This Ranch Snack Mix recipe includes all of your favorite snacks in ONE recipe! Goldfish cheddar crackers, chips, salty pretzels, oh my! And everything is covered in savory ranch seasoning. It’s seriously the perfect to crave your munchie mood!
Salty Snack Mix
Looking for a delicious snack you can munch on all week long? Your search ends here.
The best part of this Ranch Snack Mix is that you can totally customize it to your liking. This recipe features flavors like honey BBQ, parmesan, white cheddar, sour cream and more.
Have different favorite snacks? No problem at all! Switch up the dry ingredients with what you have on hand or what you love. There are so many unique combinations you can come up with.
Serve a big batch of this easy ranch party mix for the holidays or on game day. You can even serve it prepackaged in baggies to avoid spreading germs. I guarantee no matter what you choose, the serving bowl will be empty much faster than anyone will like because it’s so addicting! 😅
And if you’re looking for more recipes to snack on, try this Cheerio Trail Mix, this Homemade Cranberry Nut Granola, or these Apple Nachos, that I am sure you’ll love too!
Recipe Ingredients
- Snacks: Use what you have, but I included pretzels, Goldfish, Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles chips, Honey BBQ Fritos, oyster crackers, and Cheez-Its.
- Butter: This will provide some stickiness to help spread the ranch flavors over all of the snacking ingredients. I use unsalted butter as the snacks have plenty of added salt.
- Ranch Seasoning: Gives our snack mix all of its flavor! Mixed in with the melted butter is outright addicting. You can grab hidden valley ranch packets from Amazon or it’s typically found in the dressing aisle at the grocery store. You can also try making your own with a combination of buttermilk powder (or milk powder), parsley flakes, chives, dill weed, garlic powder, onion powder, minced onion, salt, and black pepper.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Substitutions and Variations
You may think I have a strange combination of snacks in this Ranch Snack Mix. I totally do. I had all of these snacks at home and realized that I could combine them all to make something absolutely MAGICAL. And that’s just what this yummy snack mix is!
That being said, feel free to customize with your own favorites or whatever you may have around. Here are some other snack ideas that would work great:
- Nuts
- Rice or Corn Chex cereal
- Tortilla chips
- Doritos
- Cheese puffs
- Croutons
- Pumpkin or sunflower seeds
You can switch up the flavors of this Snack Mix:
- Make it little spicy if that’s your jam! Add some red pepper flakes, cayenne powder, or some chipotle seasoning.
- A little honey or maple syrup would also sweeten this mix up for a sweet and salty combo!
- Change out the ranch for another seasoning packet. Onion Dip Mix, a French Onion Dip Mix, Garlic Parmesan, Spinach Artichoke, get creative!
Let me know how you customize this snack mix in the comments!
How to Make This Recipe
1. Preheat the oven to 225°F. In a large mixing bowl, use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula to gently fold together pretzel snaps, parmesan Goldfish, cheddar and sour cream chips, honey BBQ Fritos, oyster crackers, and white cheddar Cheez-Its.
2. Melt butter in a microwave safe dish. Then, whisk in 1 packet of dry ranch DRESSING mix. Next, whisk shaved parmesan cheese into the butter and ranch mixture.
3. Pour the butter mixture over the snack bowl and toss well. You really want to make sure all the snacks are coated. Sprinkle with extra parmesan.
4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the snack mix onto the baking sheet. Place baking sheet in the oven for 1 hour removing 2-3 times to toss and prevent burning.
4. Remove ranch mix from the oven. Your house will smell AMAZING! Allow it to cool for 15-20 minutes prior to serving.
Recipe FAQs
Once cooled to room temperature, store in an airtight container on the counter or in the pantry for up to 1 week. This is perfect to put in baggies for little pre-packaged snack mixes you can add to lunches!
You want the dry ingredients to be well coated with ranch/butter mixture, but not completely wet prior to cooking. Using the correct ratios provided in this recipe will ensure that doesn’t happen.
Also be sure to let your mixture cool, or “dry” after it comes out of the oven before you store it. This helps ensure the snack mixture doesn’t get trapped with steam.
Absolutely! Separate into little baggies for delicious on-the-go snacking. I suggest packing some napkins, though, as all of that buttery ranch seasoning is going to leave your fingers a little greasy.
This recipe is high in both fat and calories and I wouldn’t necessarily consider it healthy. It is best enjoyed in moderation.
Serving suggestions
Create a game day spread with some Ground Turkey Nachos, Rotisserie Chicken Hawaiian Sliders and some Puff Pastry Pizza Bites.
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Ranch Snack Mix
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Microwave safe bowl
- parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Rubber spatula or wooden spoon
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup pretzel snaps
- ⅔ cup Goldfish, any flavor
- ⅔ cup Honey BBQ Fritos
- ½ cup Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles chips
- ½ cup oyster crackers
- ½ cup Cheez-Its
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 packet dry ranch seasoning
- ¼ cup grated parmesan, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula to gently fold together pretzel snaps, parmesan Goldfish, cheddar and sour cream chips, honey BBQ Fritos, oyster crackers, and white cheddar Cheez-Its.
- Melt butter in a microwave safe dish. Whisk in the packet of dry ranch mix.
- Pour the butter mixture over the snack bowl and toss well. You want to make sure all the snacks are coated. If using, sprinkle the mixture with parmesan and toss again.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pour the snack mix onto the baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet in the oven for 1 hour. While the snack mix is baking, remove to mix 2-3 times to prevent burning.
- Remove snack mix from the oven. Allow it to cool for 15-20 minutes prior to serving.
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My family loves ranch and we love this even more. It has all the best snacks combined into one, making it an excellent go to recipe.
Super easy recipe! Everyone loved it and was asking what’s in it! Will be making again!
Yum!! Made this for the Super Bowl tonight. I doubled everything except the seasoning packets and it turned out great. Definitely going to be a big hit!!
This snack mix is too good not to try. It’s so flavorful and delicious. I made this and left the house for 2 hours and by the time I came back my family had eaten it all! Good thing it was easy enough to make more. This recipe is easy, delicious, and a fan favorite!
I crave this snack mix often so I make it about once a week. It is so good to have around for a quick snack.
Great for football game day! Made this for the super bowl, so tasty!
This recipe is SO SO good. Whether you’re a ranch lover, a crunch lover, a snack lover or like being the one with the best snack at the party, this recipe is for you! This will become a staple for me, no doubt!
I legit have to hide this from my family if i want to enjoy any myself. It’s that good!!
I adoreeee this recipe. So flavorful and I eat handfuls at a time. Delish!
The ranch snack mix was a hit on Super Bowl Sunday! I only used one ranch packet (split between butter mixture and sprinkling) and it still tasted amazing!
I made this for the Super Bowl and it was amazing!! Great flavor and everyone loved it! Super easy to put together too.
So delicious!! Got lucky enough to try some straight from APOP herself