The super bowl is on the way and the winter Olympics are upon us, that means it is snack season. I love a good party mix, and they are easy to make. Plus you can use whatever you like when you make your own. I generally hit up the bulk section in my supermarket when I buy the ingredients to make my snack mix.
Combine all your snacking stuff in a bowl. If you need it to be gluten-free, it is easy to do with the different corn and rice chex cereals as well as gluten-free pretzels. Don’t like mixed nuts, just use a nut you like.
Melt the butter, maple syrup, Worcestershire, and seasonings in a pan on low heat to ensure you don’t burn the butter. If you don’t want the little bit of heat the chipotle powder adds, go ahead and leave it out.
Pour the butter mixture over the party mix mix and stir it up to ensure even coating. Spread the mix out on 2 sheet trays lined with parchment paper and bake. You’ll need to stir it around a couple times while it is baking to ensure even cooking.
That’s all there is to it.
Enjoy!
Party Mix
Equipment
- Large, heat-safe bowl
- 2 parchment-lined sheet trays
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 4 cups Chex cereal corn, rice, whatever is your favorite
- 4 cups Honey Grahams or Cinnamon Squares cereal
- 4 cups Goldfish or Cheddar Bunnies
- 4 cups pretzels
- 3 cups mixed nuts roasted
- 1 stick butter
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup Worcestershire
- ½ tsp chipotle powder
- ½ tsp granulated garlic
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- In a large, heat-safe bowl, mix together cereals, goldfish, pretzels, and mixed nuts.
- In a saucepan, melt butter, maple syrup, Worcestershire, and seasonings.
- Pour butter mixture over cereal mixture and mix well. Spread out on 2 parchment-lined sheet trays.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven, stir, switch top pan with bottom pan and return to oven.
- Cook 30 minutes, remove from oven and stir.
- Switch top pan with bottom pan and return to oven. Cook 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven, stir, switch top pan with bottom pan and return to oven.
- Cook 15 minutes and remove from oven.
- Cool. Store in a sealable container or bag.
- Enjoy!