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This easy recipe for Valentine’s Day Snack Mix combines chocolate, pretzels and popcorn for a delicious sweet and salty treat!
Valentine’s Day Popcorn
Looking for a quick and easy treat for Valentine’s Day? You can’t go wrong with this salty and sweet snack mix!
This festive Valentine’s Day snack mix is made with popcorn, pretzels, M&M’s and cinnamon red hots all tied together with melted white chocolate and pink candy coating. Once you start munching, it’s hard to stop!
We make Bunny Bait Snack Mix for Easter, Patriotic Pretzel Popcorn for the 4th of July, a Monster Munch Halloween Snack Mix and Christmas Crunch Snack Mix . So, of course I had to make a snack mix for Valentine’s Day!
For more easy Valentine’s Day recipes, try my Homemade Candy Hearts, Valentines Rice Krispie Treats and Pretzel Treats.
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Ingredient Notes
Here’s what you need to make this sweet and salty treat. Full amounts are in the printable recipe card below.
- Popcorn — either make your own popcorn or use a bag of store-bought popcorn
- Pretzels — mini pretzel twists or pretzel snaps work best.
- Valentine’s Day candy — Valentine m&m’s (red, pink or white m&m candies,) red hots or your favorite Valentine candy
- White chocolate — white chocolate chips or white almond bark or white candy coating
- Pink candy melts — candy coating
- Valentine’s Day Sprinkles
How to Make Valentine Snack Mix
First, make the popcorn. To make this easy treat even easier, I sometimes buy a bag of popcorn, like Boom Chicka Pop. We usually use most of the bag — whatever fits on a large baking tray.
Spread the popcorn and pretzels on the baking sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper for easy clean-up.
Then, melt the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in your microwave according to package directions. I melt it in 15-second intervals, stirring after each 15-second increment until the white chocolate is melted.
Pour the melted white chocolate over the popcorn and pretzels, and mix with a rubber spatula until well coated.
Mix the m&m candies into the white chocolate mixture, and let it dry a little. The melted chocolate firms up as it drys. Next, melt the candy coating, and drizzle the melted candy coating evenly over the coated popcorn. A fork works very well for this.
Sprinkle red hots and small candy sprinkles or jimmies over the candy coating. Then, let the snack mix sit until the chocolate firms up.
If you want to speed this part up, pop the mixture into the fridge for about 30 minutes.
We’ve even placed this sweet and salty snack mix into the freezer, and it sets up super fast!
When the snack mix is firm, gently break it up into large chunks. Put it in a large bowl or serving bowl, and you’re ready to snack! The only problem with this festive snack mix is that it is so tempting to eat the whole bowl. Seriously, once you start munching, it’s hard to quit munching!
Storage
Store the mix in an airtight container at room temperature. If it’s warm in your house, keep it in the fridge. This easy party treat will keep for about 1 week — if it lasts that long.
Recipe Variations and Tips
You can use milk chocolate or semi sweet chocolate chips instead of melted white chocolate. White candy melts or red candy coating are fine too.
Bugles, jelly beans, mini marshmallows or frosted circus animal cookies would be a great addition to this delicious snack mix.
If you want to make this fun snack for class parties or special treats, just place some of it in treat bags or small bags and tie with twist tie.
Valentine’s Day Snack Mix
Ingredients
- 8 cups popcorn
- 3 cup mini pretzels
- 2 cups white chocolate
- 1 cup Valentine's m & m candies
- 1 cup pink candy melts
- Valentine's Day sprinkles or jimmies
- red hots optional
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper, and spread popcorn and pretzels evenly on baking sheet
- Melt white chocolate according to package directions, and use spoon to drizzle evenly over cereal and popcorn
- Stir so that mix is evenly coated, and spread out on baking sheet
- Drop m&m candies evenly over mixture
- Melt candy coating according to package directions. Use a fork to drizzle it evenly over popcorn mix. Sprinkle cinnamon red hots, if using, and candy sprinkles over popcorn
- Stir, and allow to chocolate to set and mixture to firm up — about 30 minutes — before serving. Store covered in cool place.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I hope you enjoy this Valentine’s treat as much as we do. It’s the perfect treat for a Valentine’s Day party or an after school snack!
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I made this for a little galentines party, and omg it was so good! Should have made two batches because everyone loved it that much!!
So good and easy to make! Only lasted a day in my house!
I love these snack mixes from you, I made your Christmas one and my kids loved it! For this one I left out the pretzels because my son doesn’t like the, but I added Chex instead. 10/10!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you and your family love the recipes!