Chocolate Cake Chex Mix is the perfect, totally addictive, crunchy, sweet, somewhat salty snack or dessert that can be easily customized to suit any holiday, event or personal taste!
Best Christmas Chex Mix
This recipe is so versatile and you have so many options. Choose your favorite ingredients, not forgetting the pretzels and the salt they bring to this sweet treat, and you have a different tasty result, every time. This recipe is no bake and all you need is a microwave. Easy Peasy.
Most, cover their Chex mix with just white chocolate. We prefer to add a little bit of cake mix and frosting to create a wonderful cake flavor, while still enjoying every white chocolate covered bite! The best of both worlds!
This snack is super easy to make and store. The white chocolate melts really well and hardens and/or dries so fast. You don’t have to keep it in the fridge!
For this post I chose a festive theme or color scheme, but feel free to use any color you desire or any color that suits the holiday or time of year to make this white chocolate Chex mix!
This recipe takes little time to prepare and requires minimal cleanup. We all need recipes like this to take to potlucks, parties or serve to unexpected visitors, even though this recipe can easily be prepared ahead of time!
I usually prepare my Chocolate Cake Chex Mix the day before I need or want it. The only problem is I end up having to make a double batch because this snack is so difficult not to eat. I am not even kidding.
This is terrible but it was difficult not to eat the little bits and pieces while taking these photos! This stuff is that good that it is really hard to stop eating it.
For myself I need to put some in a small bowl and make sure I have to get up and walk a distance to get more! I just can’t have the big bowl too close!
Unique Edible Gifts
I love White Chocolate Chex Mix, especially around the holidays, crunchy, with a little bit of sweet and salty. This sweet Chex Mix with white chocolate and sprinkles is the perfect treat or edible gift!
A reasonably priced or inexpensive addictive treat, suitable for neighbors, teachers, friends and family! Easily made by adults and children alike, this is something you can have a ton of fun with.
All you may need is a cup or container of some kind and/or some cellophane wrap and some ribbon. I have filled a cup with the Chex Mix and placed it on top of a square cut piece of cellophane, lifted and gathered all of the cellophane together and tied it up with ribbon, similar to below.
Super easy to add a tag to your bag and your edible gift is ready to go!
The Original Chex Mix
Chex breakfast cereal debuted in 1937 and is still sold by General Mills to this day. If you want to know more about the history of this wonderful cereal, have a look here.
Chex Mix is a snack mix that includes Chex breakfast cereal, among other things. There are commercially sold varieties of Chex Mix, as well as many recipes for homemade Chex Mix on the internet.
The Original Chex Party Mix recipe includes Corn Chex cereal, Rice Chex cereal, Wheat Chex cereal, mixed nuts, bite-size pretzels, bite-sized or regular sized broken bagel chips, and a variety of seasonings to bring out the flavor of sweet and salty.
This snack is generally known as Nuts & Bolts, particularly outside the United States.
Best Chocolate Chex Mix Without Peanut Butter
This is the Best Chocolate Chex Mix without peanut butter on the internet! We rarely use peanuts or peanut butter because we have some severe peanut allergies in our family and never want to take the chance. Unfortunately mistakes can happen.
Can you make Gluten Free White Chocolate Chex Mix?
Making this wonderful snack gluten free is super easy for all of you that need or prefer a gluten free. Just use rice and/or corn Chex Cereal and purchase gluten free pretzels. My niece has Celiac disease, is unable to tolerate any gluten and this is her favorite sweet snack!
How do you store Chocolate Cake Chex Mix
- Usually there are no leftovers and we have been making this recipe for so many years. However, if there is any leftover, I strongly recommend keeping all of it in an airtight container
- If the airtight container is kept at room temperature, it will keep for a week even though this snack is best eaten within 4 days and in the fridge about 1 week
- You can freeze it in an airtight container for up to 3 months but even if thawed at room temperature I find that the consistency or texture changes with the freezing process
- The white chocolate helps keep the snack mix from getting old and stale
- Mix will start to melt if left out in the sun or heat
Snack Mix Recipes
Christmas Crack, Muddy Buddies, Puppy Chow and White Trash are all different, common names associated with chocolate coated Chex cereal, in one form or another.
Some require dark chocolate or almond bark, some white chocolate, some are covered in icing or powdered sugar. Our version includes white chocolate, a little bit of cake mix and frosting to create a wonderful cake flavor, while still enjoying every white chocolate covered bite!
White Chocolate Crunch Recipe
If we decide to go with regular, white chocolate Chex mix, we use approximately 2 cups or one 11 oz. bag of white chocolate chips and 6 cups of Chex cereal. Sometimes I will add in some popcorn or a mixture of cereals but I always keep cereals and popcorn to between 6 and 7 cups.
We pick whatever options we want to include, usually between ¼ and ½ cup of each, and we always include mini pretzels because of the wonderful flavor the salt always adds to the mixture.
Sometimes, but not always, after all of the cereal has been coated in white chocolate, we will immediately dump all of the coated cereal into an extra large resealable bag with 1 cup of icing or powdered sugar and rigorously adjust popcorn until the sugar is absorbed into the cereal.
Then, last but not least, I add the extra treats, shake the bag around, pour contents onto a rimmed baking sheet and allow all of it to set for at least 15 minutes, ideally 2 hours, and you are ready to go.
This is a long 15 minutes but you must allow the snack mix to dry completely before sealing it into an airtight container.
You can truly have so much fun making this treat. Kids have lots of fun deciding the treats they want to include and actually making it. Even putting some in a cup, wrapping in cellophane, tying the ribbon and delivering it is pure joy!
I have listed some choices below but I believe you won’t have much difficulty finding some of your own favorite treats to include! I would love to hear what you include in the comments so I can add too this list!
Snack Mix Options Include
- nuts like peanuts, almonds, cashews or coconut
- other breakfast cereals like Cheerios, Crispix, Cap’n Crunch or Shreddies
- M&Ms of all kinds
- bite sized pretzels, I find the sticks make eating a challenge at times
- toffee or caramel bits
- malt balls
- extra sea salt
- mini or sliced chocolate candy bars like Snickers, Kit Kat or Oh Henry
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Reese’s Pieces
- marshmallows
- sprinkles or sparkles
- Any other candy you desire!
Don’t forget about adjusting treat colors to suit particular holidays. For example if you were making this for Christmas you might want to seek out sprinkles or candies that are green, red and white.
This snack or dessert is a lot of fun to make and amazing to eat so make sure you have some fun with it.
Ingredients in Chocolate Cake Chex Mix
- Chex cereal
- vanilla frosting
- white chocolate chips
- butter
- pretzels
- powdered sugar
- vanilla cake mix
- sprinkles
How to make Chocolate Cake Chex Mix
Using a microwave safe bowl, heat frosting, white chocolate, and butter on high for 60 seconds. Stir and continue heating in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until smooth and totally melted.
In a separate, large bowl, combine Chex cereal and pretzels, and pour in melted white chocolate mixture.
Gently turn everything together to coat completely.
Pour powdered sugar and cake mix in an extra large, gallon sized resealable bag, and adjust until blended.
Pour your cereal mixture into the resealable bag.
Shake vigorously for a few minutes until everything is coated.
Pour onto a large, rimmed, baking sheet to “dry” and add up to ¼ cup sprinkles. Usually about 15 minutes but ideally about 2 hours. You can also put it in the fridge to speed up the setting process if you desire. I never need to.
Serve as desired and enjoy!
Holiday Desserts to Try
Valentine’s Puppy Chow (Muddy Buddy)
Easy Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies
Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle Bites
Grandma’s Chocolate Eggnog Pudding Cake
Grandma’s Chocolate Orange Cake
Holiday Surprise Basket Cookies
Stovetop Raisin Almond Rice Pudding
Holiday Chocolate Stuffed Cookie Cups
Chocolate Cake Chex Mix
Equipment
- rimmed baking sheet
Ingredients
- 6 cups Chex cereal
- 1 cup vanilla frosting
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- ¼ cup butter or ½ stick
- 1 cup pretzels
- ½ cup icing or powdered sugar
- ½ cup vanilla cake mix
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Melt frosting, white chocolate, and butter in the microwave for 60 seconds, stirring after and recooking until smooth and melted, 30 seconds at a time.
- Combine Chex and pretzels in a large bowl, and pour in melted white chocolate mixture.
- Gently turn everything together to cover completely.
- Pour powdered sugar and cake mix in an extra large gallon sized resealable bag, and then pour in your cereal mixture.
- Shake vigorously for a few minutes until everything is coated.
- Pour onto a large sheet pan to “dry” and add up to ¼ cup sprinkles. Allow snack to set for at least 15 minutes, but ideally about 2 hours. You can also put it in the fridge to speed up the setting process if you need to.
- Serve as desired and enjoy!
- To switch things up please have a look at our Easy Chocolate Chex Mix that is a little different and just as delicious or you can have a look below!
Notes
Plain White Chocolate Chex Mix
If we decide to go with regular, white chocolate Chex mix, we use approximately 2 cups or one 11 oz. bag of white chocolate chips and 6 cups of Chex cereal. Sometimes I will add in some popcorn or a mixture of cereals but I always keep cereals and popcorn to between 6 and 7 cups. We pick whatever options we want to include, usually between ¼ and ½ cup of each, and we always include mini pretzels because of the wonderful flavor the salt always adds to the mixture. Sometimes, but not always, after all of the cereal has been coated in white chocolate, we will immediately dump all of the coated cereal into an extra large resealable bag with 1 cup of icing or powdered sugar and rigorously adjust popcorn until the sugar is absorbed into the cereal. Then, last but not least, I add the extra treats, shake the bag around, pour contents onto a rimmed baking sheet and allow all of it to set for at least 15 minutes and you are ready to go. This is a long 15 minutes but you must allow the snack mix to dry completely before sealing it into an airtight container. You can truly have so much fun making this treat. Kids have lots of fun deciding the treats they want to include and actually making it. Even putting some in a cup, wrapping in cellophane, tying the ribbon and delivering it is pure joy! I have listed some choices below but I believe you won't have much difficulty finding some of your own favorite treats to include! I would love to hear what you include in the comments so I can add too this list!Snack Mix Options Include
- nuts like peanuts, almonds, cashews or coconut
- other breakfast cereals like Cheerios, Crispix, Cap'n Crunch or Shreddies
- M&Ms of all kinds
- bite sized pretzels, I find the sticks make eating a challenge at times
- toffee or caramel bits
- malt balls
- extra sea salt
- chocolate candy bars like Snickers, Kit Kat or Oh Henry
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Reese's Pieces
- marshmallows
- sprinkles or sparkles
- Any other candy you desire!
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