This easy Monster Halloween Snack Mix features mini salted pretzels, original Chex mix, muddy buddies, salty popcorn, Halloween-themed M&M candies, caramel Rolos, candy corn, candy eyes, and melted white chocolate to look like a spider web!
Make this festive snack mix to take to Halloween parties this year, offer it to trick and treaters, or give to your family and friends. This easy 10-minute treat is a great way to celebrate Halloween and it’s definitely a crowd-pleaser!
With its salty, sweet, and crunchy flavors, this mix is the ultimate Halloween snack. You will love all the flavors, colors, and textures that go into this spooky snack mix. The colors match the Halloween theme, and the white chocolate is drizzled to look like a spider web!
If you’re like me and make loads of Halloween treats every year, check out these adorable Halloween ghost popcorn balls, this super cute Halloween Graveyard Dirt Cake, and this Halloween Taco Dip and Halloween Dirt Cupcakes are always a hit at parties!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy Party Food – This easy-to-throw-together treat is affordable, quick to make, and perfect for any Halloween party or event.
- Addictive – This Chex mix is so delightful and addictive, every time I make it, it’s gone within half an hour tops!
- Customize – Add your favorite mix-ins! Roasted and salted peanuts, pumpkin candies, Bugles, and Reese’s pieces are all great ideas.
Shopping List
Here’s what you need to make this snack mix:
Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
- Sweet: I’m using a combination of the iconic candy corn, Ghoul’s mix M&M’s, muddy buddies (store-bought or homemade, I have a muddy buddy recipe for you!), Rolo’s, and vanilla melting wafers.
- Savory: You will need a bag of fully popped popcorn, mini salted pretzels, and original Chex Mix for different textures and flavors.
How To Make Halloween Snack Mix
- Combine: In an extra large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients together except for a handful of the candy eyes and the melting chocolate wafers. If you do not have a bowl large enough, work in two batches, combining half of your ingredients. Pour your trail mix onto a large cookie sheet or large party tray. Repeat for the second batch if needed.
- Melt the Chocolate: You can either melt the melting wafers in the microwave or use the double boiler method. For the doubler boiler method: Place all of the melting chocolate wafers into a metal bowl and add 2-3 cups of water to a small/medium stovetop pot. Place metal boil over the top of the pot and bring the water to boil to create a double boil for your chocolate. Melt the chocolate completely until it’s smooth, fully melted, and has no lumps.
- Drizzle: Using a spoon, drizzle the chocolate over the top of the trail mix. Allow the chocolate to drip off of the spoon, onto the trail mix. Garnish with the remaining candy eyes. Allow to set for 15 minutes, then serve.
Tip!
You need about 5 cups of fully popped popcorn to make this snack mix. You can either use one 3.29oz bag of microwave popcorn, or make popcorn from ¼ cup of unpopped corn kernels.
Recipe Tips
- Remove Any Kernels. After you pop the popcorn, you need to make sure that you remove all the unpopped kernels in the bag before you add it to the snack mix.
- Do not Crowd Your Baking Sheet. You have to spread out the mix and may need to work in 2 batches, just be careful not to overcrowd the pan as you want the melted chocolate to reach all layers (just like nachos and cheese!).
- When mixing together your trail mix, your heavier items may go to the bottom of the bowl. This is okay. Your ingredients will evenly out more when you pour them onto your serving dish.
- Add 1 tablespoon of Crisco shortening to your melting chocolate to give it even more white coloring for the spider web.
- When drizzling the white chocolate over the trail mix, do this in a quick slinging motion to create even more of a web effect! Avoid just dolloping the chocolate over top or only allowing it to fall off the spoon. This causes the web to look thick and you want some thinner web lines, created by a slinging motion.
- Serve this trail mix on a large party trail or in individual bowls.
- Other Add-ins. There are so many things that you can add to your Halloween Chex mix. Here are some ideas: Roasted and salted peanuts, autumn mix candy corn (Brach’s candy), Bugles, Reese’s pieces, Cheez-its, mini marshmallows, cheese puffs, caramel corn, animal crackers…
Storing Tips
I doubt that this snack mix will last long! It’s usually gone in our house as soon as I make it! But if you have leftovers, then you can store them in an airtight container or in a Ziploc bag at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Looking for a different type of sweet popcorn treat? Make homemade Caramel Popcorn instead!
And if you enjoy a savory mix, grab my Ranch Bugles Snack Mix Recipe too!
More Halloween Treats to Make
All Halloween →
Enjoy this Halloween Chex mix right away or keep it in an airtight container on the kitchen counter for everyone to enjoy! I hope that you have a sweet Halloween!
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Halloween Snack Mix
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2-½ cups candy corn
- 2 cups mini salted pretzels
- 1 10.5oz bag muddy buddies
- 3 cups Halloween M&M's
- 5 cups fully popped popcorn See notes 1 & 2
- 2-½ cups Original Chex Mix
- 1-½ – 2 cups Rolo chocolates
- 1 cup candy eyes
- 1 10oz bag vanilla melting chocolate wafers
Instructions
- In an extra large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients together except for a handful of the candy eyes and the melting chocolate wafers. If you do not have a bowl large enough, work in two batches, combining half of your ingredients.
- Pour your trail mix onto a large cookie sheet or large party tray. Repeat for the second batch if needed.
- You can either melt the melting wafers in the microwave or using the double boiler method. For the doubler boiler method: Place all of the melting chocolate wafers into a metal bowl and add 2-3 cups of water to a small/medium stove top pot. Place metal boil over top of the pot and bring the water to boil to create a double boil for your chocolate. Melt the chocolate completely until it’s smooth, fully melted and has no lumps.
- Using a spoon, drizzle the chocolate over top of the trail mix. Allow the chocolate to drip off of the spoon, onto the trail mix.
- Garnish with the remaining candy eyes. Allow to set for 15 minutes, then serve.
Notes:
- Popcorn: You need about 5 cups of fully popped popcorn to make this snack mix. You can either use one 3.29oz bag of microwave popcorn, or make popcorn from ¼ cup of unpopped corn kernels.
- Remove Any Kernels: After you pop the popcorn, you need to make sure that you remove all the unpopped kernels in the bag before you add it to the snack mix.
- Do not Crowd Your Baking Sheet: You have to spread out the mix and may need to work in 2 batches, just be careful not to overcrowd the pan as you want the melted chocolate to reach all layers (just like nachos and cheese!).
- Other Add-ins: There are so many things that you can add to your Halloween Chex mix. Here are some ideas: Roasted and salted peanuts, autumn mix candy corn (Brach’s candy), Bugles, Reese’s pieces, Cheez-its, mini marshmallows, cheese puffs, caramel corn, animal crackers.
- Storing: Store the leftovers in an airtight container or in a Ziploc bag at room temperature for up to 5 days
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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