Bunny Bait Trail Mix

Make this fun and delicious Bunny Bait Trail Mix for Easter! An assortment of cereal and snack foods are covered in a white chocolate glaze, and then the trail mix is decorated with pastel m&m candies and Easter sprinkles. It’s a sweet, salty, and crunchy texture perfection!

For more fun Easter recipes be sure and also check out this Rice Krispies Easter Egg Nests, Bunny Bark, and Crockpot Easter Candy. 

Fun Trail Mix for Easter (Bunny Bait)

My kids always love a fun Holiday themed snack mix. They’re so fun to make with all the fun Easter themed candies and treats at the stores this time of year. This bunny bait trail mix is a delicious sweet & crunchy mixture of cereal, kettle corn, crispy chow mein noodles, a sweet powdered sugar chocolate coating, bunny grahams, and pastel candies. 

It’s also a great ‘gift’ to hand out to friends, family, and even neighbors. Put some trail mix inside Eater themed clear bags and then tie it with some pastel ribbon. Super easy and super cute!

Ingredients Needed

• Rice Chex Cereal – Provides lots of crunch for out trail mix!
• Honey Nut Cheerios – Provides some honey sweetness along with some crunchy texture. 
• Kettle Corn – Sweet & salty perfection. 
• Chow Mein Noodles – I prefer using the thin chow mein noodles but you can also use regular chow mien noodles. These are a fantastic addition because they are pretty bland and offer tons of crunch. They also soak up all that sweet white chocolate too. 
• White Chocolate Chips
• Powdered Sugar – The melted white chocolate helps the powdered sugar adhere to the snacks. 
• Bunny Graham Crackers 
• Easter Pastel M&M’s 
• Easter Sprinkles – Use any variety of sprinkles you want! There are lots of cute options at the stores during the Holiday. 

How To Make Bunny Bait Trail Mix

Learn how to make this easy Easter trail mix recipe with the steps below. Be sure and read to the bottom of the post where there is a detailed recipe card, a printable option, and a pin it button. 

• Prep : Prepare a cookie sheet (12″x18″) by lining it with parchment paper or wax paper. 
• Dry Snack Ingredients : In a large mixing bowl, stir together the rice Chex cereal, honey nut Cheerios, kettle corn, and chow mein noodles. Set aside. 
• Melt Chocolate : Melt the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl for 1 minute. Stir well, and continue heating in 30 second increments until smooth and melted. Pour the chocolate over the dry snack mix and stir gently until everything is coated in white chocolate. 
• Set : Pour the white chocolate coated snack mix on the prepared pan and spread it out evenly. Try to get it in a single layer as much as possible. Allow it to set for 30 minutes at room temperature. 
• Finishing Touches : Break up the snack mix and place it into a bowl. Sprinkle the powdered sugar over it and gently mix to combine. Add the bunny grahams, m&m’s, and sprinkles. Mix to combine everything together. Enjoy!

Bunny Bait Trail Mix FAQ’s

• How To Store Leftovers

  • Make sure and store this bunny bait in an airtight container to ensure freshness of the mix. It keeps well for up to 5 days at room temperature in an airtight container or Ziploc storage bag. 

• Substitutions

  • Chex Cereal : Use any Chex cereal you prefer. Corn Chex, chocolate Chex, etc. 
  • Cheerios : Again, any variety of Cheerios can be used in place of honey nut Cheerios. Frosted cheerios work well, or chocolate cherries, etc. 
  • Popcorn : I love the sweet & salty flavors of kettle corn but feel free to substitute with any variety of popcorn you want. 
  • Bunny Graham Crackers : These can be trickier to find. I always buy the Annie’s Organic bunny grahams. They come in chocolate ones and then vanilla + chocolate chip ones. It’s a mix that comes in a box. You can also just use graham cracker sticks that have been chopped, or some other cracker/treat product you like. Goldfish grahams or the vanilla cupcake ones would also be a good substitution. 
  • Pastel Candy : There are lots of options here. Try using pastel skittles, bunny shaped chocolates, Reese’s pastel peanut butter eggs, jelly beans, etc. Or you can even use a mix of different kinds of pastel Easter candy with the m&m’s. 
  • White Chocolate : You can also use vanilla flavored almond bark, white chocolate melts, or white colored candy melts in place of the white chocolate chips. 

Recipe Tips

Here are a few of my helpful tips so that you can have success recreating it in your own kitchen ♥

• Spreading Tip : Use wax paper to help spread the bunny bait trail mix into the baking sheet. You can also spray your hands with cooking spray or spray a rubber spatula with cooking spray to help spread the sticky mixture. 
• Add Additional Pastel Candy + Sprinkles : Once you mix up the bunny bait, the candies and sprinkles can fall to the bottom. For a pretty presentation, try adding some additional m&m’s and sprinkles on top of the bunny bait trail mix before serving. 
• Melting Chocolate : There are several options here; white chocolate chips, vanilla flavored almond bark, white melting wafers (Ghiradelli brand comes in a blue bag), or white colored candy melts. Melt according to the package instructions of whatever you are using. 

More Festive Easter Recipes You’ll Love

• Easter Dirt Cake – No bake layered pudding dessert with a peeps garden on top with Oreo crumb soil. 
• Peeps Cookie Pizza – Sugar cookie crust topped with marshmallow buttercream and decorated with colorful peeps bunnies and candies. 
• Peeps Pretzel Rods – Sweet & salty perfection! Fun to eat too. 
• Easter Carrot Cheeseball – A savory cheeseball shaped like a carrot and decorated with shredded cheese and curly parsley on top. 
• Coconut Cream Cake – Homemade coconut cake with 3 kinds of coconut inside. 
• Swirled Easter Cake – Cake mix recipe with swirls of pastel Easter colors throughout. 
• Easy Easter Cookie Bars – Starts with a sugar cookie mix + chocolate chip cookie mix!