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Bunny Bait combines M&Ms, Chex, Cheerios, and pretzels with white chocolate to make a delicious snack mix! It’s like Chex Mix and muddy buddies had a baby and it’s the perfect easy recipe for an Easter celebration – it’s so good we ate it all in just a few days.
The Best Easter Snack Mix Recipe
My Easter Bunny Bait Recipe is the perfect Easter treat for the holiday! Make this recipe in a large bowl for a party, or package it up in individual treat bags for lunch boxes and Easter baskets! Everyone will be loving this recipe – it’s one of my favorite sweet and salty snack mixes.
Snack mixes are one of my favorites to make because they can be changed so easily – If there is something I have put in my recipe that you do not like, feel free to change it! Plus you can change up the M&M colors for any holiday – it’s the perfect movie night snack and it lasts up to a week in an airtight container.
Ingredients Needed
- Rice Chex Cereal: You can use any kind of Chex cereal you like.
- Multi-Grain Cherrios: Or any flavor of Cherrios.
- Pretzels: Mini twists or pretzel sticks
- Peanuts: Feel free to use pecans or almonds, or omit the nuts
- White Almond Bark: Or white candy melts (Ghirardelli are my favorite). I don’t recommend using white chocolate chips for this.
- Easter M&M candies: The bright pastel colors really pop in this snack mix recipe.
How to make Bunny Snack Mix
- Line a large baking sheet with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Stir together cereals and pretzels in a large bowl.
- Melt candy according to package directions in a microwave-safe bowl. I usually heat it for one minute, then stir, heating in additional 30 second increments until melted and smooth. Pour over cereal mixture in bowl. Stir to combine.
- Lay out the snack mix on the prepared baking sheet and allow to set (chill to set to make it harden faster).
- Break up mix into pieces and add peanuts and M&Ms.
Expert Tips
- This recipe adds the nuts in after the chocolate melts, but if you want them to be coated in chocolate as well–add them before!
- Feel free to remove the nuts entirely if you do not want them.
- Chex and Cherrios have so many flavors…use your favorite flavor.
- Store in an airtight container and it will last up to a week.
FAQs
Store this recipe in an airtight container for up to 1 week!
Easter Bunny Bait Snack Mix Recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 cups (112g) Rice Chex Cereal (or any flavor)
- 3 cups (81g) Multigrain Cheerios (or any flavor)
- 2 cups (86g) mini pretzel twists
- 1 cup (132g) peanuts (or almonds)
- 16 ounces (472g) vanilla almond bark (or white chocolate melts)
- 1 (10 ounce) bag Easter M&Ms (any flavor)
Instructions
- Line a large cookie sheet with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Stir together cereals and pretzels in a large bowl.
- Melt candy according to package directions in a microwave safe bowl. Pour over cereal in bowl. Stir to combine.
- Lay out the snack mix on the prepared baking sheet and allow to set (chill to set to make it harden faster).
- Break up mix into pieces and add peanuts and M&Ms.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Recipe Notes
- Use any flavor Chex or Cheerios
- Use any nuts, or omit
- You can also add the nuts in with the cereal if you want them to be coated with white chocolate – your choice.
- Don’t use white chocolate chips. Use either vanilla (white) almond bark or Ghirardelli white melts (or Candiqik)
Recipe Nutrition
Variations + Substitutions
- Use any flavor Chex cereal you want
- I always have Multigrain Cheerios on hand, but Honey Nut Cheerios would be so good too.
- You can swap out the pastel M&M candies for candy eggs (like Cadbury)
- Add freshly popped popcorn (or swap out one of the cereals)
- This is so easy to make for any holiday. For Valentine’s Day, use pink and red M&Ms. You can make it for Christmas with holiday candies, or for Halloween with candy corn!
Love it!!
Ellen : don’t worry I buy about 10 bags when they are 50% off.
I probably will too! Thanks Meg!
How cute! I would love these, right about now. Seriously, a great way to start my day with my first cup of coffee! The salty-sweet thing, yes? 😉 Great to see you last night, too. 🙂 And, ya know, those little Cadbury mini eggs, well, let’s just say I buy the BIG bagS each year, and save them…Yes, I hoard them…Sad, but oh so true!
Yes! For sure. Sugar in the morning is always good. Cuts the caffeine. Unless you’re like me and like lots of sugary coffee. 🙂 Those eggs…I ate the whole bag!!!
Oh-so cute! I really want to give this a try myself. Pinned!
Thank you!
well that is just adorable! And I have no idea if I will ever catch up with life, maybe when my kid is 20 or so? I can hope.
Seriously, I know. It never ends! Have a wonderful weekend!
So cute!!! When i have kids some day this is something I would love to make for them 🙂
I also wanted to let you know I’ve nominated you for The Liebster Award :)! You can check here for more details: http://cookingactress.blogspot.com/2012/03/awards.html
Thank you so much! For the comment and the award! 🙂
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