White trash recipe, white chocolate snack mix, puppy chow, whatever you call it, this almond bark coated salty sweet snack of Chex Mix cereal, nuts and pretzels is so easy to make and impossible to stop eating---a win win in my opinion.
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White Trash!
Don't come at me for calling this recipe what it is: basic white trash.
This recipe got its name because you're using up the leftover bits and ends from your pantry.
And then covering the whole thing with, usually a white chocolate or an almond bark or coating.
This is definitely a salty sweet recipe. If that's your jam, then you've got to try White Chocolate snack mix, Muddy Buddies, Pretzel Peanut Butter Cup Bars or Frito Bars or Congo Bars or Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies.
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White Trash Ingredients
- Rice Chex
- Corn Chex
- Pretzels
- Peanuts
- Almond bark
See recipe for ingredient amounts
How to Make White Trash
This is probably of of the simplest recipes you'll make.
Measure your ingredients.
Put cereal, pretzels and peanuts in a large mixing bowl and stir it together with a spatula or your hands.
Melt almond bark or white chocolate and pour it over the bowl of ingredients.
Stir until all of the cereal, pretzels and nuts are coated.
Pour onto a parchment or wax paper-lined baking sheet and let it rest until the mix sets up and dries.
Turn the heat on low and once two to three minutes have passed and the bark has begun to melt, turn off the heat and move the pot to a cool spot. Continue stirring until no lumps remain.
You can melt almond bark any way you melt white chocolate or milk or dark chocolate.
It's easier to get a creamy melted chocolatey texture with almond bark but it can be quick to burn just like white chocolate.
Usually I use a double boiler, but I decided to try just melting the bark in a sauce pot, which worked well.
You may need to add a teaspoon of vegetable oil or canola oil to the almond bark so it's thin enough to thoroughly stir into the pretzels and peanuts mixture.
Almond Bark Melting Tips
Make sure however you're melting the bark, that your pan or bowl and spatula or spoon is scrupulously clean. Any speck of dirt or oil can cause the bark to seize.
Don't walk away from the stove while melting the bark.
Stir thoroughly being sure to scrape the bottom of the pan or bowl thoroughly. This makes sure that you don't develop any hot spots in your bark or chocolate as well as keeping the candy from sticking to the pot.
Once the bark starts to melt, which should only take two to three minutes, remove it from heat and continue stirring.
Work quickly once you have the bark melted.
Let rest for 45 minutes to an hour so the mix sets up all the way. You'll have clumps perfect for snacking.
Packaging Ideas
Once the white trash has stuck to together and is all nice and clumpy, package in a wax paper lined tin or an airtight container.
If you're giving this as a gift, you can package it in a mason jar with a bow.
Storage and Make Ahead
Make white trash up to two weeks ahead and store in a tin or airtight container at room temperature. Leave it on the counter.
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Recipe
White Trash
White Trash Chex Mix recipe is so easy to make and impossible to stop snacking on.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Rice Chex Cereal
- 3 cups Corn Chex Cereal
- 2 cups pretzel sticks
- 1 cup dry roasted peanuts, salted, unsalted, or lightly salted peanuts
- * 1 lb. white chocolate or the equivalent white chocolate chips, white chocolate melting wafers or even white chocolate almond bark
Instructions
- Measure cereal, pretzels and peanuts.
- Pour dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
- Spread a piece of wax paper or parchment paper on a cookie sheet (a half sheet pan works best, (that's 12x18)
- Melt almond bark or white chocolate slowly until no lumps remain. See recipe notes.
- Drizzle melted bark or white chocolate over the snack mix and stir thorougly with a spatula, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so all the salty bits are coated.
- Pour mix onto a wax paper or parchment paper in a think layer. Let rest until the mix sets.
- Store in a tin or an airtight container at room temperature for up to two to three weeks.
Notes
Customize this recipe however you like but the main ingredients are Chex cereal, pretzels and peanuts enrobed in a light layer of almond bark.
Make sure however you're melting the bark, that your pan or bowl and spatula or spoon is scrupulously clean. Any speck of dirt or oil can cause the bark to seize.
Don't walk away from the stove while melting the bark.
Stir thoroughly being sure to scrape the bottom of the pan or bowl thoroughly. This makes sure that you don't develop any hot spots in your bark or chocolate as well as keeping the candy from sticking to the pot.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 724Total Fat 35gSaturated Fat 16gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 16gCholesterol 15mgSodium 273mgCarbohydrates 93gFiber 4gSugar 48gProtein 15g
Nutrition information is an estimate. I am not a registered dietician.
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