White Trash Snack mix-a little sweet, a little salty, a lot of yum!
That’s not a very nice thing to say.
Well I didn’t say it first.
I’ve been making this stuff forever and when we moved to Georgia, hubby took some of this stuff to work and that’s what everyone there called it.
So I’m just repeating them. And so do my kids now.
Sorry.
But it’s good stuff.
And it makes sense to call this stuff trash since you basically throw everything in it, just like the trash.
I mean all that leftover, hanging around the house, maybe not enough to fill a snack bowl kinda stuff.
The only thing you have to have is some candy bark or candy melts
You know candy coating. call it whatever you want. It’s what brings it all together.
I stock up on this stuff. I pick it up whenever it’s on sale. It last for years, or so I’ve been told. It never lasts that long around here.
So you’ve got your candy coating, now go forage around your kitchen. You want some sweet and some salty stuff.
Cereal, pretzels, hard chips like Fritos or Bugles, peanuts, whatever you can find.
And for the sweet, I don’t care how much you bake, we all love Oreos. But you could use nilla wafers or whatever else you have laying around but you do want some cookies in this.
And also some candy, like M & Ms or candy corn, you know you have some stashed away.
Once set, break apart, package up as gifts in a jar or just using the plastic party bags from the Dollar store.
A pretty ribbon can make all the difference.
White Trash
Ingredients
- 2 cups mini pretzels
- 2 cups bugles, fritos or other corn chip
- 1 cup cereal-Cheerios, Chex
- 2 cups broken Oreos
- 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
- 1 cup M&Ms
- 1 package white chocolate almond bark or Candy melts
Instructions
- Spread pretzels, corn chips, cereal, and Oreos on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Mixing them up.
- Melt almond bark according to package directions. Drizzle melted chocolate over pretzel mixture, using a plastic spoon to move mix around a bit to coat. Sprinkle mixture with nuts and M&Ms.
- Let chocolate cool completely, break into pieces. Store in an air tight container.
Notes
recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.com
Want more treats using melted chocolate?
Nutter Butter peanut Butter Chocolate bark
Strawberries and Cream White Chocolate Bark
Anonymous says
November 29, 2011 at 9:41 pmI was already here once today to get the recipe for the cream cheese chocolote chip cookies. 🙂
Now this recipe showed up on my face book.
I love how you put the pictures up . They help in getting the whole idea on how to prepare, and they are so pleasing to the eye. Visual is half the fun on here. TY for all your time and effort , making finding great recipes so easy !!
Mary Abram
Sallie says
November 29, 2011 at 9:56 pmI so want some of this right now! I’m trying to lose weight before Christmas, and these food blogs are killing me!
Thanks for stopping by Texas Cottage.
Ann from Sumptuous Spoonfuls says
November 30, 2011 at 2:40 pmLOL I love the name and the ingenious way of using up all those little snackie things that clutter up the cupboard when the kids tire of them! 🙂
Jenna @ Newlyweds says
November 30, 2011 at 2:41 pmLove it!! So different than the “white Trash” we usually make, going to have to try this one.
Joan@chocolateandmore says
November 30, 2011 at 2:48 pm@Mary, thank you for your kind words, you made my week. I’m a visual person so I need lots of pictures myself to make sure I understand!
@Sallie, don’t you know, if it’s homemade, the calories don’t count!
@Ann, that’s why we love this, add a little chocolate to almost anything and it become fresh and delicious again!
@Jenna, what do you put in yours? is there a post for it? would love to see!
Kristen says
November 30, 2011 at 8:18 pmWhatever it’s called, that stuff sounds wonderful. I would have a hard time controlling myself around a bowl full of such yummies.
Carrie - ASassyRedhead.com says
December 1, 2011 at 2:57 amOh, my goodness. THAT is heavenly.
Bridget says
January 19, 2012 at 1:12 amYour blog is making me extremely hungry..I’ve never gone through someones blog and read post after post and said I need to make that, over and over. Wow thanks for sharing I can’t wait to try some of your recipes!!!!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
November 12, 2012 at 12:05 pmWe love making white trash candy! I have several varieties on my blog. It’s so easy…open pantry, find junk food, cover in white chocolate!!! Your pics look great Joan!
Briget says
November 24, 2013 at 4:12 pmI am SO following you from now till forever!
Jennifer says
November 24, 2013 at 11:15 pmThis is so bad…….but good! I found this on Facebook via Incredible Recipes! I have a similar recipe, but I like how you suggest just adding whatever to it, especially the cookie part. The rest of your site looks phenomenal…I think I could gain 10 pounds just looking at it!
Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik says
November 26, 2013 at 12:25 pmLove these kind of recipes – easy & mindless! I bet this combination is crazy addicting, lol!
Amber says
December 12, 2013 at 4:53 pmHow far in advance can I make these and stay fresh? I have a party in a week and wondered if this was something you can make this early or something that you make the day before!
Thank you
Joan Hayes says
December 14, 2013 at 11:12 pmWhite trash is always best fresh, just like potato chips but this will keep up to a week if stored in an airtight container.
Gloria F. says
January 18, 2014 at 10:10 pmloved the white chocolate. Tried with with regular chocolate too but not as good!! The white dissappeared!
Bonnie says
December 16, 2014 at 9:37 pmLove this! but I have lots of little chocolate bars left over from Halloween! I wonder if I could chop them up and use them?
Joan Hayes says
December 17, 2014 at 12:50 pmOf course you could!