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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Recipe: Christmas Crack Snack Mix

Easy Gluten Free Christmas Crack Snack Mix Recipe - Snack mix with Chex cereal, Christmas M&M's, Christmas sprinkles and crushed candy canes in front of Christmas tree with candy canes and fairy lights in foreground

The Ultimate Christmas Crack Snack Mix Recipe - this gluten free snack mix combines salty pretzels, sweet white chocolate, crunchy cereal, minty candy canes and chewy marshmallows to create the best Christmas Chex mix recipe. In Australia and don’t have Chex? Swap them for cornflakes. Don’t like M&M’s, swap them for chocolate chips. This recipe is easily customised to suit exactly what ingredients you have at home! 

Click to pin this recipe on Pinterest!

I love cooking all the time, but especially at Christmas.

I don't know what it is about them, but Christmas treats are just so much more fun. Maybe it's the flavours, or the colours, the sharing with loved ones - or simply the fact that they tend to use more chocolate (🍫 = 💗) , but each December you'll find me in the kitchen coming up with new Christmas creations to share with family and friends.

Gluten free Chex cereal snack mix with pretzel sticks, melted white chocolate, Christmas M&M's, sprinkles and crushed candy canes in a white bowl on wooden background


This year's recipe addition? Christmas Crack.

Now, Jesse did tell me I couldn't call this Christmas Crack on the blog... buttttt the name stuck and this snack mix is seriously addictive, so we're going to roll with the name.

This snack mix combines crunchy cereal (I used Gluten Free Chex Cereal for the pictured version, but we've also made it with Gluten Free Cornflakes and it is 🥰), pretzels, melted chocolate, candy canes, m&ms or whatever mix-ins your choose. 



Gluten Free Chex Cereal Christmas Snack Mix in front of Christmas tree in a white bowl with small red bowls filled with white chocolate chips, pretzel sticks, Chex cereal, Christmas M&M's and candy canes


In the recipe below, I've given you all sorts of options to make your ultimate snack mix - and to suit the ingredients you probably already have at home. 

Don't like peppermint? Swap the candy canes for chewy marshmallows or stir in a spoonful of peanut butter. Don't have gluten free m&m's? Replace them with chocolate chips.

If you're worried you might not have the pictured ingredients - don't be! I've got you covered!

So let me share the recipe with you! 

Gluten Free Christmas Crack Snack Mix Recipe

Gluten Free Christmas Crack Snack Mix Recipe

Yield: makes ~4 cups
Author:
prep time: 5 Mcook time: 5 Mtotal time: 10 M
The Ultimate Christmas Crack Snack Mix Recipe - this gluten free snack mix combines salty pretzels, sweet white chocolate, crunchy cereal, minty candy canes and chewy marshmallows to create the best Christmas Chex mix recipe. In Australia and don’t have Chex? Swap them for cornflakes. Don’t like M&M’s, swap them for chocolate chips. This recipe is easily customised to suit exactly what ingredients you have at home!

Click to pin this recipe on Pinterest!

ingredients:

  • 3 cups (90g) Gluten Free Chex Cereal
  • 1/2 cup (45g) Gluten Free Pretzels
  • Optional: 1/2 cup (50g) mini marshmallows or chopped marshmallows
  • 225g white chocolate, melted
  • 1/2 cup (100g) M&M's*
  • 2 candy canes, crushed
  • Christmas sprinkles, to top

instructions:

How to cook Gluten Free Christmas Crack Snack Mix Recipe

  1. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and set aside.
  2. In a bowl, combine your cereal, pretzels and marshmallows (if using). 
  3. Set aside a separate small bowl with your crushed candy canes and M&M's. 
  4. Melt your chocolate (either in the microwave or on the stove using the double boiler method) and mix into your cereal mixture.
  5. Once your cereal mixture is coated, stir through your candy canes and M&M's and place your mixture onto your prepared tray, sprinkling with Christmas sprinkles and extra crushed candy canes if desired.
  6. Place your tray into the fridge to chill for ~1/2 an hour or until firm. 
  7. Break into pieces and enjoy. 
  8. This snack mix will keep for up to a month in an airtight container in the fridge.

NOTES:

SUBSTITUTIONS:
CHEX - Swap Chex Cereal for gluten free cornflakes or a crunchy cereal of your choice
WHITE CHOCOLATE - Swap for milk chocolate if you prefer
M&M'S* - M&M's are not gluten free in Australia. If needing the recipe to be gluten free, swap them for gluten free chocolate chips instead.
CANDY CANES - Don't like peppermint? Leave them out or add some Christmas sprinkles instead.

EXTRAS:
Want to make a snack mix without candy canes? Try adding a spoonful of peanut butter to your white chocolate instead.
Love marshmallows? Add them in for some chewy goodness! Don't like them? Leave them out!
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