Bunny Bait Recipe (Easter Chex Mix)
Bunny Bait is an Easter-themed snack mix with pastel-colored Chex cereal, marshmallows, and spring chocolate candies. This no-bake Chex mix recipe is so easy to make that even the kids can help!
Bunny Bait – Easter Snack Mix
This no-bake Bunny Bait recipe is a yummy, crunchy, sweet Chex Mix snack that you can make in just 15 minutes. It’s perfect for a school Easter treat or spring snack at the office. Trust me, your coworkers will thank you for making their day!
Package your Bunny Bait in individual bags, tie it off with a pretty ribbon, and finish it with one of my free printable Easter tags for a cute Easter treat bag. These little bags of Bunny Bait are also fun to put in an Easter basket as a cute gift from the Easter Bunny.
For more fun Easter recipes, try my Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Butter Eggs or my Easter Whoopie Pies!
Why You’ll Want To Make This Bunny Bait Recipe
- Bunny Bait is quick and easy to make!
- It’s a fun Easter activity to do with your kids.
- It only has a few simple ingredients.
- It makes a great Easter gift for your coworkers or your kids’ classmates.
- It’s a festive snack for Easter or anytime during spring.
- You can easily make enough to feed a large crowd by adjusting the serving size on my recipe card below. Just click the number of servings and you can set it to the number you need!
Ingredients You’ll Need To Make Bunny Bait Snack Mix
- Original Chex
- Yellow Candy Melts
- Green Candy Melts
- Blue Candy Melts
- Pink Candy Melts
- White Candy Melts
- Powdered Sugar
- Tiny Marshmallows
- Spring M&Ms
Other Ingredients You Can Add Or Substitute In Your Bunny Bait
- You can add other items to this Bunny Bait recipe.
- For sweet and salty, add pretzels or peanuts.
- Other cereal, use Cheerios, Lucky Charms, or Trix.
- Use your favorite Easter candy like Cadbury Mini Eggs, jelly beans, or robin eggs.
Avoid This Mistake When Making Bunny Bait Easter Snack Mix
The first time I tried making this, I had the idea that I would just use white chocolate melts and gel food coloring to get the different colors of chocolate to avoid buying four different colors of candy melts.
This was a big mistake because the gel food coloring caused the white chocolate candy melts to seize up and I couldn’t use them at all.
So in trying to save money, I ended up wasting money.
Also, if your store doesn’t have the pastel colors you want, you can get a darker version and add white candy melts to make it pastel. I had to do this with the green when I made this recipe for my YouTube channel.
How To Make Bunny Bait
Separate the Chex cereal into 5 equal amounts and put each of them into bowls and set the bowls to the side.
Place one color of the chocolate melts in microwave safe bowl and melt it in 30 second intervals until it is completely melted but not overheated. Overheating will cause it to not set up at room temperature.
Pour the melted candy over one of the bowls of Chex mix and mix with a spatula until the Chex cereal is completely covered in the melted candy.
Put 2-3 tablespoons of powdered sugar on the chocolate covered Chex and mix until the all the Chex mixture is fully covered.
Pour the candy covered mixture on to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to set.
Repeat these steps for the following three colors and put them on the same cookie sheet. Be sure to clean the spatula in between each new color of candy melts.
Spread out the last bowl of Chex cereal on a smaller sheet of parchment paper.
Melt the white chocolate at 30-second intervals in the microwave until fully melted, but not too hot. Put the chocolate in a piping bag, cut a small hole in the tip and drizzle it over the plain Chex cereal.
While the drizzle is still wet, sprinkle the marshmallow bits and Easter M&Ms over the Chex.
Mix all of the different colored Chex with the white chocolate Chex, marshmallow, and M&Ms mixture in a large bowl.
Serve in a serving bowl or portion into individual bags to give as treats.
Bunny Bait Storage Tips
Bunny Bait can be stored in a ziplock bag or airtight container in a cool dry place for 4 days.
It can be frozen in an air-tight container for up to 1 week. Just note that when they come to room temperature they will not be as crunchy as a fresh batch.
Other Easy Easter Recipes
- Easter Bunny Butt Pancakes
- Easter Whoopie Pies
- Carrot Cone Cupcakes
- Bunny Butt Cupcake Cones
- Chocolate Marshmallow Biscoff Easter Eggs
- Bird Nest No-Bake Treats
- 3 Ingredient No-Bake Bunny Feet Cookies
Bunny Bait Recipe (Easter Chex Mix)
Ingredients
- 6 1/2 Cups Original Chex
- 2 Ounces Yellow Candy Melts
- 2 Ounces Green Candy Melts
- 2 Ounces Blue Candy Melts
- 2 Ounces Pink Candy Melts
- 1 Ounce White Candy Melts
- 2 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
- Tiny Marshmallows
- Spring M&Ms
Instructions
- Separate the Chex cereal into 5 equal amounts and put each of them into bowls and set the bowls to the side.
- Place one color of the candy melts in microwave safe bowl and melt it in 30 second intervals until it is completely melted but not overheated. Overheating will cause it to not set up at room temperature.
- Pour the melted candy over one of the bowls of Chex mix and mix with a spatula until the Chex cereal is completely covered in the melted candy.
- Put 2-3 tablespoons of powdered sugar on the chocolate covered Chex and mix until the all the Chex mixture is fully covered.
- Pour the candy covered mixture on to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to set.
- Repeat these steps for the following three colors and put them on the same cookie sheet. Be sure to clean the spatula in between each new color of candy melts.
- Spread out the last bowl of Chex cereal on a smaller sheet of parchment paper.
- Melt the white chocolate at 30-second intervals in the microwave until fully melted, but not too hot. Put the chocolate in a piping bag, cut a small hole in the tip and drizzle it over the plain Chex cereal.
- While the drizzle is still wet, sprinkle the marshmallow bits and Easter M&Ms over the Chex.
- Mix all of the different colored Chex with the white chocolate Chex, marshmallow, and M&Ms mixture in a large bowl.
- Serve in a serving bowl or portion into individual bags to give as treats.
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