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Tasty Tuesdays: Cottontail Sweet and Salty Chex Mix

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In my house lately we  have been on a Chex Mix kick.

I was able to snag some great deals on Chex cereals before Christmas, and my daughter has declared that she does not like most chips anymore. So every Saturday, she will  make a batch of Chex Mix for her lunches for school. It’s great that she is old enough to make it all by herself!

So when Chex Mix asked if they could sponsor a post about a variation of Chex Mix, I was all over it! They even agreed to sponsor a giveaway for my readers!! It’s a win-win for everyone.The perfect combination of sweet and salty: Cottontail Sweet and Salty Chex Mix

Since it is almost Easter, we had to do a Easter Chex Mix variation. We started with our standard version of Chex Mix as nothing can beat it! I love to make it in my big electric skillet as it only takes 15 minutes to cook, but you can also make it in your oven. The recipe I used is very similar to the Original Chex Party Mix. You can see the recipe I used HERE.

Original Chex Party Mix

I added 1 cup of Easter M&M’s and about 1 cup of miniature marshmallows to the Chex Mix.

Chex mix with Easter M & M's

Then I popped 1/2 cup of popcorn in my hot air popper. I divided the popcorn between two big bowls. I melted one cup of white chocolate chips over low heat with a couple tablespoons of shortening. I added a few drops of pink food coloring until I got it to the desired color. I only had water based food coloring, but since I added shortening, the chocolate did not seize up. You could also use Wilton’s melting chocolates that are different colors.

Then I poured half of the chocolate over one bowl of the popcorn and mixed the popcorn up until it was coated with the chocolate. I did the same with the second bowl of popcorn. If you had a huge pan, you could mix it all up at one time, but I split it up so the popcorn would stay in the bowl as I mixed it. At the end, I took my clean hands and mixed the popcorn to make sure it was all coated.

While the chocolate was still wet, the kids took some Easter colored sprinkles and shook it all over the popcorn.

Chocolate covered popcorn

Our last step was to add the popcorn to the Chex Party Mix and the marshmallows and M & M’s. When all four items were mixed together, it was the perfect combination of a sweet and salty snack and it looked like the perfect snack for Easter!

Even my husband who is not too into very sweet desserts said that this combination was very good. His only suggestion was that it needed more peanuts.

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Comments

  1. I would like to make the Millionaire’s Chex Bars and I bet my kids’ would love’m! The Gluten Free Slow Cooker Apple Oatmeal looks good too!

  4. We like chex mix here….and this looks like a great one to try also. Snacks like these are so nice in a house full of kids… and mostly guys! 🙂

  16. I would love to try and make the Bird Nests with Fruity Eggs. Looks so much fun to make with the kids.

  19. The It’s a Girl! Chex Muddy Buddies look like fun for a gender reveal party.

  23. I want to make the Honey-Peanut School Fuel. Even though we are all past school age in my home, it looks delicious and I think we’d love it!

  26. I’d love to try the Sugar Cookie Chex™ Party Mix recipe! Sugar cookies are my favorite and this looks so delicious!

  47. I really want to try the Tiramisu Chex Party Mix recipe!

    Thanks for the chance to win this 🙂

  48. My kids just love the chex party mix but they want me to do the chocolate party mix….

  52. I would love to try the Tiramisu Chex™ Party Mix. It looks delicious. Thank you!

  53. I would love to make the Chex Mix! We used to make it for our girl scout troop and I have so many fond memories!

  57. I would like to try the No-Bake Cherry-Almond Squares because my family would love them!

  58. I would love to try out the Bunny Bait Chex™ Mix and the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Chex™ Clusters

  60. I love that this snack mix is both salty and sweet. I’m pinning to the Bloggers Brags board on Pinterest. Thanks for sharing this with us!

  68. I’d like to make the Strawberry Shortcake Chex Treats. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

  70. I want to try the birthday cake celebration chez mix recipe for my son’s birthday. It looks good.

  84. I would love to try the Millionaire’s Chex Bars, but I might replace the 1 cup of pecans with 1 cup of shredded coconut.

  93. i visited the Chex site and the recipe I am excited to try is the Honey-Peanut School Fuel. I think my family would really enjoy it.

  94. Birthday Cake Celebration Chex Mix.it sounds real good and something that my whole family would enjoy !!

  98. Either the ‘It’s a Girl! or the It’s a Boy!’ recipes would be cute for a baby shower, assuming the gender was known.

  99. The Strawberry Shortcake Chex™ Treats look so delicious. My family would love these!

  100. I would love to try the Birthday Cake Celebration Chex Mix. It looks delicious and would be so easy to customize for different holidays with just changing the color of sprinkles!

  104. The Chex Cookie Pizza looks pretty delicious and decadent – I’d love to try that first.

  108. I would love to make the No Bake Cherry Almond Squares, because they look and sound yummy!

  109. I would like to try the Birthday Cake Celebration Chex Mix. It would be perfect for birthday parties and so different.

  113. I would most love to try the No-Bake Banana Crunch Minis. It looks delicious!

  115. I would love to try the Banana Nut Bread Chex™ Party Mix. I love Banana Nut Bread and can’t wait to try this.

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