Best Chex Mix Recipe:
How do you make holiday Chex mix
Holiday Chex mix is simply a bunch of stuff like bugles, cereal mixes, pretzels, nuts and cheese crackers mixed together with butter and spices, then baked. I added red tortilla chips and pistachios, as well as dill for the festive red and green colors! Although this makes a great Christmas snack mix, you could eat this mix any time of the year!
It also make a great edible gift!
It’s been a long time since I have eaten cereal snack mix out of the bottom of the bowl on a weekend morning, but if I was to do it again, it would definitely be this one. I love the zing of the dry ranch dressing, mixed with lemon pepper, dill and the other spices. But I especially love that it’s festive and purely savory.
So, if you are looking for a holiday snack mix, this one has it all and no sweet stuff!
Try some of my other snack food recipes!
Savory Shortcut Harvest Popcorn
Vegan & Gluten-free Parsnip Chips
Holiday Chex Mix
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups butter
- 3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 3 tbsp +3 tsp Dry ranch salad dressing/seasoning mix * I use Hidden Valley
- 4 cups “Cheerios” cereal
- 4 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 4 cups Life whole grain cereal
- 1 400g -bag pretzel sticks
- 1 170g -bag roasted and salted shelled pistachios
- 1 213 g -bag “bugles”
- 1 200g -box cheese nips (crackers)
- 1 200g -box cheese bits crackers
- 2 cups red tortilla chips, broken up * I buy a 300 g bag of red and white and use the red - it's the perfect amount
- 2 tsp Lemon pepper
- 1 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp dill
Instructions
- Spray a large roasting pan with non-stick cooking spray
- Heat oven to 250 F.
- Melt butter in microwave then whisk in 3 tbsp dry ranch dressing and worschestershire sauce.
- Mix Cheerios, Life cereal, Chex cereal, pretzels, Bugles, pistachios, cheese nips, cheese bits and red tortilla chips together.
- Pour butter mixture over the dry mix, stir well, coating evenly. Then add garlic powder, onion powder, dill, lemon pepper and remaining 3 tsp of dry ranch dressing and mix well.
- Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Stir every 1/2 hour. Sprinkle on some additional dill to garnish, if desired.
Snack mixes like this are my weakness, they are so hard to stop eating but SO delicious! Love that yours includes the red tortilla chips and pistachios!
Thanks, Vanessa!
Yaaas! Love me some Chex Mix. The addition of the red and green bits is super genius for the holidays! I’ll have to give your version a try this year!
Hi Jo – thanks – hope you enjoy it!
I have the same memories from my childhood and the holiday parties my parents would host! And the leftover snacks the next day were definitely a nice treat. I really like what you’ve done with this snack mix Terri. It’s festive, with so much variety!
Thank you, Leanne!
I guess we all must have similar memories of parent’s parties. I haven’t had a Chex Mix in so long, now I can’t wait to make it. I love the festive look of this one, and the ranch dressing addition.
Hi Colleen- thanks! I hope you enjoy it!
I am also definitely a savoury snacker too, Terri. The ideas for making your Chex mix more festive are so awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. I am pinning to try. ??
Thanks, Denise!
I love this, what a perfect snack to have out during the holidays.
Thanks, Kristen!
What are cheese “bits”?
Hi Liz,
They are cheese favored crackers in the shape of a little stick- like goldfish crackers in stick form. Christie makes them and you can get them at Walmart and most grocery stores. Hope that helps!
Terri