DIY Snowman Snack Mix is an easy trail mix made with snowman ingredients — like marshmallows and pretzels. This post has a free gift tag to use a a treat topper too.
This is just one of the snowman crafts we have one Drugstore Divas. If you want more, check out all of our Snowman Crafts And Snacks Ideas.
I love cute holiday ideas, like this Homemade Snowman Snack Mix. There’s something fun about putting them together and then giving them out to your friends, neighbors, and co-workers.
What I like even better than cute ideas is when you can actually put things together in bulk. You’re giving each person an individual gift, but you’re not spending a ton of time on each gift.
You’re basically making one gift, just multiple times, at the same time. It’s so easy.
That’s why this DIY Snowman Snack Mix project is perfect.
What’s great is we have a free printable for the tag that goes on the top of the bag. The printable has a cute front, then an image of the gift tag on the back. The “to” and “from” is already printed on there, so all you have to handwrite is the name of your recipient and your name.
Look for the printable after the frequently asked questions section of this post.
DIY Snowman Snack Mix
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You can change the ingredients to add your favorite items instead of the ones listed. Or add the favorites of the person you’re giving this too and make it a bit more personal, if you have a little extra time.
But, in our case, each ingredient (except one) actually does have something to do with a snowman.
These ingredients make enough for four bags. To make more, just add more ingredients.
DIY Snowman Snack Mix Ingredients:
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 3/4 cup pretzel sticks
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup chocolate-coated sunflower seeds
How To Make DIY Snowman Snack Mix:
You can use either a ziptop plastic sandwich bag or a traditional plastic sandwich bag. Either works.
Add a handful of marshmallows, pretzel sticks, chocolate chips, peanuts, and chocolate-coated sunflower seeds into the bag. You want the bag to be about half full.
Gently shake the bag to mix everything together.
Now it’s time to close the bag.
If you’re using a ziptop plastic bag, use the ziptop to close the bag. Fold the top down to the middle of the bag, then fold the top down again. Add a small piece of tape on each side to hold the top down.
If you’re using a traditional plastic bag, fold the top down to the middle of the bag, then fold it down again. Add a piece of tape on each side to hold it down.
Print out the Snowman Snack Mix label. You can either print it on card stock or printer paper, whatever you prefer. When you do print, make sure your printer settings are on “high quality” and “color”. If not, you’ll end up with a grainy printable that’s in gray and white.
Use a paper trimmer to cut out the label. Fold it in half.
Put the label over the top of the bag, being careful to not get any of the snack mix behind the label. Staple it down on each side.
Add your recipient and your name on the printed tag on the back.
DIY Snowman Snack Mix: Frequently Asked Questions
So, like I mentioned previously, each ingredient (except the peanuts) represents a piece of a snowman. But, what does each ingredient represent?
Mini marshmallows: Snowballs for the snowman’s body
Pretzel sticks: Sticks for the snowman’s arms
Semi-sweet chocolate chips: Charcoal for the eyes, mouth, and buttons
Chocolate-coated sunflower seeds: A carrot nose
If you wanted, you could also add mini peanut butter cups to represent a hat, but that would be a lot of chocolate. And although chocolate is delicious, you want balance when you’re making homemade trail mix.
If you’re making these marshmallow snowman treat packs, you can use either a traditional or a ziptop plastic bag. Either works.
A ziptop plastic bag will keep the snack mix fresher longer. So if you need to make these ahead of time, using a ziptop plastic bag works better.
If you’re making these for a school or work party where they’ll be eaten right away, a traditional plastic bag is fine.
If you don’t have a printer, you won’t be able to print our free gift tag. But, you can still make this. Just, make it a little differently.
Make bags of the snowman trail mix in ziptop plastic bags. Close the bags. Put the bags of snowman snack mix in plastic snowman cups and gift them that way.
That’s a great way to gift this because after all the snowman snack mix is finished, your gift recipient will still have the snowman cup to remind them of you. And that’s nice.
Or, if you want, just get creative. Grab some card stock and markers and draw your own tags. Just make sure to measure the card stock and make sure it’s long enough to fit across the top of your plastic bag.
Snowman Snack Mix Bag Toppers Free Printable:
The Snowman Snack Mix Bag Toppers free printable is formatted to print on a piece of home printer paper (that’s 8.5×11).
To download it, click the “Download” bubble below and save the topper to your computer. It’ll be there when you’re ready to use it.
The toppers will be 6.25×4 when printed. That’s the size of a traditional sandwich bag.
If you measure your bags and they’re a little larger or smaller, you can adjust the zoom on your printer settings before printing to adjust the size of the snowman snack topper.
Get the free printable below:
More Easy Edible Stocking Stuffers:
If you’re making these as stocking stuffers, and you want something similar, check out our Homemade Bag Of Reindeer Farts Cotton Candy.
There’s a free printable for the bag tag in that post as well. It’s exactly the same size as this snowman bag tag, so you can use the same sized ziptop plastic bags for both treats.
Purchase Snowman Snacks Online:
If you like this snowman snack mix, but you don’t have to make it, you can purchase something similar (and other snowman snacks) online below:
- Snowman Marshmallow Mug Toppers (pictured above)
- Snowman Poop Trail Mix
- Cookies & Creme Snowmen
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Snowmen Assortment
DIY Snowman Snack Mix
DIY Snowman Snack Mix is an easy trail mix made with snowman ingredients - like marshmallows and pretzels. This post has a free gift tag too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 3/4 cup pretzel sticks
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup chocolate-coated sunflower seeds
Instructions
- Add a handful of marshmallows, pretzel sticks, chocolate chips, peanuts, and chocolate-coated sunflower seeds into the bag. You want the bag to be about half full. Gently shake the bag to mix everything together.
- Fold the top down to the middle of the bag, then fold the top down again. Add a small piece of tape on each side to hold the top down.
- Print out the Snowman Snack Mix label. Use a paper trimmer to cut out the label. Fold it in half.
- Put the label over the top of the bag, being careful to not get any of the snack mix behind the label. Staple it down on each side.
- Add your recipient and your name on the printed tag on the back.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 518Total Fat 35gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 24gCholesterol 2mgSodium 2061mgCarbohydrates 47gFiber 6gSugar 26gProtein 14g
Have you made this DIY Snowman Snack Mix? Let us know in the comments.
Linda
Monday 6th of November 2023
Awww these snack mix are so cute for the kiddos to make and share. Now I need to gather all the ingredients and get my kiddos busy