White Trash Candy. Open your pantry, dump a bunch of salty sweet snack foods in a bowl and cover it with white chocolate. Homemade candy at its easiest!
Looking for more candy recipes the kids will love? Try this Cool Whip Candy and this Crock Pot Candy next.
Why this Recipe Works
We call this white trash because most likely you’re using ingredients that would normally be tossed in the trash (the end of a bag of cereal, pretzels, etc) and then coating it in white chocolate.
This is the most versatile candy recipe you can make!
- White Trash Candy only takes 10 minutes to make. Kids love to help make this candy with all their favorite cereals!
- With so many options, you can make it dozens of times and never have it exactly the same way twice.
- This candy is colorful with the perfect balance of sweet and salty flavors.
When a batch of White Trash Candy is in the house, I can’t resist snacking on it by the handful. If you love this, you’re going to also love our easy bunny chow!
Ingredient Notes
- White chocolate melting wafers. I use Ghirardelli brand. It’s specifically designed to melt smoothly and set up perfectly soft–and they taste amazing!
- Cereal. Froot Loops, Cheerios, and Cocoa Puffs are featured today. But feel free to swap these out for any combination of your favorite fruity and chocolatey varieties.
- Pretzels. Sticks or twists will work great here.
- Candy. M&M’s (any flavor), Reeses Pieces, chopped Twix, Snickers, Milky Way. So many posibilities! Toss in some homemade peanut butter cups!
Substitutions
You can make this easy microwave no bake treat and change up the flavors.
- Add Chex cereal, holiday colored m&m’s, cranberries and pistachios for a Christmas version.
- Spoon a big bunch of this white trash dessert into a clear plastic treat bag. Tie it up with ribbon and give it as a hostess gift, teacher gift, or party favor. Bring it to a bake sale, it is always is one of the first treats to sell!
- Make it in October. Halloween Trash Candy can be made using all the fun holiday cereals, like BooBerry, Count Chocula, etc.
- And all the peanut butter lovers unite by adding in Reese’s Puffs, peanut butter cups, and peanut butter chocolate chips!
Pick a favorite!
Tips and Tricks
- Place the cereal, pretzels and chocolate candies in a bowl before melting the white chocolate so it’s ready to go.
- Pour the candy on parchment paper to let it set for quick and easy clean up.
- Store White Trash Candy in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Do not freeze. The cereal and pretzels will become mushy when thawed.
Recipe FAQs
You can use white chocolate chips, but they won’t melt as smooth or set up as well unless you temper it first.
White Trash Candy is a treat made by adding melted white chocolate to a combination of sweet cereals, candy and salty snacks.
This is best enjoyed within a week or so. It’s addictingly delicious, so you won’t have any trouble finishing it off!
More Easy Desserts
- Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
- White Chocolate Brownies
- Chocolate Dipped Potato Chip Cookies
- Homemade Cracker Jack
- Puppy Chow
- Christmas crack – can be made any season!
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White Trash Candy
Ingredients
- 1 cup Honey Nut Cheerios
- ½ cup Cocoa Puffs
- 1 cup Froot Loops
- 1 cup M&M’s
- 1 cup broken pretzel sticks
- 10 oz Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melting Wafers or vanilla bark
Instructions
- In a very large mixing bowl combine cereal and candy.
- I like to use Froot Loops, pretzels, Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, and M&M’s.
- Melt white chocolate according to package directions. I usually opt for Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melting wafers. They taste amazing and melt beautifully.
- Pour melted chocolate over the cereal mixture. Gently mix until covered.
- Pour onto parchment paper on the counter top. Let harden (about 15 minute). Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
- Easy Clean up. Pour the candy on parchment paper to let it set for quick and easy clean up.
- Store White Trash Candy in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Do not freeze. The cereal and pretzels will become mushy when thawed.
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Empty out the pantry and make a batch of White Trash Candy. Just be prepared–it’s hard to stop eating this once you start!
My kids had so much fun making and eating these! So good!
My kids had so much fun making and eating these! So good!
This is so good, it’s addictive! Everyone loves it!
This is such a great way to empty the pantry of all those half open boxes of cereals and snacks! And of course, it’s so irresistible so it disappears in a hurry!
LOL!!! I love the name!!! This candy is sooo good and super simple to make!! 🙂
Such a fun recipe! It’s so easy that my kids can make it themselves with whatever cereal we have in the pantry. 🙂
My kids loved this!! Such a huge hit!
This is so incredibly addictive and delicious!
Looks delicious! I call my Texas Trash, try Chex Mix original, Trail Mix, M&Ms, pecans. Using the white Almond Bark mix together spread on foil paper. Once cooled and set, I put in small snack bags and give as gifts. Depending on the holiday I always use the M&M chocolate candies. Delish!
Ana G.
Oh, heavens, I love reading your blog!! Your humor is fantastic! And mixed with your personality…so fun to read! Love the “white trash” reference to camping. I so get what you mean. Love your blog!! Thanks.
That’s awesome!!! I would love this =o) I want to take my kids to Great Wolf Lodge! It sounds great!!!
I had something simular to this over the weekend… they used Captain Crunch Ceral, peanuts, m&m’s and pretzels with the white chocolate…. thanks for sharing
Sounds easy, fun and tasty! Melted white chocolate is also great for icing on cookies. Visiting from for the love of blogs fun post.
Mmm, this looks munchy crunchy good. I’d eat this by the handful.