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This easy Bunny Bait recipe makes a fun Easter snack mix with popcorn, pretzels, Chex cereal and candy in a white chocolate drizzle. Kids of all ages love this salty and sweet springtime treat!
It’s never too early to be thinking about Easter recipes. If you’re looking for easy Easter treats, you’re going to love this bunny bait recipe! This fun snack mix is super easy to make, and it’s definitely kid friendly. But hey, bunny bait isn’t just for kids — I can vouch for that!
Bunny bait is a salty and sweet snack mix made with popcorn, Rice Chex cereal and seasonal chocolate candies with a drizzle of white chocolate to hold it all together. Some people call it Bunny Chow or funfetti popcorn, but these are all pretty much the same.
Why you’ll love this easy recipe!
It’s super easy to assemble, and you can customize the ingredients to suit your own tastes.
Makes a great appetizer while you’re waiting for Easter brunch or dinner to be served. You can also place it in goodie bags for your Easter baskets.
Perfect for class parties, movie night, game night or after school snacks.
Best of all, the salty/sweet combo is simply irresistible!
What You Need
Here are the basics. Full amounts are listed in the printable recipe card below.
- Popcorn
- Rice Chex cereal
- White chocolate chips — or white candy melts
- Pretzel twists
- Mini eggs — mini Cadbury egg candy or robin eggs
- m&m’s— in pastel colors
- Mini marshmallow bits — You can usually find these in the aisle along with the regular marshmallows
- Pastel sprinkles — spring sprinkles
How to Make Bunny Bait Snack Mix for Easter
First, place rice Chex cereal and popcorn and pretzels on a baking sheet or cookie sheet lined with wax paper. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate chips in 15 second intervals. Then, drizzle the melted white chocolate all over the Chex and popcorn mixture.
Next, toss in some mini marshmallow bits. For an extra pop of color, I like to add some colored sugar sprinkles or candy sprinkles. If you don’t have special Easter sprinkles, just choose some fun sprinkles in different colors.
Then, add the candies. Mix it all together, and let it hang out and dry for about 30 minutes. Of course, you have to taste it!
When it comes to eating this bunny bait Easter mix, break it up however you want. You can crumble it up or break larger portions if you want a big helping of this bunny snack mix.
Quick Tips
To make this snack mix recipe super easy, I sometimes start out with a bag of ready made plain popcorn — Boom Chicka Pop or Skinny Pop are my faves. You can pop your own popcorn or use any brand of ready to eat popcorn.
To make clean breaks, grab the chunk of snack mix, and gently snap off desired portions. If you press too hard, the candies and popcorn might separate!
Variations
I switch this up all the time. You can leave out the cereal or the pretzels or add small crackers to the mix.
Use your favorite chocolate candies. I like to pick ones with pastel colors, such as Easter m&m candy, but you can also use traditional colors.
In addition to white chocolate drizzle, use melted milk chocolate or dark chocolate. Or, try different colored candy melt drizzles, for a little more pizzazz.
Make a bunny bait trail mix with peanuts, almonds, yogurt covered raisins, and some mini pretzels or pretzel sticks.
Storage
Store your Easter bunny bait snack mix in an airtight container at room temperature. It keeps fresh for a couple of weeks – if it lasts that long! You can actually freeze this snack for longer storage. Although we sometimes store bunny bait the fridge when the weather is warm, it does get a little soft this way, but it’s still delicious!
More No Bake Easter Treats
Try this Easter Bunny Tail Candy Bark or no bake bird nest cookies or these reader favorite dirt cups or these homemade Reese’s eggs or this quick mini egg dip next!
Bunny Bait Snack Mix
Ingredients
- 8 cups popcorn
- 3 cups mini pretzel twists
- 2 cups rice chex cereal
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- ½ cup mini eggs
- 1 cup m & m candy
- ½ cup mini marshmallow bits
- spring sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper, and spread Rice Chex cereal and popcorn and pretzels evenly on baking pan
- Melt white chocolate according to package directions, and use spoon to drizzle evenly over cereal and popcorn
- Drop candy and marshmallows evenly over mixture, and sprinkle with colored sugar
- Stir, and allow to chocolate to set and mixture to firm up — about 30 minutes — before serving.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This no bake treat is one of my favorite things to make for easter celebrations! I hope you enjoy the adorable bunny reference as much as my kids do!
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Published first in 2019
Made this with the grandkids and it was so easy. Loved the mixed flavors and the best part is no baking! Will make again before Easter too!
My daughters birthday coincides with Easter so I made these for a party. They are very cute and easy to make. I the kids really enjoyed their snack and I will probably make again just to have around the house. Thanks.
My kids loved making and eating this!
Had to make a quick snack to bring for the office. I had all of the ingredients on hand so I made this! What a hit! It was the first to go!