Name: Candy Coated Crispix Snack Mix ---- Plus a Fun way to decorate a Pringle Can for your Cookie Exchanges
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 17 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 c. brown sugar; 1 cup butter; 1/2 cup lite corn syrup; 17 ounces of Crispix Cereal; 1 pound of M&M's; 2 cups salted Dry roasted peanuts; 1/2 t salt; 1 t baking soda

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Candy coated Crispix cereal, peanuts and M&M’s make the MOST addicting snack mix EVER!

Crispix Mix

WARNING: This post contains a very addicting snack mix. If you are someone who doesn’t have a lot of will power, (like ME!) and love sweet and salty snacks, you might want to stop reading….

But seriously folks, this stuff is SO good and SO addicting!!

I make two ice cream buckets full of it every Christmas.

I love to put it in the middle of my cookie/candy trays.

It’s great to grab a bag of it or a cute baking tin and take to parties.

(or to give to your neighbor that loaned you corn syrup when you ran out

and you were baking in your PJ’s!!)

The best thing, you can jazz it up however you want.

Yield: 6 cups

Candy Coated Crispix Snack Mix ---- Plus a Fun way to decorate a Pringle Can for your Cookie Exchanges

Candy coated Crispix cereal, peanuts and M&M's make the MOST addicting snack mix EVER!

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 17 minutes

Ingredients

2 c. brown sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup lite corn syrup
17 ounces of Crispix Cereal
1 pound of M&M's
2 cups salted Dry roasted peanuts
1/2 t salt
1 t baking soda

Instructions

In a large bowl, empty the cereal and the peanuts.

In a saucepan on the stove melt the butter, sugar, syrup and salt. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Add the baking soda, stir, ingredients will foam and become frothy.

Pour mixture over the cereal and peanuts. Mix quickly but carefully. You don't want to smash all of the cereal. Spread onto a cookie sheet lined with non-stick foil or sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

Bake at 200 degrees for one hour, turning mix over every 15 minutes.

When mix has cooled, add the M&M's.

I usually use dark chocolate ones, because those are my favorite. But this time, I used pretzel ones and dark chocolate.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1252Total Fat: 47gSaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 92mgSodium: 1258mgCarbohydrates: 204gFiber: 3gSugar: 137gProtein: 9g

Nutrition isn't always accurate.

I decided to make this for my annual holiday cookie/candy exchange.

ready to exchange!

I found this cute idea on Pinterest to cover Pringles cans in scrapbook paper.

(my kids have been eating A LOT of Pringles over the last few months!!)

Didn’t they turn out cute??

I doubled this recipe above and it more than filled 10 Pringles cans.

look out…this stuff is GOOD!!

I took a 12 x 12 piece of holiday scrapbook paper, and trimmed it down to size to fit a Pringle can. I added some quick drying scrapbook glue around the edges and wrapped the clean Pringle can.

I attached these recipes with the picture of the mix to each can

I adhered the recipe I made for my Crispix mix, it was backed with an actual picture of the mix itself.

I decorated each one with a coordinating bow, and each of them looks different.

So excited for the exchange this week!

9 Comments

I was hoping you would add this recipe to your site!!
One of my favorites of your special treats!
Merry Christmas!

Candies and crispies are my little ones favourite. Going to make this for him. Thank you for sharing!

Candy Coated Crispix Snack Mix is a wonderful snack idea, and I love how you decorated the Pringle Cans!! You could also do these for Birthdays using the same concept!!! Thanks for an amazing idea!

This is such a neat holiday treat idea! Fun and delicious!

G’day! Your snack mix reminds me of childhood yum!
Cheers! Joanne

Oh yummy, perfect for leaving out and snacking for parties!

I was wondering if there was a substitute for corn syrup, or a way to avoid using it.

Thanks so much!

Michaela Kenkel says:

October 26, 2021 at 2:54 pm

I have never used anything for a substitute. I did a little digging and found this article: https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/how-to-substitute-corn-syrup-article It doesn’t sound like many things are good when it comes to caramel/candy making – If you try it, I would love to hear the outcome?

Candy Coated Crispix Snack Mix —- Plus a Fun way to decorate a Pringle Can for your Cookie Exchanges