• In a large mixing bowl, combine Kix cereal and powdered sugar. Toss gently, coating the cereal with the powdered sugar, creating “snowballs”.
  5 cups Kix cereal, 1 cup powdered sugar
• Add in Chex cereal, mini pretzels, peanuts, white pretzels and marshmallows.
  3 cups Chex cereal, 3 cups mini pretzels, 2 cups roasted peanuts, 2 cups white pretzels, 2 cups mini marshmallows
• Stir in the Christmas M&M’s and Santa Hats.
  2 cups M&M’s, 2 cups Santa hats
• Transfer to an airtight container or portion into holiday bags/containers for gifting.

To Make Santa Hats:

• Use Bugles corn snacks as the hat base.
  1 cup bugle corn snacks
• Dip the pointed end into melted red candy melts (or white chocolate dyed red with gel food coloring). Dip the hollow end into melted white candy melts or white chocolate.
  1 cup red candy melts, 1 cup white candy melts
• Sprinkle top with red sanding sugar.
  2 tablespoons red sanding sugar
• Place on parchment paper until set.
• Add a dab of white candy melt on the tip for the “pom-pom” or use tiny marshmallows.
  tiny marshmallows
• Let dry completely before mixing into the snack mix.