This Santa Hat Party Mix Recipe is exactly what you need for your upcoming Christmas party! Learn to make cute little edible santa hats and a delicious holiday snack mix!
Christmas Party Mix Recipe
This Santa Hat Party Mix is one of those recipes that ALWAYS gets oohs and ahhs when you bring it out for guests or give as gifts.
Yes it does take a little extra effort to make those sweet little Santa Hats, but it’s the holidays! It’s not rocket science here…you dip Bugles into red melting candy and then dip the bottom in white sprinkles, and place a mini marshmallow on top! They turn out SUPER cute, don’t you agree?
The snack mix itself is VERY easy…I’ve made a video and have lots of step by step pictures to show you how it’s done!
Here’s what you’ll need…
How to Make The Best Holiday Snack Mix
If you want to use the hats as an addition to a mix here’s an idea for a sweet and salty mix that’s easy and yummy.
- 3 cups mini pretzels
- 1/2 cup craisins
- 1 cup salted dry roasted peanuts
- 2 cups Rice Chex
- 2 cups holiday colored M&M’s
- 8 oz. white chocolate for melting
- Spread all your ingredients, EXCEPT M&M’s, out on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper.
Santa Hat Party Mix Recipe
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: About 9 cups 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Santa Hat Party Mix Recipe is exactly what you need for your upcoming Christmas party! Learn to make cute little edible santa hats and a delicious holiday snack mix!
Ingredients
Santa Hats
- Bugles ( I used Caramel Bugles, as they were slightly sturdier)
- Red Melting disks
- Mini marshmallows
- White sprinkles (I used nonpareils)
Snack Mix
- 3 cups mini pretzels
- 1/2 cup craisins
- 1 cup salted dry roasted peanuts
- 2 cups Rice Chex
- 2 cups holiday colored M&M’s
- 8 oz. white chocolate for melting
- Return to baking sheet to allow to dry.
- When chocolate is set, sprinkle M&M’s and Bugle Santa Hats over the mix.
- Transfer to big bowl to serve.
Instructions
Santa Hats
- Melt the candy melts, along with a tablespoon of shortening (to help thin the melted candy), in 30 second intervals on half power in your microwave until melted.
- Immediately start dipping.
- Let them set up for 10 minutes or so on parchment or wax paper.
- When they are set, remelt the red candy disk (if necessary) and dip just the bottoms (the large part of the Bugle) into the white sprinkles.
- Then flip it over and dip the top in the melted candy and press a mini marshmallow on top.
- Let dry on wax paper.
- Spread all your ingredients, EXCEPT M&M’s, out on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper.
- Melt your white chocolate according to package directions and drizzle over the pretzel mix.
- Transfer into a large bowl and coat mix with chocolate.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 1520
- Sugar: 153.9 g
- Sodium: 324.9 mg
- Fat: 83.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 183.7 g
- Protein: 24.6 g
- Cholesterol: 21.6 mg
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The Santa hats were the first thing I noticed – what an idea! Love it! And love game nights – what are your faves to play? We like 9/5 (like pitch), cribbage, Apples to Apples, etc!
I'll definitely be doing this recipe soon…like this weekend!
the santa hats are adorable!
I love reading your Blog……it brings a smile to my face on an otherwise dreary Monday. Good luck next week I know you are destined to be a winner. Your Party Mix already is.
So creative. Love it! The Santa hats are an inspired touch.
It's amazing how the girl/boy interaction dynamics change. I'm in medical school and whenever we go to med school parties, the girls are standing on one side of the room and the boys on the other. And no one is dancing. We're all just kind of bobbing around awkwardly (until the alcohol kicks in, that is. Then all hell breaks loose.) I'm so happy because I have a party to go to on Friday and I can so totally bring this!
Snack mix can be cute! Who knew?!
I love the santa hats, they're so cute! I never would of thought of that, that's so creative!
So stinkin' cute I can hardly stand it!
Great job!
Judy@cutest-little-things
what a super cute idea for the bugles…you rock!!!!
Goodness! I must find me some of those fabulous caramel buggles just so that I can make this Santa Mix! LOVE it!!!