Reindeer Crunch

Reindeer Crunch is a salty/sweet snack full of holiday cheer. Great for parties and snacking. Full of cereal, pretzels, nuts, and M&Ms all coated in white chocolate.

Wonderfully crunchy and perfectly addicting. It’s a great snack for Christmas Eve or a Holiday Party and also makes a fun stocking stuffer.

Ingredients

Rice or Corn Chex
Cheerios
Salted Peanuts
Mini Pretzels
Bugles– can be hard to find, but I really like them in this recipe. Note: I usually find them at gas stations.
M&M Candies– I like to use just red and green which you can usually find easily around the holidays or you can order them online.
White Chocolate Chips
Shortening– coconut oil can be substituted for shortening.

Additional Ingredients That Work Well

Mixed Nuts
Popcorn
Holiday Sprinkles

How To Make Reindeer Crunch

Mix together the dry ingredients. Combine Chex cereal, Cheerios, mini pretzels, Bugles, M&Ms, and nuts in a large mixing bowl.
Melt the chocolate. In a medium mixing bowl, microwave the white chocolate chips and shortening or coconut oil at 20 second intervals until melted. Stirring after each one.
Combine. Pour the melted chocolate over the chex mixture. Use a rubber spatula to gently mix until evenly combined.
Let set. Spread mixture out on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Serve. Once fully cooled and set, break it into clusters and serve or store in an airtight container.

Recipe Tips

You don’t have to use all the ingredients listed, but you want about 10 cups of dry ingredients. So increase the amounts of the ones you do use if you leave some out.

Use good quality white chocolate, like Ghiradelli. Sometimes the cheaper ones do not melt well.

Storage

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 7 days.

More Fun Holiday Snack Recipes

Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Bugles
Cake Batter Popcorn
Cherry Bourbon Balls
Ritz Cracker Toffee
White Chocolate Haystacks
Cake Batter Muddy Buddies

Reindeer Crunch

Reindeer Crunch is a salty/sweet snack full of holiday cheer. Great for parties and snacking. Full of cereal, pretzels, nuts, and M&Ms all coated in white chocolate.

Course Snack

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 582kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

3 cups Rice or Corn Chex Cereal
2 cups Cheerios
1 cup salted peanuts
2 cups mini pretzels
2 cups Bugels
1 cup M&M candies
24 ounces white chocolate chips
3 tablespoons shortening

Instructions

Combine Rice Chex, Cheerios, peanuts, pretzels, Bugels and M&Ms in a large bowl.
Place white chocolate chips and shortening in a medium bowl. Microwave at 20 second intervals, stirring after each, until completely melted.
Pour melted white chocolate over Chex mixture. Use a rubber spatula to get all of the white chocolate mixture.
Stir well. Transfer mixture onto parchment paper-lined rimmed baking sheet.
Let completely set and then break into pieces.