The holidays always make me think of Chex mix. My great grandmother use to make it and give it as Christmas gifts. She had a secret recipe that is only shared with family and it has remained that way until today. My grandmother is no longer with us, but my mom has continued the tradition. It is something that we all look forward to each year. I know that my brother and oldest son have a high level of anticipation for this gift from the kitchen.
I also started a tradition from the time I was married to make a sweet Chex mix (aka cereal candy). I make it several times during the holiday season for my family and it is another beloved recipe that everyone asks for. I even have a variation on it that include almonds and coconut!
This year Chex has developed five new delicious Chex Party Mix holiday cookie-inspired recipes that take just 15 minutes to make in the microwave (no baking required!) They would make great gifts from the kitchen! It also is a fun thing to do in place of a cookie exchange. This is especially great if you have friends who are gluten free! Have a Chex Party Mix-Change.
Today, I am sharing the sugar cookie recipe, which was a hit with my family. However, you can check out the recipes like these at Chex website:
- Peanut Butter Blossoms Chex Party Mix – Milk chocolate and peanut butter morsels combine to give this easy recipe a taste of chocolate and peanut butter in each crunchy bite. Gluten free.
- Gingerbread Chex Party Mix – The combination of molasses, ground cinnamon, cinnamon candy and ground ginger make this the easiest, most gingery gingerbread recipe yet.
- Sweet Pecan Chex Party Mix –Butter, sugar, vanilla and maple syrup give pecans and Chex cereal an irresistibly sweet coating. Gluten free.
- Iced Pumpkin Chex Party Mix – Right down to the rich white chocolate cream cheese icing on top, your favorite fall dessert recipe is now a quick and easy snack mix.
Chex has also provided a Chex Party Mix-Change gift box with everything you need to make these delicious recipes. Just leave a comment telling me which recipe you would like to give a try! You have until Sunday Dec 9 at midnight (MST) to enter. The winner of the giveaway will be announced on this post after the deadline. This contest in now closed!
- 6 cups Rice Chex® cereal
- ¼ cup butter or margarine (I say go for butter)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ounce white baking chocolate or ¼ cup vanilla milk chips
- 1 to 2 teaspoons colored edible glitter, sugar sprinkles, or regular sprinkles
- Measure cereal in large microwaveable bowl. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper or foil.
- In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave butter uncovered on High 30 seconds or until melted. Add sugar and corn syrup; microwave uncovered on High 30 seconds until mixture is heated and can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.
- Microwave uncovered on High 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Sprinkle with powdered sugar; mix well.
- Spread on waxed paper or foil. Microwave white chocolate on High 30 seconds or until it can be stirred smooth; drizzle over top; sprinkle with edible glitter or colored candies.
Disclosure: I also received a Chex Mix gift box.
Winner of the prize pack is Christinewho said: “I would try the gingerbread, but my family would want the peanut butter!” Congrats! Watch for an email on how to claim your prize.
I could be eating this right now! It looks so easy and so good!
I love the sound of the sugar cookie and the peanut butter chocolate Chen mix… I might need to make one of these for our cookie swap in a couple weeks.
I would love to try the Sweet Pecan Chex Party Mix
Yum! I’d love to try the Gingerbread Chec Mix!
I would like to try your Sugar Cooke Chex Mix for a friend who cah’t have gluten.
Would love to try the Gingerbread!
The pumpkin chex recipe sounds DIVINE
The gingerbread chex looks yummy!
Iced pumpkin!!
Sweet Pecan Chex Mix is on my must make list!
Sweet Pecan would be my first choice. My husband loves anything with pecans in it.
The Sugar Cookie one I just have to try, I bet it smells and tastes as amazing as it looks. My childcare children 4 of them under age of 4 all picked the Sugar Cookie one so I guess win or lose this will be happening at our house soon,
The iced Pumpkin!
Sugar cookie chex mix!!
pumpkin! yum!
I would try the gingerbread, but my family would want the peanut butter!
What a fun Giveaway. Definately the Gingerbread Chex Party Mix. YUM!
I’d like to try Peanut Butter Blossoms.
Sweet Pecan Chex Party Mix sounds yummy!
Sugar Cookie Chex Mix
sweet pecan chex party mix would be my choice
my choice is the peanut butter blossoms recipe
I would love to try all of them!!!!!!!!!! But if I had to pick just one I’d go with sweet pecan!
Mmmm. Peanut Butter Blossoms. I can’t pass up peanut butter and chocolate combos.
Oh, I love these cookie inspired Chex Mix recipes! The Gingerbread version looks good!
I would try out the sweet pecan. Yum!!
Wow so many different recipes. I am going to try the Hot Buttered Yum recipe.
Peanut butter blossom sounds awesome!!!
Um… Peanut Butter Blossom please! YUM!
I would try the sugar cookie mix.
I would like to make the Gingerbread Chex Party Mix ~ sounds delicious ~
I would definitely try the Peanut Butter Blossoms Chex Party Mix – in fact, I may have to go buy the stuff to make it now because it sounds so good!
The peanut butter blossoms Chex mix sounds good to me.
The peanut butter blossoms would be my first choice!
Would love to try the Iced Pumpkin Chex Party Mix!
I looked at the Chex website and want to try the Chocolate Mint Chex Mix. It sounds fantastic!
I definitely want to try the Sweet Pecan mix. Yum!
The peanut butter blossoms version sounds delicious!
Sweet pecan! I love Chex mix.
Definitely the Peanut Butter Blossom – they sound scrumptious!
sugar cookie sounds delicious
I love Chex mix! The Iced Pumpkin one is calling out to me!
peanut butter blossom
sweet pecan sounds wonderful.
Iced pumpkin!
These all sound delicious! Gingerbread sounds really good though!
I’m going to try out the sugar cookie mix because it’s the one my husband is most likely to like.
They all sound good, but I think I will try the sugar cookie one first.
Wow – they all sound so yummy. But I think that the Sugar Cookie Chex Mix would be my top pick
Love, Love, Love Gingerbread!!
I would love to try the sweet pecan recipe!
My family would love the Sugar Cookie Chex mix!
The peanut butter blossoms chex mix sounds so delicious! My kids would love making this…and gobbling it up too, of course
Peanut Butter Blossoms for sure! YUM!
Sweet pecan would be my choice but they all sound wonderful.
The sweet pecan mix would be my choice – but they all sound amazing
The Sugar Cookie recipe is the one I think my family will like best. And it looks beautiful too!
The Sugar Cookie one sounds wonderful, the sweet and salty is always a good combination. Never thought of it with Chex Mix which I absolutely love!! Merry Christmas!
The Sugar Cookie one sounds amazing!
The Sugar Cookie Party Mix sounds amazing. We’ll be trying that this weekend for sure!
The sugar cookie Chex mix sounds super yummy!
Sweet pecan!
Gingerbread Party Mix! What’s Christmastime without some gingerbread in your life??
Thanks for all these fun giveaways, too
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The Gingerbread mix looks tasty. (I wish I could find the Narnia Winter Chex mix recipe they had several years ago when the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe came out …)
All of them sound delish…gonna have to make some.
The Sugar Cookie Party Mix sounds delicious and something I might add to my christmas to-do list!!
We love peanut butter so I plan on making the peanut butter blossom recipe. Yummy!
They all sound great, but I would have to try the peanut butter blossoms Chex party mix first. Peanut butter blossoms are my favorite holiday cookie.
We love Peanut Butter Blossom cookies, so I’m sure the Chex Mix would be a huge hit!
ICed Pumpkin Chex mix sounds amazing!