Valentine's Day Snack Mix is a delicious way to share the love with all of your favorite Valentines. This sweet snack mix is made with M&M's® Red Velvet candies, crispy cereal, crunchy pretzels, and salty peanuts all covered in creamilicious white chocolate and sparkly pink sprinkles! It is sooo incredibly satisfying and delicious!
The only way to have a friend is to be one
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even the strongest friendships need to be nurtured, and what better way to celebrate your friendships than by giving a gift you made with love? Not only will you make someone else's day and put a smile on their face, you'll feel good too!
It is so much fun to make special treats for family and friends to express how much they mean to you, and this Valentine's Day Snack Mix is the perfect way to show you care. It is easy enough to make with the kids and everyone will love the festive colors! When Madison was as little as 5 years old, she would help me make this and other fun treats for our friends and family. We would package all of our goodies with a pretty bow to share with our favorite Valentines!
This snack mix is super easy to make. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl combine 2.5 cups pretzels, 2.5 cups oat cereal, 2.5 cups crispy corn cereal, and 1 cup peanuts.
In a microwave safe bowl combine the white chocolate chips with 1.5 tablespoons of oil and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir well to melt the chocolate. Microwave an additional 15 seconds if needed. Once the white chocolate is nice and smooth, pour it over the contents of the bowl...
and gently stir until everything is coated with chocolate.
Mix in 1 cup M&M's® Red Velvet candies. Spread the coated snack mix onto the parchment lined baking sheet in an even layer and shake on the pink sparkly sprinkles to your liking. Set aside to dry.
I found the special Valentine's M&M's® Red Velvet candies in the Seasonal aisle at my local Walmart.
While I was there, I also picked up my favorite Peanut M&M's® to challenge my best friend and favorite Valentine, Don, to a 'Winner Eats All' game of Tic Tac Toe! We ended up tying a bunch of times and then somehow we ran out of M&M's® Oh man, do we love those Peanut M&M's®!!
See more great M&M's® Red Velvet recipe and party ideas at myconfectioncorner.com/valentines-day where you can also download a coupon to save on your M&M's® purchase.
For more M&M's® Red Velvet inspiration, be sure to visit the Red Velvet Love Recipes page. Join the #RedVelvetLove Pinterest Party taking place at http://www.pinterest.com/SoFabChats/ on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 12:00pm ET for your chance at winning a $1000 Walmart gift card!
Do you do anything special for your friends and family on Valentine's Day? I'm always on the hunt for new ideas, so I'd love to hear what special plans you have for Valentine's Day to show your friends and family how much you love and appreciate them <smile>. Please scroll down and leave me a comment! I'm looking forward to hearing from you!
Happy Valentine's Day!!
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Valentine's Day Snack Mix
Published 01/30/2015
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups mini twist pretzels, salted
- 2.5 cups toasted oat cereal
- 2.5 cups crispy corn cereal squares
- 1 cup peanuts, salted
- 1 cup M&M's® Red Velvet candies
- 1 (11 ounce) package white chocolate chips
- 1.5 tablespoons coconut oil or vegetable oil
- Pink sparkly sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl combine 2.5 cups pretzels, 2.5 cups oat cereal, 2.5 cups crispy corn cereal, and 1 cup peanuts. Gently mix to combine.
- In a microwave safe bowl combine the white chocolate chips with 1.5 tablespoons of oil and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir well to melt the chocolate. Microwave an additional 15 seconds if needed. Be very careful not to burn the white chocolate. It can be a bit fussy. The white chocolate should be smooth, so keep stirring to get the smoothness.
- Once the white chocolate is nice and smooth, pour it over the contents of the bowl and gently stir until everything is coated with chocolate. Mix in 1 cup M&M's® Red Velvet candies. Spread the coated snack mix onto the parchment lined baking sheet in an even layer and shake on the Pink sparkly sprinkles to your liking. Set aside to dry. Once the white chocolate is dry, transfer the mix to a large serving bowl and enjoy! Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Tags: Valentine's Day, Love, Friendship, Snack Mix, Easy, M&M's, Cereal, Pretzels, Peanuts, Gift
Recipe inspired by: allrecipes.com White Chocolate Snack Mix
This snack mix looks great and would be a great treat for some of my best Valentines. #client
ReplyDeleteThanks, Janet! It is always a big hit :)
DeleteSounds like a fun idea for my daughter to share with her class mates! :) thanks for sharing
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