White Chocolate Chex Mix

This recipe comes from a new dear friend of mine from church, we’ll call her “C”.  C and I were asked to coordinate the food for a big weekend church event.  This was the first time I helped coordinate such a big occasion, but C had done it many times, so I was able to learn a lot from her!  One of the best things I took away from this experience was this recipe.  For the Friday evening session, C and I made dessert for 150 women.  While we served mini cupcakes, brownie bites and tartlettes, C was brilliant in also putting together a big batch of this mix for the guests to enjoy.

I immediately decided I wanted to make this mix myself and thought it would be perfect to give to our pumpkin party guests as favors.  So, I headed to the Dollar Tree and bought some cheap (yet cute!) pumpkin shaped favor bags. It was a quick recipe to whip up and portion out to 25 favors.  You can serve it in favor bags like I did, or just set it out in a big bowl.  Even better…this mix can be used for any event and the ingredients can easily be altered to include your favorite candies!

White Chocolate Chex Mix

Printable Recipe

5 cups Cheerios
5 cups Corn Chex
2 cups peanuts (optional)
10 oz bag small twist pretzels
1 big bag of M&M’s (I used the dark chocolate kind)
3 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 (12 oz) bags Nestle Premier White Morsels

In a big mixing bowl, mix the cheerios, corn chex, peanuts, pretzels and M&M’s.

Melt the vegetable oil and white morsels together in a double-boiler (or a heat-proof bowl over simmering water) and pour over chex mix.  Mix with wooden spoon or if the bowl has a lid, shake the bowl to mix.  If desired, lay out on wax paper to dry or just let dry in bowl without lid on.

Source: “C”, Friend of Pennies on a Platter

Penny Says: Use generic brand cereal to save money!  I was able to save a couple of dollars by buying the generic brand and there was no difference to the taste!

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