Simple Halloween Snack Mix Recipe

I decided on making this simple halloween snack mix recipe after spotting so many snack mix ideas on Pinterest .

I think this treat mix ticked all the boxes for having a spooky movie one off treat night. The perfect combination of salty and sweet whilst being eye-catching really makes it a simple snack treat to make.

The traditional American snack mix recipes are a little tricky to source in the UK, so I set about making a UK version of a Halloween snack mix recipe.

We used a variety of cereal to make this recipe. You can choose to just use one kind but we felt the cocoa shreddies, frosted shreddies and the Kelloggs apple blueberry and beetroot cereal provided the snack mix with the perfect spooky colour and taste combo.

Now for the salty treats, we chose to use a popcorn mix of sweet and salty and to add in some salty pretzels with a few chocolate flips pretzels. Again you can just use one of these pretzel types.

Finally the sweet treats go in. The smarties work well, simply choose the colours of brown, yellow, orange and green to get the halloween/autumnal look. We also chose to put in 2 snack packets of Reese’s snack mix. This was really indulgent and not a necessity but was delicious all the same. Our halloween sweet choice was a few gummy Marks and Spencer halloween sweets leftover from last year and a few pumpkin marshmallows that I spotted in our local John Lewis store. You can add in any halloween sweets that you prefer.

The best thing about this simple snack mix is that you can tweak it to suit. I find it easy to get carried away and make too much so it would be a perfect treat for a gathering of children (post Covid of course). We found that the treat mix, even the popcorn, keeps well for a few days in an airtight container. I would love to hear from you in the comments box below how you get on making your own simple halloween snack mix recipe.