This Chex Valentine Mix is a delicious and easy way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Made with just a handful of ingredients, this valentine’s day chex mix recipe is easy to make in minutes.
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Why Make This Recipe
Simple This easy recipe is made with just 5 simple ingredients. It is also a no bake recipe and is an inexpensive great treat snack idea.
Delicious The salty and sweet combination makes for a perfect tasty snack. It is a nice mix to enjoy while watching tv or movies too.
Fun This festive recipe makes for the perfect valentine’s day snack mix. Whether you make this for a valentine's day parties or for your family, it is a fun sweet treat to celebrate the season. For a party, you can divide the treats into decorative cellophane bags with a tag for a lovely gift idea.
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Ingredients
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- Chex Mix
- Pretzels
- white chocolate chips
- Cheerios
- Valentine's day sprinkles
See recipe card for quantities.
Substitutions and Variations
- You can substitute white candy melts or white almond bark for the white chocolate chips.
- Substitute corn chex for the rice chex or use a little of both for a new combination.
- Add some chocolate chips to the mix.
- Add some food coloring to the white chocolate chips and make it pink.
Instructions
The full recipe instructions for this recipe are in the recipe card below, but here is a step by step overview of the recipe
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Step 1 - Combine cereal in a parchment or wax paper lined pan,
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Step 2 - Melt the chocolate chips or bark in the microwave per package directions. Drip half of the mixture over the cereal.
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Step 3 - Add a layer of pretzels.
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Step 4 Add the remaining melted chocolate.
Step 5- Top with chocolate candies and sprinkles. Place in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes until set.
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Then break apart for serving.
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Storage
Store the leftover snack mix in an airtight container or in mason jars for gift giving.
Top tip
This salty and sweet Chex mix is great for a party favor. Double the recipe and send home as a party favor or as a fun Valentine's treat for friends.
Recipe FAQs
About 3-4 days when stored in an airtight container.
No, it is a little different in that puppy chow is coated in powdered sugar.
I would not recommend freezing, it just doesn't keep as well.
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Chex Valentine Mix
Equipment
- Large Bowl
- small microwaveable bowl
- wax paper or parchment paper
- 13-inch pan
- Serving bowl
Ingredients
- 4 cups chex cereal we used rice chex
- 3 cups honey nut cheerios
- 2 cups twist pretzels
- ½ cup pink Valentines M&Ms
- ¼ cup Valentines sprinkles
- 24 oz. white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add a piece of parchment paper to a large baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, toss together chex cereal pieces, cheerios, and pretzels.
- Add about half of the cereal mixture to the baking sheet.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, heat white chocolate chips on 20 second intervals, stirring well between, until melted.
- Drizzle about half of the chocolate over the first layer of the cereal/pretzel mix.
- Add the remaining mix to the baking sheet.
- Drizzle the rest of the chocolate over top of the new layer.
- Sprinkle with Valentines sprinkles and M&Ms.
- Move to the refrigerator to chill for about 30 minutes.
- After the chocolate has set, break the mix into smaller pieces & enjoy.
- Serve at room temperature
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