Fall Snack Mix

Celebrate autumn with our delicious Fall Snack Mix! It’s a mix of Chex cereals, pretzels, Bugles, and caramel corn, sweetened up with Reese’s Pieces and candy corn, all tossed in a caramel coating. It’s the perfect, simple treat at parties and the kids love helping stir, measure and taste!

Got the munchies? Make this sweet and savory fall snack mix for a fun themed snack! This recipe is so easy that your kids could make it all on their own if they wanted to. It’s as simple as microwaving butter and sugar and mixing cereal into the syrupy sweet concoction. After you let it set, add the rest of your fun ingredients and then get to snacking!

Fall Chex mix is so much more fun than anything you could buy at the store. The flavor of homemade snack mix is always better too. We make Buddy the Elf snack mix every Christmas not only because it’s super cute, but because it taste so good!

Oh, and we make things spooky and scary delicious in October with my recipe for Halloween snack mix. A snack mix for every season and every reason!

Why You’ll Love Fall Snack Mix

• This tasty treat can be made into the best goodie bag for Halloween and Thanksgiving parties. Your kids can even hand it out to their classmates as a special treat before their school break in the fall.
• Fall Chex mix is a no-bake recipe. Keep your oven space open to make extra baked goods instead!
• Fall snack mix is a great snack for all ages. From littles to adults, everyone will enjoy this yummy hodge-podge of goodness!

Ingredients Needed for Fall Snack Mix Recipe

• Wheat Chex cereal – I find that wheat Chex tend to be a little more crunchy than corn Chex, and I love that extra texture in this snack mix!
• Corn Chex cereal – Corn Chex take on the flavor of sweet ingredients really well. They’re super tasty in this recipe.
• Vanilla extract – A touch of vanilla adds a lovely depth of flavor.
• Brown sugar – Make this fall snack mix very caramel like by using brown sugar to sweeten it.
• Butter – Feel free to use salted or unsalted butter, both will work fine. Salted will give a bit more of a slaty sweet flavor to your snack mix.
• Bugels – You can find these on the chip aisle of your local grocery store. They will mimic the look of a cornucopia in fall Chex mix.
• Candy corn – The perfect salty sweet fall treat isn’t complete until there is candy corn in it!
• Reeses pieces – Reese’s pieces are not only fall colors, but they’re peanut butter and chocolate which is a great addition to the salty sweet flavors in this mix.
• Mini pretzels – If you don’t like mini pretzel twists, feel free to use pretzel sticks instead.
• Caramel corn – I highly recommend using caramel corn that has peanuts in it! It adds a little extra something and pairs well with the Reese’s pieces. You can make your own caramel corn too!

Helpful Tools

• Microwave safe mixing bowl
• Parchment paper
• Baking sheets
• Measuring cups

How to Make Fall Snack Mix

1. To begin, place butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract into a microwave safe bowl.
2. Then microwave the mixture for 30-45 seconds. Stir to combine until butter is completely melted and well incorporated.
3. Add the wheat and corn Chex, pretzels, and Bugles to the butter and sugar mixture. Gently toss to coat the cereal evenly.
4. Place the bowl back into the microwave. Microwave for 5 minutes, stopping to stir every minute.
5. Pour the coated cereal onto a parchment lined baking sheet and allow it cool for 30-60 minutes.
6. Once completely cool, add Reese’s pieces, candy corn and pumpkins, and caramel corn to the fall snack mix. Toss to combine.
7. Store your completed harvest chex mix in a cool spot or serve immediately!

How to Store Leftover Fall Snack Mix

Place leftover snack mix into an airtight container or a zip top bag with all of the air squeezed out. Store in a cool and dry place for up to 5 days.

What else can I add to this Chex mix treat?

Swap out cereals or add some extra cereal to this recipe! Cheerios and rice Chex would both be tasty. Just be sure that you don’t use too much cereal. If you decide to add different ones, only use up to 4 cups total of cereal.

You can swap Reese’s piece for M&M’s if you don’t like peanut butter or have a nut allergy. Chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and butterscotch chips are all great additions too!

Pro Tips!

• Add or omit any ingredients to fit your dietary needs or flavor profile preferences. You can make this without peanuts if you have a peanut allergy!
• Use a flat silicone spatula to mix your harvest snack mix cereal and sugar mixture together. Mix gently so that you do not break the cereal, pretzels and Bugels.
• Divide your snack mix into cellophane bags and tie them shut with fall themed ribbon. Hand out as gifts or serve as party favors!

Fair warning…you may want to eat all of this in one sitting, it’s absolutely addictive!

More Fall Recipes You’ll Love

• Turkey Cupcakes are the cutest little Thanksgiving themed dessert. Make them as a special treat for the holidays!
• These Candy Corn Pudding Cups will be a new favorite recipe around fall! Put that extra candy corn to good use.
• Nutter butter cookies are the perfect shape to make these cute Nutter Butter Mummies.
• Spooky Mummy Brownies are easy to make and are perfect for Halloween.