels
- Melt the melting wafers in a medium bowl at 30-second intervals until, stirring between each one, until smooth.16 ounces white chocolate melting wafers
- Add in the toffee bits, 1 cup M&MS, and ¾ cup marshmallows. Stir until evenly coated.1 cup Heath toffee bits, 1½ cup holiday M&Ms, 1 cup mini dehydrated marshmallows
- Spread the mixture out on the prepared baking sheet and top with the remaining marshmallows and M&Ms as well as sprinkles. Let set for 20 to 30 mintues before enjoying.1½ cup holiday M&Ms, Holiday sprinkles, 1 cup mini dehydrated marshmallows
Notes
- How To Store: Once the snack mix has cooled transfer it to an airtight container or a Ziploc bag with the excess air squeezed out of it. It can then be stored at room temperature for a week or two weeks in the refrigerator.
- Can I Use Corn Chex In This Recipe? Yes, corn Chex may be used in place of rice check.
- How Do I Make This A Gluten-Free Christmas Snack Mix? The cereal, M&Ms, heath toffee bits, and mini dehydrated marshmallows are all gluten-free. You will need to grab a bag of gluten-free pretzels and be sure to use gluten-free white chocolate melting wafers. Snyder’s brand carries gluten-free pretzels and Ghirardelli’s white chocolate melting wafers are also gluten-free!
- Fun & Tasty Variations To Try!
- Use Your Favorite M&Ms – I chose to use milk chocolate M&Ms but feel free to choose your favorite! Peanuts, white chocolate pretzels, or peanut butter M&Ms would all be tasty additions!
- Pretzel Choice – If you can’t find the Utz holiday pretzels you can use mini pretzels. Pretzel sticks also work but you may want to break them in half!
- Add Some Salty Flavor – For a saltier flavor, you can add in peanuts or sprinkle the mix with sea salt as it sets up!
- More Mix-Ins – You could also add in some mix-ins once the snack mix has set! Things like mini peanut butter cups, snow caps, mini marshmallows, and chocolate-covered raisins, would all add delicious contrasting flavor!
- Make It For Any Holiday – Though this recipe is geared toward Christmas you can totally make it for any holiday! Just simply grab sprinkles and colored M&Ms with the matching color theme to the holiday. For example, red and pink M&Ms and sprinkles for Valentine’s Day!
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We make versions of this snack mix all the time for our family movie nights. We don’t enjoy Chex but we love Cinnamon Toast Crunch, so that is what I often use and it works perfectly. With this recipe, it worked great with the white chocolate. I also added some toasted pecans and dried cranberries as well as chocolate covered raisins. Such a tasty treat!
cant find dehydrated marshmallows, can i use mini ones instead
You can!
This is our go to recipe for the holidays! So simple to make and the kids always look forward to it!
My kids love when I make this!! They could snack on it all day long!! We love it for movie night!
It’s perfect for a Christmas movie night – so glad everyone loves it!
Delicious! My kids had so much fun helping me make this! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
So glad you enjoyed it!