10 Minute Gift Recipe: Christmas Crack

I'm spinning in for a quick recipe that I'm DEAD chuffed to have nailed.  This stuff has been a staple of our Canadian Christmases for as long as I can remember and this year I decided to stop pretending it could only be made in Canada and have a go myself. Some people call it Chex Mix, some call it Christmas Mix,  or Christmas Trail Mix.  I call it Christmas Crack because this stuff is so good it gets into your bones and you will not leave it alone.  It's the sweet and salty combination, I think.  It's just so moreish.

It's the perfect 10 minute make that you can bag up/tin up and give as a last minute gift - not that you would be frazzled one week before Christmas because you are having a mindful Christmas without over-buying, aren't you?!  Anyway, this is perfect for:

+ Teachers

+ Neighbours

+ Anyone with tastebuds

Here we go:

You Need:

+ 1 Cup of Cheerios

+ 1 Cup of small/mini pretzels or pretzel sticks

+ 3 Cups of Shreddies

+  1 Cup of Salted Peanuts

+  1 Cup of M&M's

+  300 grams of White Chocolate

Method:

+  Simply chuck all the ingredients, except for the M&M's and the chocolate into a big bowl and give it a good mix-up.

+  Break up your chocolate into smaller chunks and microwave in 15 second stints until it's fully melted.

+  Remove 2/3rds of the mix into another bowl and pour some melted chocolate into the bowl with the remaining 3rd, stirring until all the mix is covered.

+  Gradually add the other 2/3rd's, adding the melted chocolate as you go so that you get an even covering on the whole mix.

+  Give the mix a minute to cool and then add in the M&M's and stir again to give them a light coating as well (chocolate inside, chocolate shell and then MORE chocolate....WHAT?!).

+  Lay out some baking paper on a flat surface and spread the mix out to cool and harden.

+  Break it up and package it up whatever way your heart desires and try your best to give it away before you eat it all!

It actually took me twice as long to write this post because a tin of this stuff was sitting beside me.

You've been warned.

Enjoy!