With a little heat, stuffed bell peppers.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 18 |
| Yield: | 9 cups snack mix |
Ingredients
- 2 cups cone-shaped corn snacks (such as Bugles®)
- 2 cups cheese-flavored crackers (such as Cheez-It®)
- 2 cups small pretzels
- 1 cup crispy corn cereal squares (such as Corn Chex®)
- 1 cup mini shredded wheat cereal squares (Optional)
- 1 cup pecan halves
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 ½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- Combine cone-shaped corn snacks, cheese crackers, pretzels, corn cereal squares, mini shredded wheat squares, and pecan halves in a large bowl. Whisk butter, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce, Cajun seasoning, and cayenne pepper in a separate bowl. Pour butter mixture over snack mixture and toss lightly to coat. Spread mixture into a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until snacks are lightly toasted and liquid has been absorbed, about 1 hour; stir every 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 302 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 32 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 560 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
SO FREAKIN GOOD! After reading other reviews, I decided to make a few modifications. Sauce ingredients x 1.5 and add 3 TBSP brown sugar. Cracker ingredient modifications: 2 cups honey nut Chex instead of 1 cup wheat Chex, 1 cup pretzels instead of 2. And for one batch, use ingredient ratio of 1.5 crackers/2 sauce.
I made this recipe. Very nice mild flavor. Pecans are good. Made it a second time and doubled thr cajun and cayenne pepper. My family liked it even more. Gives a mild burn. A new Christmas tradition.
I make this regularly, and it’s my family’s favorite snack mix. I always double the recipe, or it would be gone in a day! I am generous with all the seasoning
My new favorite snack mix. Few changes: 2 c. Corn Chex (no shredded wheat squares) PLUS ADD one cup of one of the ingredients because using 1/2 cup butter made it kind of greasy, so I increased the mix some. Also I baked 1hr 15 min stirring every 15 min. and I had very little “grease” in bottom of pan. The combination of the ingredients is very good.
The next time I will add a little more “Kick” to it.
Awesome!
Awesome!
My family and I make this all the time and absolute love it! The flavor is delicious.
I doubled the spices and added an extra cup of cheese crackers. This has a kick to it but is always a big hit. Definitely need to make more of this than a sweet mix (Autumn snack mix).
Very tasty!
Great twist on the usual snack mix. My husband wasn’t sure when I read him the ingredients but I made this for a neighborhood party and it was gone in no time. I was generous in my measurement of the spices because I usually add more cereal, pretzels, etc. than recommended. I’ll be making this again!
Simple and delicious
My son said this is the “perfect balance of heat & sweet” and we have to agree. Delicious!
Best snack mix ever. I didn’t change a thing.. This has gone to several functions in the last month and it gets RAVE reviews.
This was SO good! I made a double batch for Christmas, planning to have some left for New Year’s Eve. It disappeared on Christmas Day! I used Wheat Chex instead of shredded wheat squares.
My husband loves homemade chex mix. This recipe helped with the basics but it needs a lot more seasoning. I added honey nut Cheerios, cheddar pretzels, cheddar cheese its, etc but something was. He did devour it though.
These have a nice flavor and kick to them!
My family really enjoyed this snack mix.
I make this every year…it is a family favorite. I also use a heavy hand on the spices for more flavor. I substitute 1 cup of the pretzels and the cup of shredded wheat for 2 extra cups of chex cereal. I use wheat and corn chex. I also follow the chex mix instructions on box to microwave and can get it done in 15min!
I made this as part of a basket I gave to my friends last year for Christmas. They LOVED it! It is now a permanent part of my baskets!
Easy to make and was a hit at a recent camping party.