White Chocolate Christmas Chex Mix Recipe - Real Life Dinner (2024)

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What makes Chex Mix so good? ›

Chex Mix is such a perfect food because it is balanced. Each individual piece retains its own individual texture, shape and flavor, yet together the pieces compliment one another and are coated in the same spice blend. Not all pieces absorb the flavor in the same way — some, like the pretzels, are merely coated in it.

Whole Grain Rice, Rice, Sugar, Canola Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Salt, Molasses, Natural Flavor, Rosemary Extract. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.

It's a cereal, a snack, a pantry staple and memory-maker. From cult-classics to surprising delights, choose from nine flavors, including gluten-free options.

Though contents vary, the mixes generally include an assortment of Chex cereals, chips, hard breadsticks, pretzels, nuts or bagel bites.

Homemade Chex Mix Is Cheaper AND More Delicious Than The Store-Bought Stuff. Chex Mix offers variety: the crisp cereal, toasty pretzels, the unique crunch of the bagel chips. This homemade recipe puts the store-bought to shame.

Chex mix also includes vitamins and minerals like vitamin B6, calcium, potassium, sodium, and many more that are essential for better propagation of health. In general, it is slightly low in protein, and fiber, and high in sodium, which might affect your body if you consume it in high quantities.

It's only fattening if you eat enough of it that you go over your daily calories burned. One day of overeating is not going to harm you. It's high in carbs and fat, and salt, with some protein - it's actually not a terrible snack, but not something I'd choose to eat every day either.

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Chocolate Chex

Granted, there's also sugar, canola oil, and molasses, so it's really only a half-hearted compliment. This bowl of crunchy cereal delivers 36 grams of carbs, 11 grams of sugar, and packs 180 calories in just one cup.

Vanilla Chex has been discontinued, but we'll tell our team you were looking for them!

Why is Chex called Chex? ›

The name "Chex" reflects the square checkerboard logo of Ralston Purina.

Chex Mix – Brands – Food we make - General Mills.

The brown, round things you are referring to in Chex Mix are known as "Wheat Chex." Wheat Chex is a type of cereal made from whole wheat, and it is a common ingredient in various Chex Mix varieties.

Using too much liquid. Don't go over the recipe's suggested liquid amounts; that is a sure way to get soggy mix (which, again, nobody wants). Follow this tip: If you need to make a change in liquid ingredients, just keep the amount the same.

Chex has really not caught on as a brand in Canada. Although many other products of General Mills, like Cheerios, are very popular, Chex is seen as a “niche” product. General Mills has five factories in Canada, and that means that they really can't afford to produce their entire product line up here.

Chex Mix is a healthier alternative if you eat potato chips as a snack. Chips have a lot of oil, carbs, and salts. Eating a lot of chips in one go is also not great for you in terms of health. You're not getting any protein or fiber, and thus, you're very far away from a balanced diet.

Using too much liquid. Don't go over the recipe's suggested liquid amounts; that is a sure way to get soggy mix (which, again, nobody wants). Follow this tip: If you need to make a change in liquid ingredients, just keep the amount the same.

The recipe appeared on the cereal boxes in 1953, after appearing in “Life.” An undocumented story suggests that the wife of a Ralston exec brought a bowl of it to a holiday party in the early 1950s, and it went viral. Viral, in a mid-century modern sort of way. The recipe on the cereal boxes changed over the years.