Chocolate and peanut butter-coated Rice Chex is dusted with powdered sugar and served with Christmas M&M's, malt balls, and icing decorations.
Pour the Chex Mix into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
Combine the butter, peanut butter, and chocolate chips in a microwave-safe measuring cup or bowl. Heat on high power for 30-second bursts of power, stirring after each until melted. This should take 1 to 1 ½ minutes.
Stir in the vanilla extract.
Pour the chocolate peanut butter mixture over the cereal and toss to coat.
Sprinkle about ½ of the powdered sugar into a jumbo zip-top bag and add about half of the cereal. Shake the bag to coat the cereal.
Add the remaining powdered sugar and cereal and shake until the cereal is well coated with powdered sugar.
Pour the cereal out onto a parchment paper or wax paper-lined baking sheet.
Let the chocolate-coated cereal sit for about 30 minutes in order for the chocolate to cool.
Sprinkle on the M&M's and malted milk balls.
Spoon the snack mix into a serving bowl, onto a platter, or package in a box, bag, tin, or jar. Add the royal icing decorations.
Serve and enjoy or give as a gift.
Store the snack mix in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks. If you store it in a metal cookie tin, it may stay fresh for up to a month.
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