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This Leprechaun Bait Recipe has Chex and Lucky Charms cereal, pretzel snaps, M&Ms, and covered in white chocolate and optionally dusted with powdered sugar.

Leprechaun Bait Recipe

Hi Everyone, are you looking for an easy snack recipe for St. Patrick's Day?

Look no further than this Leprechaun Bait Recipe!

I came up with this Leprechaun Bait recipe with parents in mind who would be making this with their kids on a school, weeknight, and want an easy-to-prepare method.

What is Leprechaun Bait?

Leprechaun Bait is an American recipe popular with families of school-age children in the United States.

This recipe is perfect to bait those fun, homemade, Leprechaun Traps popular for school-age children to make for St. Patrick's Day!

What is Leprechaun Bait also called?

This recipe could also be called, St. Patrick's Day Snack Mix, St. Patrick's Day Chex Mix, or St. Patrick's Day Cereal Snack Mix Recipe.

Should popcorn be in Leprechaun Bait?

You can also add popcorn to this recipe.

I did not include it but you could either buy popcorn or make it from scratch and we have a recipe on the blog if you want to do that as well.

What ingredients are in Leprechaun Bait?

• 7 cups rice cereal (like Rice Chex)
• 2 cups Lucky Charms cereal with marshmallows
• 1-2 cups pretzel snaps or mini-pretzels
• 1 ½ cups regular M&Ms (milk chocolate)
• 11.4 ounce (1 bag) of white chocolate morsels or melting wafers, the high-quality chocolate, the better
• 1 cup powdered sugar, optional
• extra Lucky Charms marshmallows, optional, amount to taste

Kitchen Tools

• Large mixing bowl
• baking spatula or wooden spoon
• microwave-safe mixing bowl or Pyrex wet measure
• measuring spoons and cups
• rimmed baking sheet
• parchment paper or silicone baking mat
• serving bowl
• air-tight storage container

How to Make Leprechaun Bait

1. In a large mixing bowl, add the rice Chex mix, the Lucky Charms, pretzel snaps, and M&Ms.
2. In a small-medium heat-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate chips, for 30 seconds at a time (at 50% power). Stir after 30 seconds and continue for another 30 seconds until melted, stirring after every 30-second interval.
3. Pour the white chocolate over the Chex mixture and gently fold it in so that it coats the mixture completely (at room temperature for about 40 minutes or you can speed up the process in the fridge). Be careful not to crush the cereal.
4. On a rimmed baking sheet, lined with wax, parchment paper, or a silicone mat, spread out the snack mix and allow it to cool completely. When it's completely cool, you can add some extra marshmallows for color, if you want, serve and enjoy!

If you make this recipe and like it please give it a rating on the recipe card and let us know in the comments at the end of the post.

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Leprechaun Bait Recipe

Yield: 20 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 11 minutes

This Leprechaun Bait Recipe has Chex and Lucky Charms cereal, pretzel snaps, M&Ms, and covered in white chocolate and optionally dusted with powdered sugar.

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Ingredients

• 7 cups rice cereal (like Rice Chex)
• 2 cups Lucky Charms cereal with marshmallows
• 1-2 cups pretzel snaps or mini-pretzels
• 1 ½ cups regular M&Ms (milk chocolate)
• 11.4 ounce (1 bag) of white chocolate morsels or melting wafers, the higher quality chocolate, the better
• 1 cup powdered sugar, optional
• extra Lucky Charms marshmallows, optional, amount to taste

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, add the rice Chex mix, the Lucky Charms, pretzel snaps, and M&Ms.
2. In a small-medium heat-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate chips, for 30 seconds at a time (at 50% power). Stir after 30 seconds and continue for another 30 seconds until melted, stirring after every 30-second interval.
3. Pour the white chocolate over the Chex mixture and gently fold it in so that it coats the mixture completely (at room temperature for about 40 minutes or you can speed up the process in the fridge). Be careful not to crush the cereal.
4. On a rimmed baking sheet, lined with wax, parchment paper, or a silicone mat, spread out the snack mix and allow it to cool completely. When it's completely cool, you can add some extra marshmallows for color, if you want, serve and enjoy!

Notes

• Popcorn is also a good addition to this recipe

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 97Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 96mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 0gSugar: 10gProtein: 1g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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• This post was first published on 3/25/2021
• Updated & republished on 3/13/2022, 3/14/2023, 3/15/2024, 7/3/2024, 3/19/2024, 3/17/2025

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