White Trash Recipe Prepared In 5 Minutes | One Of The Best Holiday Snacks

This festive white trash recipe is made with white chocolate chips, rice cereal, mini pretzels, M&Ms, peanuts, and of course, holiday sprinkles. But, of course, you can add in - or take out - anything you want! Honestly, it's the perfect no bake holiday dessert recipe that adults and kids alike will love to make during the Christmas season!

The Best White Trash Recipe

If you've never had white trash, then you need to break out a mixing bowl, and the ingredients, and get to it! Seriously, this white trash recipe is about to become your favorite holiday snack.

This snack mix is an addictive combination of sweet, salty, and chocolatey elements that come together to create the ultimate treat.

It gets its name from the melted white chocolate that is poured over everything to turn it into a crispy, chocolatey white sweet, and salty mess you simply won't be able to get enough of! And the best part about this white trash recipe is that you can make it exactly how you want - customizing it super, super easy.

Now, as I said, this white trash recipe is the perfect sweet treat to make during the holidays. Kids especially will get a kick out of this snack, not just because it's deliciously sweet, but because it's fun for them to make too! Also, since no baking is required, it's an easy and fun way to get the kids involved and engaged during the holidays.

Then, you can bring this white trash to any holiday party and the kiddos can take credit for creating such a delicious dessert.

But, you don't have to wait until Christmas to enjoy this white trash recipe! You really can make this white chocolate trail mix any time of year with whatever colored sprinkles you want.

By the way, if you want more holiday treats to make alongside this white trash, these gingerbread cookies without molasses, small batch sugar cookies, and fireball fudge are a few more festive recipes you have to try!

Ingredients

The ingredient list for this white trash recipe is super simple. Plus, if you don't have everything listed on hand, you can easily swap most of those ingredients out for ones that you have readily available in the pantry.

Anyway, here's everything you'll need to make this recipe for white trash:

• 1 cup white chocolate, chopped 
• 2 cups Rice Cereal (I used Chex Mix cereal)
• 1 cup mini Pretzels 
• 1 cup Red and Green M&Ms
• 1 cup Peanuts 
• ¼ cup Holiday Sprinkles

And that's it!

Now, to make this white chocolate trail mix extra festive, I went the extra mile and used red and green M&Ms to compliment the holiday sprinkles. But, you don't have to go as far as I did with the holiday cheer.

As for the white chocolate, feel free to swap the white chocolate chips with white chocolate melting wafers or even a chopped white chocolate bar.

Also, if anyone in your group has a peanut allergy, feel free to take out the peanuts and swap them with something below.

By the way, if you're looking for another chocolate snack mix, you have to give this puppy chow a try!

White Trash Additions & Substitutions

Now, as you can see, I make my white trash with rice cereal (Rice Krispies Cereal) and mini pretzels along with the M&Ms and peanuts. But, honestly, you can use any snack or cereal mixture you want!

Some great additions or substitutes for white chocolate snack mix are:

• Chex Mix
• Corn Flakes
• Golden Grahams
• Ritz crackers
• Pretzel sticks
• Raisins
• Mini marshmallows
• Biscoff cookies
• Chips Ahoy cookies
• Mini Oreos

Any sweet and salty snacks you have on hand will easily work in this white trash recipe. That's the beauty of it! So feel free to get as creative as possible and add in your favorites!

How To Make White Trash

So, this Christmas trash is as easy as it gets to make. You basically combine everything together with melted white chocolate and let it cool in an even layer.

I mean, really, how easy does that sound?!

Anyway, now let's dive into exactly how to make white trash in 3 easy steps.

Step 1: Melt the White Chocolate

So, first, it's time to melt white chocolate.

To do this, add your white chocolate chips, chunks, or melting chocolate to a large mixing bowl that is microwave-safe.

Then heat the white chocolate in 30-second increments, stirring between each one, until it's fully melted. 

You can also do this step in a double boiler if you don't want to use the microwave, but the microwave is so much quicker and easier.

Step 2: Mixing The White Trash

Next, add all of the cereal, pretzels, and lightly salted peanuts into the large mixing bowl of melted white chocolate. Mix with a rubber spatula until everything is combined and then add in some of the M&Ms and sprinkles.

Then, grab a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper and spread the white trash mixture out onto it in an even layer.

Lastly, to finish it off, top the white trash snack with more M&Ms and sprinkles.

Step 3: Letting The Chocolate Set

So, now that the white trash is complete, you'll need to allow the chocolate to set. I know it's tempting to dig in, but when the chocolate solidifies it really brings all of the elements together.

With that said, you'll want to either let this Christmas white trash set at room temperature for a few hours or in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then, once your white trash chex mix has set, transfer it to a large bowl - or individual serving bowls - and enjoy!

How to Store White Trash

My favorite part about this holiday treat is that you can make it days in advance and it tastes just as delicious as the day you make it! So, if you make the white chocolate trail mix ahead of time, you can be all prepared to grab this treat and head out to your holiday party in a flash.

Anyway, after the chocolate sets, transfer the mixture to a large airtight container or multiple airtight containers. Then, after you've got it stored properly, you can really keep it at room temperature for as long as you want. What I will say though is that it's best consumed within a week after making it.

Wrapping It Up

Well, that's how to make Christmas white trash!

It's sweet, salty, crunchy, chocolatey, and festive.

What more could you want out of a white trash snack mix?

Honestly, this is the kind of snack that kids will always want to make every year. It's a little messy, a lot of fun, and makes for a memorable holiday tradition. As long as you have white chocolate, colorful sprinkles, and some sweet and salty snacks, you have the ingredients to make this perfect quick-and-easy whit trash Chex Mix treat.

As always, if you gave this recipe a try, be sure to leave a comment below and let me know how it went!

More Dessert Recipes

Looking for some more delicious desserts to make? Well, if you are, we have a ton on the blog just like this white trash Chex Mix!

Give one of these a try next:

• Fantasy fudge
• Christmas crack
• Christmas cookie fudge
• Peanut butter balls
• Chocolate Jello pudding pie
  
• No bake mini cheesecake bites

And for more easy holiday dessert recipes, visit our Youtube channel, Instagram, or TikTok. We post new ones on them every day.

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