If you have a sweet tooth, you’ll love this minty Christmas Chex Mix. This festive snack mix combines rice and corn cereal, pretzels, M&M’s, crushed candy canes and marshmallows in a white chocolate peppermint candy coating.
Looking for a festive sweet treat to serve at a holiday party or pass out to everyone on Santa’s “nice” list? You can’t go wrong with this delicious peppermint Christmas Chex Mix.
Homemade snack mixes like this one are so easy to make, and they’re a great option for entertaining. Homemade Chex Mix is always a crowd pleaser, whether you’re feeding adults or kids!
If you like this Christmas Chex Mix recipe, you definitely need to try my Halloween Snack Mix, this sweet and salty Reese’s Peanut Butter Chex Mix and this White Chocolate Popcorn Snack Mix.
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Ingredients
To make this candy-coated holiday snack mix, you’ll need:
- Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses – These usually hit store shelves in November and December.
- White chocolate baking chips – Ghirardelli and Nestle are good options because they melt well.
- Chex corn cereal
- Chex rice cereal
- Pretzel twists – Use mini pretzel twists or, if you can find them, use pretzels in holiday shapes.
- M&M’s candies – Look for the seasonal green and red bag.
- Mini peppermint flavored marshmallows – Stores usually start carrying these in November and December.
- Crushed peppermint candy – You can crush starlight mints or candy canes or buy them already crushed.
See recipe card for quantities.
How to Make Christmas Chex Mix
This recipe comes together quickly — in just minutes — with minimal prep time or work.
- In a large measuring cup or bowl, combine the two types of cereal, pretzels, M&M’s, peppermint marshmallows and crushed peppermints.
- In a separate large, microwave-safe bowl, combine the Candy Cane Hershey’s Kisses and white chocolate baking chips.
- Heat the Hershey’s Kisses and white chocolate chips in the microwave for 30 seconds at 50 percent power. Stir well and microwave in 10- to 15-second intervals, at 50 percent power, until the chocolate is fully melted.
- Microwave cooking times may vary. Do not overcook the white chocolate and Hershey’s Kisses mixture, as it could burn and become unusable. You may also use a double boiler on the stovetop to melt the white chocolate chips and Hershey’s Kisses.
- When the white chocolate mixture is fully melted, add the cereal and other ingredients to the bowl in batches. Stir gently to coat the entire cereal mixture with chocolate.
- Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper. Allow the chocolate to cool and harden. Break cereal mix into pieces before serving.
Do you love candy canes and peppermint? Try one of these other minty sweet treats: Old fashioned Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Christmas Candy, decadent Peppermint White Hot Chocolate or an easy Iced Peppermint Mocha.
Variations & Substitutions
- If you can’t find peppermint marshmallows, omit them from the recipe or substitute regular mini marshmallows.
- Used larger candy cane pieces, instead of crushed peppermints.
- Substitute more white chocolate chips for the Candy Cane Kisses in the recipe.
- Use holiday shape pretzels in place of the traditional twists or sticks.
Storage
Store prepared Christmas Chex mix in an airtight container for up to a week.
If you’re planning to package it into individual treat bags, wait to fill them until the day of or the day before your party. This will ensure the pepperminty snack mix stays fresh.
More Christmas Recipes
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Santa’s Minty Christmas Snack Mix
Ingredients
- ½ bag Candy Cane Hershey’s Kisses approximately 27 Kisses
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips
- 3 cups corn Chex cereal
- 3 cups rice Chex cereal
- 1 cup mini pretzel twists
- 1 cup green and red M&M's plus more for garnish
- 1 cup mini peppermint flavored marshmallows
- ½ cup crushed peppermint candy plus more for garnish
Instructions
- Combine corn and rice Chex cereal, pretzels, M&M's, crushed peppermints and peppermint marshmallows in a large bowl.
- Unwrap Hershey’s Kisses and combine with white chocolate chips in a separate large, microwave-safe bowl.
- Melt Hershey’s Kisses and white chocolate chips in the microwave on 50 percent power for 30 seconds.
- Remove from the microwave and stir. Continue heating at 50 percent power, in 10 to 15 second increments, until the white chocolate mixture is melted. Do not overcook, as the chocolate could become unusable.
- When chocolate has melted, add the cereal and other ingredients to the bowl in batches. Stir after each addition to coat.
- Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper. Sprinke with additional M&M's and crushed peppermints to garnish, if desired.
- Allow white chocolate mixture to cool and harden. Break cereal mix into pieces before serving.
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Notes
Storage
Store for up to a week in an airtight container.Variations & Substitutions
- Substitute regular mini marshmallows for the peppermint ones or omit them from the recipe.
- Used larger candy cane pieces, instead of crushed peppermints.
- Substitute 4 ounces of white chocolate chips for the Candy Cane Kisses in the recipe.
- Use holiday shape pretzels in place of traditional twists or sticks.
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