Chex® Caramel Corn Snack Mix
A co-worker of mine made this treat and I fell in-love with it. She gave me the recipe, and the rest is history! It's a crunchy sweet and buttery snack mix that is addictive. There's an easy-to-make caramel coating, peanuts, popcorn, crunchy Chinese noodles, and Chex cereal.
Servings 8
Calories 838kcal
Ingredients
- 7 cups Chex® cereal corn, rice or combination
- 2 cups Cheerios cereal
- 6 cups popped corn 1/3 cup popcorn kernels = about 6 cups popped corn
- 3 cups Chinese crispy noodles
- 2 cups peanuts cocktail style
- 1 cup butter don't use margarine or tub spread products
- 6 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 1/8 cup brown sugar packed
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Heat oven to 250°F.
- Remove and discard unpopped kernels from popped popcorn.
- Mix cereals, popcorn, Chinese noodles and peanuts in a large roasting pan; set aside.
- Heat butter, sugar, corn syrup and to boiling in a 2-Quart saucepan* over medium heat, stirring frequently.
- *or you can heat in a microwave, if you prefer.
- Add the vanilla (I prefer to add this once the caramel is hot, to keep the vanilla flavor more intense.)
- Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated.
- Bake 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
- Spread on waxed or parchment paper to cool, stirring occasionally to break up.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Tasting notes: I would think that substituting pecans or even cashews for peanuts would be really good, too!