Spiced Up Chex Mix

1 stick (½ C) butter

1 T. soy sauce

1 ½ ***tsp seasoned salt

½ tsp garlic powder

¼+ tsp onion powder

Melt butter in microwave safe cup with pour spout.  Add rest of the above ingredients. Stir to blend spices.

Mix cereals in large shallow roasting pan.

4 Cups Corn Chex

2 Cups wheat Chex

1 1/2 C salted nuts

2 Cups Pretzel sticks, broken

2 Cups cheerios

Pour butter and spices over and stir to coat all the cereal.

Bake at 250 for 45 minutes.  Stir every 15 minutes.  Sprinkle on more seasoning salt each time. (I used about an extra 1/2 Tablespoon per batch, but we like it a little bolder.)

Spread out on absorbent paper.

Caramalized Chex Mix

Makes 36 (½ C) servings


9 C Rice chex (chocolate chex too) **
9 cups Corn chex
2 Cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
½ C light corn syrup
½ tsp baking soda
2 C. M & M’s

1.  Heat over to 250.  Spray large roasting pan with Pam.  Or use 2- 9x13 pans.  Measure cereals into pan(s).
2.  In 3 15. Saucepan, stir together br sugar, butter and corn syrup.  Cook and stir 8-9 minutes over medium-high heat until mixture heats to boiling.  Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Stir in baking soda.  Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated.
3.  Bake 40-50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until coating is set.  Cool 5 minutes; stir in candies.  Spread on waxed paper to cool, about 10 minutes.  Break into pieces.  Store in airtight container.

** Since 1 box of Chocolate Chex is 8 1/2 Cups, use  9 1/2 Cups of Corn Chex to equal 18 cups of cereal.

Next time, I will try to add the m & m’s right away after pulling it out of the oven, so they stick to the caramel