White Chocolate Monster Munch {Halloween Chex Mix}

Chex Mix is a type of snack food that was first shared in an ad in Life Magazine 1952. But this early version was made with only rice and wheat Chex, melted butter, Worcestershire, table salt, and garlic salt.

Corn Chex, a later variety, was eventually added, and now the ingredient list for classic Chex Mix also contains mixed nuts, pretzels, bagel chips, and seasoned salt instead of table salt plus onion powder.

The traditional Chex mix is made by tossing the cereal and other ingredients with the melted butter and seasonings before placing it on a sheet pan and baking it. With this White Chocolate Chex Mix AKA White Chocolate Monster Munch, the Chex, cashews, Autumn or Halloween colored milk chocolate M&M’s, and the optional candy eyeballs are simply tossed with melted white chocolate and spread on a sheet pan to cool.

If you can’t find any fall-themed M& M’s, the classic colors would work fine. Feel free to revert back to mixed nuts or use peanuts instead of cashews if that’s your preference. Throwing in some candy corn would be another perfect autumnal ingredient and would definitely mark this as a Halloween treat.

Traditional Chex Mix can be stored for a couple of weeks in an airtight tin on the countertop. But because the white chocolate can get soft at room temperature, this Halloween Chex mix is best stored in the refrigerator. Both kinds of Chex Mix can be frozen for up to 3 months.

There are some health benefits since the cereal is fortified with vitamins and minerals. Nuts provide protein, too. It may be healthier than some other snack foods, but it’s not considered a healthy snack.