Name: Halloween Chex Mix
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¾ cup butter; ¾ cup brown sugar, packed; 1 tbsp. Vanilla; 3 cups rice chex; 2 cups pretzels; 2 cups bugles; 1 cup M&Ms ghoul mix (regular or peanut M&Ms); ½ cup Reese's Pieces

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You are going to love this salty sweet Halloween chex mix recipe. It is going to be a huge hit at your festive Halloween parties and events. It’s such an fun homemade chex mix, and a family favorite at our house in the Fall. Let’s talk about how to make this easy Halloween snack mix.

We have taken our favorite chex mix ingredients, and topped them with a caramel or brown sugar glaze. Baked it all together and then tossed in the candy. Such a fun mix!

Sweet & Salty Halloween Chex Mix Ingredients:

¾ cup butter
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1 tbsp. Vanilla
3 cups rice chex cereal – you can use any chex you like- corn chex, etc.. or, use a mix of different kinds of chex!
2 cups pretzels
2 cups bugles
1 cup M&Ms ghoul mix – you can use regular or peanut m&m candies, we used peanut!
½ cup Reese’s Pieces

Halloween Party Mix Directions

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 300 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

Note: Make sure you use parchment paper, and not wax paper, since this does go in the oven. Also, you will want to use one of your large baking sheets for this recipe. If you don’t have a larger one you may have to divide the ingredients in half and make two batches.

Step 2: In a medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat, until melted.

Step 3: Stir in brown sugar, and heat over medium high, until it begins to simmer. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.

Step 4: To your baking sheet, add rice chex, pretzels, and bugles. Stir to combine and mix the ingredients.

Step 5: Pour the sauce over the cereal mixture.

Step 6: Stir the mixture to coat everything in the sauce.

Step 7: Bake in your preheated oven for 30 minutes, stirring halfway through.

Step 8: Allow the mixture to cool slightly, and add to a very large bowl. Add M&Ms and Reese’s pieces and toss together.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature, or for an even longer lasting treat, pop it into the refrigerator.

Other Addition Ideas

While our suggestions are great, it would be yummy to add muddy buddies or puppy chow, candy corn pumpkins, candy eyeballs, kettle corn, mini pretzels or Halloween shaped pretzels, your favorite Halloween candy, chocolate chips or white chocolate chips, and more!

This Halloween chex mix recipe is the perfect snack for Halloween movie watching. We love the sweet and salty flavors, and it is a great twist on classic chex mix. You could even pop some of this into little treat bags for fun Halloween party treats. This is such a good snack mix. It makes a ton of servings, but you can also double the recipe for serving a larger group.

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Yield: 12 servings