Toasty Sweet Coconutty Graham Chex Mix®

Description

I was given this recipe from a good friend. It was really good. Then I toasted the coconut and almonds and it was really, really good! Great finger food for watching football and parties!

Ingredients

  • 1 (14 ounce) package sweetened shredded coconut
  • 2 (6 ounce) packages slivered almonds
  • 1 (14 ounce) box crispy rice cereal squares (such as Rice Chex®)
  • 1 (12 ounce) box honey graham cereal (such as Golden Grahams®)
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups corn syrup
  • 1 ½ cups butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Spread coconut out on a baking sheet. Spread almonds onto a separate baking sheet.
  3. Bake coconut and almonds in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove baking sheets from oven and stir; continue cooking
  4. stirring every 4 to 5 minutes
  5. until coconut and almonds are golden brown
  6. 5 to 10 minutes.
  7. Combine coconut
  8. almonds
  9. rice cereal squares
  10. and honey graham cereal together in a large bowl.
  11. Bring white sugar
  12. corn syrup
  13. and butter to a boil in a saucepan. Heat to 240 degrees F (115 degrees C)
  14. or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface
  15. about 10 minutes.
  16. Pour sugar mixture over cereal mixture and stir until well coated. Pour mixture out onto 2 baking sheets to cool
  17. stirring occasionally to prevent clumping.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Servings: 36

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