Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix
We love a good snack mix, and that includes this Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix! This is so cute to whip up for an afterschool snack for the kids, or a fun addition to their lunch boxes! It’s got savory and sweet ingredients in what makes a perfect mix, we think at least. It pairs perfectly with our Shamrock Punch!
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Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix Ingredients
You can really customize this snack mix to any ingredients you prefer, but these are our favorites to include-
- 3 cups of popcorn, popped
- 2 cups chex cereal
- 1 cup mini pretzel twists
- 1/2 cup lucky charms marshmallows (we used the ones from the limited edition St. Patrick’s Day box)
- 1/4 cup green mint dark chocolate M&Ms
- Optional, gold sprinkles – these can be kind of hard, so definitely omit for younger little ones.
- 12 oz. bag of white chocolate chips
- Green gel food coloring
How to Make Make Leprechaun Bait
This is super easy to throw together, here’s how we do it-
- Cover a sheet pan with parchment paper, and sprinkle your ingredients onto the pan. Popcorn first, then chex/pretzels, then marshmallows, M&Ms, and sprinkles (if using).
- Add your chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and heat on 30 second intervals, stirring well in between, until melted.
- Add several drops of green food coloring, and stir until incorporated. Add more food coloring if you want a deeper green color.
- Add the chocolate to a frosting piping bag or a ziploc bag and cut off the tip of one corner.
- Drizzle chocolate over your snack mix.
- Move snack mix to the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to let the chocolate set.
- Now, you can serve, or store your snack mix in a ziploc bag for 1-3 days, until popcorn begins to get stale.
To make this Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix, these supplies might come in handy-
For a printable version of this recipe, see below-
Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix
Yummy Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix made with popcorn, pretzels, chex, green M&Ms, lucky charms marshmallows, and more!
Ingredients
- 3 cups popcorn, popped
- 2 cups chex cereal
- 1 cup mini pretzel twists
- ½ cup lucky charms marshmallows (we used the limited edition St. Patrick’s Day ones)
- ¼ cup mint dark chocolate M&Ms
- 2 tbsp. Gold star sprinkles optional, don’t include this for young kiddos, they are hard and can catch you by surprise when you are chomping on the mix, they’re really just cute and they do tend to fall to the bottom of the mix which is helpful if you don’t want to eat them
- 12 oz. bag of white chocolate chips
- Green gel food coloring
- You’ll also need a frosting piping bag or just a ziploc bag for the chocolate
Instructions
- Cover a sheet pan with parchment paper, and sprinkle your ingredients onto the pan. Popcorn first, then chex/pretzels, then marshmallows, M&Ms, and sprinkles (if using).
- Add your chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and heat on 30 second intervals, stirring well in between, until melted.
- Add several drops of green food coloring, and stir until incorporated. Add more food coloring if you want a deeper green color.
- Add the chocolate to a frosting piping bag or a ziploc bag and cut off the tip of one corner.
- Drizzle chocolate over your snack mix.
- Move snack mix to the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to let the chocolate set.
- Now, you can serve, or store your snack mix in a ziploc bag for 1-3 days, until popcorn begins to get stale.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 256
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
You might also like these other fun St. Patrick’s Day recipes-
St. Patrick’s Day Hot Chocolate
