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St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Bait Trail Mix sweet and salty snack mix for kids and adults with cereal, candy, pretzels, more #stpatricksday #leprechaun #snacks #recipes #holidays

Leprechaun Bait Trail Mix

Sweet and salty dessert snack mix to celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Golden Grahams cereal
  • 2 cups Lucky Charms cereal
  • 1.5 cups kettle corn (Boom Chicka Pop or microwave)
  • 1 cup mini pretzels
  • 1/2 cup mini marshmallws
  • 1/2 cup mini Nilla Wafers (sprayed gold)
  • 1/2 cup mini Oreos (sprayed gold)
  • 1/2 cup green M&Ms
  • 1 Tbsp yellow M&Ms
  • 4 Airheads Xtremes Rainbow Berry strips (cut into mini strips)

Instructions

  1. In an extra-large bowl, mix two cereals, pretzels, and kettle corn popcorn.

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  2. Stir gently to combine dry ingredients.

    St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Bait Trail Mix sweet and salty snack mix for kids and adults with cereal, candy, pretzels, more #stpatricksday #leprechaun #snacks #recipes #holidays

  3. Add mini marshmallows and stir or shake gently to combine.

    St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Bait Trail Mix sweet and salty snack mix for kids and adults with cereal, candy, pretzels, more #stpatricksday #leprechaun #snacks #recipes #holidays

  4. Separate 1/2 cup of green M&Ms and approximately 1 Tbsp yellow M&Ms.

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  5. Cut Airhead strips into mini strips.

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  6. Use edible gold food spray to transform mini Nilla Wafers and mini Oreos into "leprechaun gold." Allow to dry. (See Notes for link to full how-to tutorial.)

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  7. Add gold-sprayed cookies, M&Ms and rainbow candy bits to top of trail mix. Swirl gently to combine. Do not stir or shake too much, as M&Ms will fall to bottom of the mix instead of integrating throughout.

    St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Bait Trail Mix sweet and salty snack mix for kids and adults with cereal, candy, pretzels, more #stpatricksday #leprechaun #snacks #recipes #holidays

  8. Store in airtight container for up to 5 days (mini marshmallows will start to get hard, but personally I like them that way.)

Recipe Notes

  • Kettle corn gives the best balance of subtly sweet with subtly salty. I used Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP Kettle Corn. Or opt for a microwave kettle corn version instead.
  • For maximum effect, transform your 1/2 cup mini Nilla Wafers and 1/2 cup mini Oreos into leprechaun gold coins with Wilton Color Mist edible spray in metallic gold.
  • If you don't want to create gold coins, just use 1 cup of mini Nilla Wafers instead; they looks enough like gold coins to begin with.
  • As always, trail mix is so customizable. Throw in whatever sweet bite-size ingredients you have in the house. You really can't go wrong with a mixture that starts with a foundation of Golden Grahams and M&Ms.
  • When serving your mix, accent with gold foil-wrapped Rolos for effect.
  • Serve from a plastic leprechaun hat or black pot o' gold.