Christmas Crunch

 

WARNING: this stuff is addicting!!!

It's easy. 

It's delicious.

It's great for a crowd. 

It's great to bag up and give as gifts.

It's great to eat a whole bowl on the couch during movie night......oops. 

I promise you'll want to make this ASAP!

Yummmmmmm. Here's the step-by-step:

Go ahead and start melting your vanilla almond bark in the microwave. About 9 squares will do. Start with 60 seconds, stir, and then melt in 30 second intervals until the chocolate is melted. 

While the vanilla almond bark is melting, mix together your cereal, marshmallows, and pretzels in a large bowl.

Once the vanilla almond bark is melted and smooth, combine it with the cereal mixture and lay on wax paper on a rimmed cookie sheet. Add the sprinkles on top. Let it sit for about 15 minutes. Then, break into smaller pieces.

In a gallon sealable bag, pour in half the cereal mixture and half the powdered sugar and give it a good shake. Add it into a bowl/container, and then repeat with the other half of the cereal mixture and powdered sugar. 

Mix in the holiday M&Ms and it's good to go!

Find the original recipe from Chex HERE

Christmas Crunch

• 6 cups Chex cereal
• 2 cups mini marshmallows
• 1 cup mini pretzels
• 15 oz vanilla almond bark (about 9 squares)
• 3 tbsp holiday sprinkles
• 1/4 c. powdered sugar
• 1 cup holiday M&Ms

1. Line large rimmed cookie sheet with waxed paper. In large bowl, mix cereal, marshmallows and pretzels.
2. In medium microwavable bowl, microwave almond bark uncovered on high 60-90 seconds, stir, and then heat in 30 second intervals until melted. Stir until smooth. Pour onto cereal mixture; mix well.
3. Spread mixture on the cookie sheet; cover with holiday sprinkles and cool completely, about 15 minutes. Break into bite-size pieces.
4. In a gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag, add half of the coated cereal pieces and powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake to coat. Remove from bag and repeat with the other half of the cereal and powdered sugar.
5. In large serving bowl, mix coated cereal mixture and chocolate candies.

Fall Snack Mix

 

I have made this on repeat for the past 2 months. 

Literally. 

If you have seen me or had me deliver anything to you, theres a 99.9% chance you got a bag of this stuff. 

It's easy. 

It's delicious.

It makes A LOT. 

It's pretty and fun to share. :)

It's a hit with the kids and the adults. #winning

First, you're gonna mix together the Rice Chex cereal, mini pretzels, and Bugles in a large bowl. After making the melted butter, brown sugar, vanilla mixture, pour it over the bowl slowly. I like to pour a little, mix a little, pour a little, mix a little......and repeat until it's nice and covered in the yummy butter sauce. Once mixed together, cover two sheet pans with parchment paper and spread out the mixture between both of the pans. Pop them in the oven at 275 degrees for 45 minutes, stirring the mixtures every 15 minutes. 

After they've had a few minutes to cool down, mix in the candy corn, Reese's pieces, and caramel popcorn. It's ready to be bagged up for treats or thrown into a big bowl for a crowd!

Our favorite festive snack bowl for Halloween :) 

You can also add in the candy corn pumpkins to the mix if you're a big fan of candy corn! One year, I was able to find football shaped pretzels which was super fun for football games. However you make it, you're gonna love it! 

Original recipe from One Little Project.

Fall Snack Mix

Sauce:

3/4 cup butter, melted (1 1/2 sticks)

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp. vanilla

Mix:

1 box Rice Chex mix (12 oz.)

1 bag Bugles (7 oz.)

4 cups mini pretzels

1 box Crunch n Munch caramel popcorn (6 oz.)

1 cup candy corn

1 cup Reese's pieces

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 275°F.
• Melt the butter on the stovetop. Add the brown sugar and vanilla extract and whisk well until combined and dissolved.
• In a VERY large bowl, add the Chex cereal, pretzels and Bugles.
• Pour the sauce over the cereal mixture and toss gently until evenly coated.
• Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide mixture on the two baking sheets and spread in even layers.
• Bake for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and allow it to cool. Sprinkle on the candy corn, popcorn, and Reese's Pieces.