While a home-cooked family meal can make you feel warm and satisfied, there's nothing like a quick snack to quell your hunger during those in-between moments. Sure, you could opt for store-bought chips, pretzels, and crackers to fill up your cup, but you can just as easily make a homemade snack mix that's extra satisfying. Whether you're looking for a quick crunch to tide you over until dinner or a sophisticated snack to serve at your cocktail party, this list of snack mix recipes has it all!
The great thing about most party mix recipes is that they call for things that you probably already have in your pantry: store-bought salty snacks, cereal, candy, nuts, spices. But tossing them together yields an entirely new batch of your favorite munchies. Chex mix fans will love the elevated takes on the salty snack featuring creative coatings like garlic, ranch, and brown sugar. On the other hand, if you tend to pick all the pretzels and crackers out of those pre-made mixes, you'll be happy to see Ree Drummond's garlic parmesan pretzel mix.
There are even plenty of sweet snacks for those who want a post-dinner delight, like puppy chow and salted pecan caramel popcorn. And of course, there are mixes of the two. Why choose between salty and sweet when you can make caramel corn with bacon? No matter what your cravings call for, these best snack mix recipes below are sure to check all your boxes!
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Rosemary Garlic Snack Mix
David Malosh
Savory rosemary and garlic infuse a mix of Chex, cheese crackers, mini pretzels and pistachios. But the real surprise is mixing in some dried cranberries for a bit of tart-sweetness.
Kick that mix up a notch with hot sauce, Worcestershire, smoked paprika, and cayenne. You can customize the mix of snacks involved, too, or stick to the classic Chex, cheese crackers, nuts, and pretzels.
Garlic and ranch make the ultimate party snack! This savory mix features every type of crunch you could crave, like cereal squares, pretzel sticks, nuts, and popcorn coated in zesty ranch seasoning.
Put a bit of spice to your classic movie snack. Simply coat freshly-popped popcorn in a mixture of sriracha and melted butter for a kick. Add a few more drops if you want it extra spicy!
This sweet snack mix may have puppy in the name but it's not for the dogs! Also called muddy buddies, this mix features chocolate chips, peanut butter, and salted butter melted together and then drizzled over Chex cereal.
These elevated oyster crackers certainly make a good soup topping, but they're just delicious when eaten by the handful! To make this snack mix, all you have to do is coat the store-bought crackers in butter and a mixture of zesty seasonings then bake til golden brown.
If you can't get enough garlic, you'll love this easy, cheesy snack mix! It features three types of pretzels coated in a melt-in-your-mouth garlic parmesan mixture.
The Merc's signature snack mix is a little sweet, a little salty, and totally delicious! It's chock full of popcorn, cereal, pretzels and peanuts coated in a sweet brown sugar glaze.
This spooky snack mix is so delicious you'll want to eat it year-round! It has all the salty and sweet components you could ever crave, including brown sugar and maple syrup-coated corn and rice cereal, pretzels, and peanuts tossed with your favorite Halloween candy and chocolate chips.
For a simple snack mix that's sure to get the party started, try Ree's Chex party mix. Like your typical Chex mix, it features cereal, pretzel sticks, and nuts drizzled with melted butter, Tabasco sauce, garlic, and seasonings.
Most people look forward to presents under the tree when the holidays roll around, but this festive Chex mix is the true gift that keeps on giving! It's so easy to make with cinnamon-spiced Chex mix, pretzels, and roasted almonds tossed with M&Ms and drizzled with white chocolate.
Salted pecan caramel popcorn. Can you say that ten times in a row? Once a bowl of this sweet and salty mix is in front of you, you won't have to, as you'll be too busy shoving the caramel-coated popcorn pieces and pecans in your mouth!
Add a touch of elegance to your daily snacking with this foolproof fancy cocktail nut mix. Cashews, walnuts, pecans, and almonds are covered in orange zest, rosemary, cayenne, and maple syrup before being toasted to perfection.
Your nutty snack can be sweet, too! Coat pecans (or you can do mixed nuts) in a spicy-sweet mixture of sugar and cinnamon and then bake until the mixture coats all the nooks and crannies.
Bring caramel corn to the next level by adding rich peanut butter and salty bacon into the mix. It's a deliciously complex mix of flavors and textures!
While these taste good sprinkled over salads, crispy chickpeas are very snackable on their own. Coat canned chickpeas in honey, sriracha, salt, cumin, and smoked paprika. Then toss them in the air fryer to get nice and crunchy.
This Latin American take on Muddy Buddies (also known as Puppy Chow) is so sweet! Instead of its usual peanut butter coating, Chex cereal gets a delicious drizzle of dulce de leche, or caramelized condensed milk. The end result is so rich in flavor!
This snack mix has sugar, spice, and everything nice! All your favorite crunchy crackers, pretzels, and nuts get a generous infusion of garlic and herb flavoring, brown sugar, and sriracha chili sauce in this addictive mix.
Even if you're all about savory snack mixes, you'll want to give this sweet one a try! It’s essentially a blend of cereals, coconut, and almonds, all drizzled in a rich buttery caramel sauce.
For a slightly healthier snack mix, opt for this one made of spiced chickpeas, dried cherries, crunchy almonds, pepitas, and dark chocolate! It's the perfect balance of sweet and salty that won't leave you feeling too full.