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Scarecrow Crunch Snack Mix

Scarecrow Crunch Snack Mix is a colorful fall snack mix with caramel popcorn, pretzels, nuts, Chex cereal, and chocolate chips. It’s finished with a white-chocolate drizzle and quick setting on a sheet for crunchy clusters.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 320
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Caramel popcorn
  • 4 cup caramel popcorn
Pretzels
  • 2 cup pretzels or pretzel sticks
Mixed nuts or peanuts
  • 1 cup mixed nuts or peanuts
Candy corn
  • 1 cup candy corn
Candy-coated chocolate
  • 1 cup autumn M&Ms or orange and yellow candy-coated chocolate
Chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chocolate chips or fall-colored chips
Corn Chex cereal
  • 1 cup corn Chex cereal
White chocolate drizzle
  • 0.25 cup white chocolate melted
Orange food coloring
  • 0.25 tsp orange food coloring optional

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan

Method
 

Build the base
  1. Combine the caramel popcorn, pretzels, mixed nuts, corn Chex cereal, and chocolate chips in a large bowl.
  2. Melt the white chocolate (tint orange if desired) until smooth, then drizzle it over the mix.
Set and finish
  1. Toss gently, spread on a parchment-lined sheet, and let set for 10 minutes at room temperature, until the drizzle looks firm and dull.
  2. Break apart any clusters and fold in the candy corn and autumn M&Ms (or orange and yellow candy-coated chocolate) until evenly distributed.
Store
  1. Transfer to an airtight container and store for up to 1 week, keeping it in a cool, dry place.

Notes

For best crunch, drizzle the white chocolate in thin lines and avoid overmixing right after drizzling. Store in an airtight container up to 1 week (no freezing). For a nut-allergy swap, use roasted sunflower kernels or pumpkin seeds in place of mixed nuts/peanuts.