Mayflower Munch Thanksgiving Snack Mix
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Looking for a fun Thanksgiving snack mix? Our Mayflower Munch is the perfect combination of sweet and salty flavor with only 5 ingredients and comes together in just a few minutes.
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I love making fun munch mixes for my boys, and today’s Mayflower munch Thanksgiving Chex mix comes with a bonus history lesson because each of the ingredients represents something about the first Thanksgiving!
Why I love this recipe
This party mix is a great salty and sweet combination. I love that the kids can even make it themselves to help free me up in the kitchen prepping for our Thanksgiving meal.
Don’t like all the add-ins? Try my nothing but Chex mix recipe instead or if you prefer a baked Chex snack, our butterscotch Chex clusters are absolutely delicious.
Ingredients
- Candy Corn – to represent maize/corn
- Craisins – to represent the North East where cranberries are grown
- Pretzel sticks – to represent the forest and the logs used to build homes for the Pilgrims
- M&Ms – M is for the Mayflower
- Corn Chex – to represent maize/corn
Step by step
Simply combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and stir to mix! Too easy.
Tips for Best Results
- As with all munch mixes or cereal snack mixes, you can change up the ingredients to suit your taste.
- This snack mix stores for up to 2 weeks so you can make it in big batches and always have it on hand to enjoy.
Variations
I think bugles would be a fun addition since they resemble a cornucopia, but you can also add in nuts, use rice Chex or wheat Chex, add pumpkin seeds or raisins, chocolate chips, or even caramel corn.
Serving suggestions
This Thanksgiving snack mix is perfect to put in a big bowl for grazing or package it up in treat bags to gift!
Storage
Store leftover snack mix in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
If you try this recipe please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
Mayflower Munch Thanksgiving Snack Mix
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
Description
Looking for a fun Thanksgiving snack mix? Our Mayflower Munch is the perfect combination of sweet and salty flavor and comes together in just a few minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup candy corn
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup pretzel sticks
- 1 cup M&Ms
- 1 cup corn Chex
Instructions
Simply combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and stir to mix!
Notes
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: snack
- Method: none
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 25.7 g
- Sodium: 317.5 mg
- Fat: 5.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 56.7 g
- Fiber: 2.3 g
- Protein: 3.4 g
- Cholesterol: 2.9 mg
Love this! I am a munch mix addict 🙂
Love this Keri! Pinning now!
YUMMY! I’d love to have you join my Pin Me Linky Party because this is an awesome idea! I’m going to pin it now!
Diana
Diana Rambles
Bento Blog Network
Link Rink
This is so fun and I love the name!!! cute!
Oh yum – that does sound like a tasty snack!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
Gotta love a recipe with some history! Your snack does look great, I like the sweet & salty mixture – I bet it is sooo good!
You had me at Candy Corn…
Oh wow, yum! I’m gonna head out today and grab up the ingredients!
Oh yum! This looks scrum-delicious! I pinned this to make for the kids (okay, maybe for me too!) Thanks for sharing!
How fun! Your pictures make me want to lick the screen!! I’m definitely pinning this idea!!! thanks for sharing!
This is my kind of recipe! Easy peasy. Thanks for sharing…Ann
Mmm.. you just all of my favorite things together.. can’t resist those candy corns!
Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party!
xoxo
Amie @ Pinkapotamus
I need to get on this munch mix bandwagon!
I love your Mayflower Munch and what each item represents! So fun and sooo yummy!
This looks yummy. Think I might have to make it for a special school snack for the kids!
Blythe
Desperate Craftwives
This is such a cute idea. I love that each item can be related to Thanksgiving:-)
I love how each ingredient has a tie to Thanksgiving. I pinned this post.
This looks delicious! I love how you presented it. Great job!
Visiting from the Share It party 🙂
Tammy
ourneckofthewoods.net
Perfect combination of salty and sweet! Yum.
YUM this sounds like a great mix! Saw you link up on a bunch of link parties. Would love it if you linked up on my blog hop and added it to your list www.w-t-fab.com/search/label/bloghop. Also let me know if you’d like to follow each other!
What a great Thanksgiving snack! I love your photos, too, gorgeous! We make a similar mix, but add in the little candy pumpkins, pretzels (folded arms in prayer for gratitude) and bugles – which look like tiny cornucopias!
I love mixes and the craisins top it off. Thank you for the recipe.
We may have met by chance…but we become friends by choice.
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What a great idea!
Love your turkey cups. Too cute!
Melissa
www.lovebugliving.com
Great idea!
I have a weekend party I’d love for you to share this on:
http://westernwarmth.blogspot.com
Thanks!
Bobi
Yummy. Great for parties, or to munch on while watching movies. Love the turkey.
So cute! Just shared on our FB page! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Take care,
Trish
These look great! Please come by and post on our blog party! Thank you! Please help spread the word!
http://artbyasm.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Party
Warmest Regards,
Annamaria
I’ve been looking for something like this to whip up for the neighbors as a little Thanksgiving gift. Thank you for sharing this delicious looking recipe. (Came here from the Just Something I Whipped Up link party.)
Cheryl
www.creativegiftgiver.com
Love this! Such a cute name. I like what each ingredient stands for!
Delicious! It’s so cute and colorful! I would be honored if you shared this at my Ginger Jamboree Link Party!
Hey Keri! This looks so yummy – it would make me hungry if I hadn’t just eaten waaaay too much turkey! lol!
By the way, love the header, is it new?!?
Thanks so much for linking up and linking back last week at the Humble Brag! Even though its Black Friday, hope to see you back tomorrow to link up more great projects. Don’t forget, we will be giving away more free ad space! 🙂
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What can I substitute for Christmas? Do they make red/ green candy corn?
They do – I found them at Walgreens or Walmart last year. You may like this O Christmas Tree Munch Mix 🙂 https://www.shakentogetherlife.com/2013/12/o-christmas-tree-munch-mix.html
Hi Keri. I shared your Mayflower Munch Mix over on my blog today. Thanks for the great recipe idea. I know my followers will enjoy it. That blog post is here: http://www.made2bcreative.com/blog/?p=11186