We’re just a few days away from Christmas. How is it already time to celebrate my favorite holiday again? If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you’re getting ready for family meals and parties. Gifts? Check. Holiday outfit? Check. Adult beverages? Check. Food?…oh, crap. What was I supposed to bring? If you’re looking for a quick last minute dish, try this Reindeer Snack Mix. It’s quick, easy, and sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Reindeer Snack Mix comes with a variety of ingredients and is known by other names such as Reindeer Chow, Reindeer Food, Reindeer Crack, and Garbage Mix. A popular option is Chex mix/Muddy Buddies. We could make our own version, but decided to forgo the Chex mix.
For our version of Reindeer Snack Mix, we used just three ingredients.
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Ingredients
-Popcorn
-Pretzels
-Chocolate chunks
To keep this recipe gluten-, dairy-, & soy-free, we used popcorn without cheddar. We recently discovered Gluck Popped Corn. This popcorn is Kosher Certified, Vegan, and Non-GMO. They’re also free of preservatives, artificial colors and flavors, and trans fats.
It has been really hard for us to find pretzels that are both gluten AND soy-free. Luckily, we found Snyder’s of Hanover. They have both pretzel sticks and mini pretzels. These pretzels are also free of dairy and eggs.
No reindeer mix is complete without chocolate. We love using Enjoy Life’s Semi Sweet chocolate. This time we used the Mega Chunks. Not only is this product free of gluten, dairy, and soy, but it’s also free of eggs, casein, fish, shellfish, wheat, lupin, sulfites, crustaceans, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, and mustard. It’s also Certified Vegan and Certified Paleo Friendly.
Instructions
-Place Mega Chunks in microwavable bowl and melt in microwave starting at 30 seconds. From there, melt in 15 second intervals. Stir.
-Cover pretzels and popcorn with chocolate by drizzling with spoon for easiest application. You can drop popcorn and pretzels into chocolate if you wish to coat them in chocolate.
-Place popcorn and pretzels on parchment paper on baking sheet.
-After all popcorn and pretzels are covered with desired amount of chocolate, place baking sheet in refrigerator for approximately ten (10) minutes.
Once chocolate has hardened, your Reindeer Snack Mix is ready to serve!
We decided to start out with a small batch and it was really good! The good thing about Reindeer Snack Mix is that you can make as little or as much as you need. It’s also a great recipe to get kids involved with.
If you like this recipe, you’ll also like holiday candy cane brownies, sugar cookies, cookies for Santa with dietary restrictions, and Santa hat Jell-O shots.
As always, sharing is caring. I’d love to know if you make the Reindeer Snack Mix. Be sure to tag GFS and use the hashtag glutenfreespirited. Follow GFS on social media using the buttons below.
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Now that’s what I call a treat! I could eat my weight all that chocolate covered goodness!
You & me both!
Yum! I love a combination of sweet and savoury – this is the perfect treat for this time of year!
I do too!
That is so nice that there are so many different snack options for those that are gluten free. Some of these look really yummy.
It’s been a huge help for my sister & there’s some really yummy options!
I love this recipe idea! It’s so quick to make too, and will be delicious I’m sure. Will give it a go.
It’s hard to not eat it all before the reindeer come. lol I’d love to know if you make them & what you think!
This looks so yummy! I bet my kids would have so much fun making this with me.
I think they would too!
While I don’t have to eat gluten free, I love that there are so many options here. Great post!
Thanks, Danielle!
I will have to recruit my kids to help me make this fun snack! Great treat for Christmas!
I think they’ll have fun making them! Please let me know if you make them & what the verdict is. 🙂
Oh my, these look yummy……are you sure they are for the reindeer?
They’re *supposed* to be, but I’ve come to find out that they’re irresistible to humans too!
These look divine, I can assure it that once made these will go quickly in my house..although I am not sure if any will be left for the reindeers
The poor reindeer might get left out because it’s hard to keep humans away from these yummy snacks!
Oh my goodness these look so yummy! My kids would have the best time making them with me too 🙂
It’s a great recipe for kids to make!
haha those are so cute and easy to make! looks like a perfect snack for the holidays
Thank you! We’re all about quick, easy, and yummy recipes. 🙂
Wow! Such a quick easy recipe, just in time for hosting Christmas!
We like quick & easy recipes around here! 😀
Such a sweet idea for a snack! Looking pretty and harmless for belly at most
It’s pretty and tastes good too! 🙂
Yum!! What a great idea to mix sweet + salty! I love this idea!!
I like mixing the two sometimes and this turned out great!
I love that combo too. These came out really good!
great ideas for a sweet snack! we are baking cookies tomorrow
Yum! Cookies are always a good choice!
Yum! Cookies are always a good idea!
I love chocolate, so this looks like a delicious snack! I bet our kids would love this as well.
I do too! Please let me know if you decide to make it & what the verdict is. 🙂
I do too! I’d love to know if you guys make it and you think. 🙂
mmm this looks good! What a fun, festive snack mix, and how great you’ve managed to source all gf items!
It took some trying, but we finally got all the ingredients that fit my sister’s diet. 🙂 It was worth it because it’s really yummy.
It took some time to source the ingredients that my sister needed, but it was worth it!
Nice to see all those options! You know I have so many friends who need this and still in Italy it is quite difficult to find a gluten-free places
I can imagine it’s very frustrating! My sister says she can’t imagine how hard it was to find food even twenty years ago.
I can imagine that it’s frustrating! My sister said she can’t imagine how hard it was to find options even 20 years ago.
I love a good snack to eat… I love popcorn, I love pretzels, and chocolate is amazing…. can’t go wrong with those ingredients!
It’s such a good combination!
They’re such a yummy combo!
What a fun gluten free recipe this is! It’s so crafty how you assemble the reindeer! I love it!