Christmas Chex Mix Recipe with M&M’s

This easy Christmas Chex Mix with M&M’s is the ultimate sweet-and-salty holiday snack! It’s perfect for gifting, bake sales, party trays, or munching during your favorite Christmas movies. Quick to make, colorful, and totally addictive, this festive mix is guaranteed to disappear fast!

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Festive Holiday Chex Mix Recipe

This 6 ingredient, one bowl fun holiday Chex recipe to make with the kids, is also great to leave out for Santa’s reindeer on Christmas Eve as a good substitute for Reindeer Chow.

We like to stock up by making this Christmas mix ahead of time and store in the freezer to enjoy when ready. Try our classic Chex mix recipe as a fun snack to enjoy for movie nights the whole year long full of memories from your childhood.

Don’t forget about Santa’s cookies and his hot chocolate or white hot chocolate!

Why you’ll love this holiday snack recipe

• Simple easy to make 6 ingredient Chex mix holiday snack
• Both sweet and salty flavor profile
• Perfect for bake sales and holiday gift-giving
• Best M&M white chocolate Chex mix sweet recipe
• Balanced snack mixing flavors and textures perfectly

Ingredients

This recipe has 6 simple ingredients that you should be able to find in the local grocery store.

• Chex mix cereal
• Cheerios cereal
• Pretzels – you can use any pretzel shapes such as pretzel sticks too.
• Red and green M&Ms – Holiday M&M’s
• Red and green Christmas sprinkles
• White chocolate wafers
• (Ziplock bag for mixing)

Substitutions

Use your favorite Chex cereal like corn or wheat in this Christmas party mix recipe as a substitute for rice Chex. Use mild or dark chocolate instead of white chocolate.

You can also use your favorite pretzels shapes in this Christmas recipe or mix it up with your favorite sprinkles or holiday nonpareils. Add in your favorite nuts like peanuts or pecans with mini marshmallows.

Step by Step Instructions

This is one of the easiest holiday recipes you will make! You can find a full recipe card, with instructions and ingredients amounts at the bottom of this page.

Below, I’ve included photos for easy step-by-step visualization of how the steps will look.

 Step 1 – Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2 – Place the Chex, Cheerios and pretzels into a gallon sized freezer bag..

Step 3 – Place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and heat it in the microwave at 15 second intervals.  Stir in between intervals until the chocolate becomes smooth. Be sure to use a microwave safe bowl.

Step 6 – Spread the mixture out on the baking sheet.

Step 6 – Place in the fridge until the chocolate hardens (about one hour).

Break into pieces to serve.

Variations

• Add crushed candy canes or your favorite peppermint crushed candy
• Adding in your favorite candy
• Make a Christmas Caramel Chex mix by adding in your favorite caramel candies or chocolate like caramel chocolate chips, with optional pecans
• Another holiday mix is Christmas Gingerbread Chex mix recipe by adding in spices like 1 teaspoon of ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg to the mix
• Peanut butter lovers will love adding in peanuts with Reese’s pieces or mini Reese’s peanut butter cups pieces and peanut butter chocolate chips

Sandra’s tips for making Christmas Chex mix

• Prepare your supplies ahead of time
• Use parchment paper to line the baking sheets when you spread the mixture on for cooling and easy cleanup
• Mix gently to avoid breaking the cereal
• Allow for refrigeration time before breaking the mix into pieces

Storage

Use plastic zippered bags or an airtight container to store for white chocolate Chex mix for 3 to 5 days or in the fridge for 7 to 10 days.

Can I freeze white chocolate Chex mix?

Yes you can! Use a freezer-safe container of freezer zippered bags to freeze for 2 to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge or at room temperature before serving.