Bunny Bait (Easy Easter Snack Mix Recipe!)
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Celebrate Easter with our easy snack mix (Bunny Bait!) recipe. This sweet and crunchy mix combines popcorn, Chex cereal, pretzels, pastel candies, and sprinkles, all coated in rich white chocolate. Perfect for snacking, gifting, or leaving out for the Easter Bunny!
– know before you bake –
Traci & Caylie’s
Recipe Highlights
Easter snuck up on us this year! For a quick and easy treat, try this “Bunny Bait” snack mix. It’s like a sweet twist on Chex Mix.
We always have the basics on hand: popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, and plain cereal. This recipe adds Easter M&M’s and white chocolate for a fun, festive flavor. It’s a perfect mix of crunchy, sweet, salty, nutty, and chocolate-y. Great for snacking, gifting, or even leaving out for the Easter Bunny!
What Makes This Bunny Bait So Good?
This snack mix is the ultimate combination of fun, festive, and totally addictive! It’s packed with a variety of textures and flavors, making every handful a little different. Plus, it’s endlessly customizable—swap out candies, use different cereals, or even drizzle on some colored chocolate for extra flair.
Here’s why we love it:
- Easy to Make: Just melt, mix, and let it set. No baking required!
- Perfect for Easter: The pastel colors and mix of sweet and salty flavors scream springtime fun.
- Great for Gifting: Package it up in treat bags for an easy, festive gift.
- Totally Customizable: Swap out ingredients to match your favorite flavors or what you have on hand.
- Kid-Friendly: A fun recipe to make with little helpers (and even more fun to eat!).
And let’s be honest—anything coated in white chocolate is bound to be delicious! 😉
Let’s Get Mixing!
This snack mix is SUPER easy and takes minimal effort. All you need to do is combine the popcorn, pretzels, Rice Chex, Cheerios, and roasted peanuts and spread onto a prepared pan.
Place chocolate and oil in microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 15 second increments, stirring well after each, until melted and smooth. Pour over popcorn mixture. Stir to coat. Top with sprinkles. Allow to harden.
Once your chocolate is set, break up the mix into large mixing bowl. Stir in the M&M’s and enjoy!
Trust me, if you need a quick last minute treat for a springtime potluck, an Easter celebration, or maybe something to munch on while making our Robins Egg Cake, be sure to whip up a batch of this snack mix! We love giving it to friends in cute spring-themed treat bags, too. It’s always so much fun to watch how people flock to this — kids and adults alike (especially when it’s this easy)!
Happy baking!
x, Caylie
Bunny Bait (Easy Easter Snack Mix Recipe!)
Ingredients
- 4 cups plain popcorn
- 2 cups mini pretzels
- 2 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 1¾ cups Cheerios cereal
- 1¾ cups roasted, lightly salted peanuts
- 2½ cups white chocolate
- 2½ Tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 Tablespoons pastel sprinkles
- 2 cups pastel M&M's
Instructions
- Line sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine popcorn, pretzels, Rice Chex, Cheerios, and roasted peanuts.
- Mix well.
- Spread in prepared pan.
- Place chocolate and oil in microwave safe bowl.
- Microwave in 15 second increments, stirring well after each, until melted and smooth.
- Pour over popcorn mixture.
- Stir to coat.
- Top with sprinkles.
- Allow to harden.
- Break up into large mixing bowl.
- Add M&M's.
- Mix.
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