It’s such a shame that homemade treats are frowned upon for trick-or-treating, because there are so many festive homemade treats out there for Halloween! Luckily, my coworkers trust me enough to know that I won’t poison them, so I mixed up some of this snack mix to take to work this week for Halloween. It is ridiculously easy to make, and can easily be adapted to cater to your own tastes. I stuck with cereal, pretzels, marshmallows, and Reese’s pieces and candy corn to give it a festive Halloween look. For a slightly healthier version, you could easily add in some nuts, raisins or dried fruit.
Fall Snack Mix
Yields: 10 cups
Ingredients:
6 cups Chex or Crispix cereal
1 cup pretzels
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup Reese’s pieces or M+M’s
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup candy corn
Directions:
Pre-heat the oven to 275 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat and set aside.
Melt the butter in a large bowl, then toss together with the cereal and pretzels until evenly coated. In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar and cinnamon, then toss with the cereal mixture to evenly coat. Spread the cereal mixture onto the baking pan and bake for 20 minutes.
After removing from the oven, allow to cool completely. Then, stir together with the Reese’s, candy corn and marshmallows. Serve in a large bowl for a party or package into small bags to give out to friends.
Source: Stick a Fork In It original.
This sounds SO good!!! Definitely trying this one 🙂
Definately going to try this! Looks yummy. Great football game snack too.
Made this tonight and it is addictive. I pinned it and if you don’t mind I’d like to mention it on my blog and send folks your way.
Of course, no problem! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for sharing! 🙂
Making this for Preshool snacks next week, I think the kids will love this!
Where did you get those cute orange paper containers? I love those!
I believe they were from last year’s Target dollar section. I’m not sure if they have them again this year or not!
Thanks! Found this year! And, how long does it stay fresh? Would love to use for Saturday’s party…wondering if I should wait until then to make it.
Sorry for the delay in the reply, but it should stay fresh for about a week in a ziplock bag or air-tight container.
Hmm is anyone else encountering problems with the images on this blog loading?
I’m trying to figure out if its a problem on my end
or if it’s the blog. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
For some reason I cannot print this recipe. Keeps telling me I can’t print due to long-running script. It has told me the same thing for 2 days now.
Hmm I can print it with no problem, not sure what is wrong. If you’d like me to e-mail it to you let me know! Sorry!
This is sooo good!!! I made these treat cups for my sons preschool Halloween party. The teachers all asked me for the recipe! 🙂 Maybe it was my oven, but I had to bake about 35-40 min (stirring every 15 min) until it got crisp. Very easy to customize with any candy you like. Will be making again, for sure. Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you liked it!
Yummy ! Yummy ! It is really a good snack.
About how many of the orange cups did this recipe make? Trying to figure out if I need to double or triple it =) Thanks!
I’d say maybe 10? Maybe a little less. I think I figured out it makes about 10 cups of snack mix, and each of those cups probably hold just over a cup.
I was wondering if peanuts would go good with it as well? Have you ever tried or what do you think?
I haven’t tried it, but it sounds like it would be good!