“This post/recipe originally appeared on my main blog BigBearsWife.com for  #HalloweenTreatsWeek”

I think that trail mix and snack mix are the easiest things to make for a party. This Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix is perfect for any Halloween party that’s happening this year!

It’s easy to toss together and it’s great for snacking before the party, during the party and it’s great to bag up to send home with friends and family after the party!

For this fun Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix I used these ghost sugar candy decorations from Wilton to create some of the ghost pretzels for this snack mix.

I also used some of Wilton‘s little candy eye calls to make the other little ghost pretzels for this mix. Both turned out some super cute ghosts pretzels for this snack. 

Oh my gosh, and take a look at these sprinkles from Sweets and Treats Shop. It’s their Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash and I’m in LOVE with this sprinkle mix

I used the sprinkle mix to decorate candy-coated cereal pieces and I think it gave it just the right amount of Halloween color pop! I love orange, purple and green together when it comes to Halloween.

Then to pack the Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix up to send off to my family I used these fun Trick or Treat boxes that  Wilton sent over. 

Aren’t they the cutest!?! I love the little window so you can see the Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix inside.

Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix

Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix

Yield: 10 cups

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Cool Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Treat your friends and family with this spooktacular Ghostly Sweet and Salty Snack Mix at your next Halloween Party! Leave the recipe as is or change it up to add whatever you like! 

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Ingredients

• 16 ounces vanilla candy coating
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 2 cups mallow candy pumpkins
• 5 cups mini pretzels + 1 cup for pretzel ghost
• Small Candy Eyes
• Candy Ghost Decorations
• Sprinkles - I used Sweets and Treats Shops Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Monster Mash
• 1 cup chex cereal pieces
• 2 cups mini marshmallows

Instructions

Melt vanilla candy coating accordning to package directons.

Lay 1 cup mini pretzels out onto a piece of parchment paper or a slipmat.

Spoon a bit of melted vanilla candy coating into the center of each mini pretzel.

Press a candy ghost into the melted vanilla candy coating on some of the pretzels and add candy eyes to the melted vanilla candy coating on the rest to create ghost pretzels.

Dip 1 cup of chex pieces (individually or in clumps) into the melted vanilla candy coating. Lay them on a piece of parchment paper and sprinkle with Halloween Sprinkles.

Let Pretzels and chex pieces sit for 15 - 20 minutes or until vanilla candy coating hardens.

In a large bowl, combine plain mini pretzels, candy pumpkins, peanuts and white chcooalte chips. Stir to combine.

Stir in ghosts.

Stir in mini marshmallows right before serving or packaging to keep them from going stale if you're making this ahead of tim

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