Description
I’ve worked on the tiny details of this simple spicy snack mix recipe for years and years. My friends ask me to bring a batch every time I come over.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, cut into chunks
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons chile-garlic sauce (such as Sriracha®)
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons seasoned salt (such as Lawry’s®)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 4 cups crispy rice cereal
- 4 cups crispy corn cereal squares
- 2 cups crispy wheat cereal squares
- 2 cups small twist pretzels
- 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- Place butter in a 2-cup glass measuring cup. Microwave on high
- checking at 15-second intervals
- until melted
- about 1 minute. Stir in Worcestershire sauce
- chile-garlic sauce
- garlic powder
- seasoned salt
- and onion powder until well mixed.
- Combine rice
- corn
- and wheat cereals in a large bowl. Transfer 2 to 3 cups cereal mixture to a separate bowl and pour about 1 ounce of butter mixture over top; mix with your hands until completely coated. Transfer cereal to a metal baking sheet
- spreading into an even layer. Continue coating small amounts of cereal mixture with butter mixture and layering evenly on the baking sheet
- using another sheet if needed; if too much is on the sheet
- it doesn’t get crispy.
- Coat pretzels with the remaining butter mixture and add to the baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Stir cereal mixture and redistribute in an even layer. Return to the oven and continue to cook
- stirring and redistributing every 15 minutes
- until crispy and golden
- another 30 to 45 minutes. Sprinkle sugar lightly over cereal mixture during the last 15 minutes; do not add it too early or it will burn.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 12