Sweet and Crunchy Popcorn Snack Mix

  4.9 – 5 reviews  • Party Mix Recipes

When I serve this sweet and crunchy snack at tailgating gatherings, people stop and ask for the recipe since it not only tastes fantastic but also looks so appetizing.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Additional Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 20
Yield: 10 cups

Ingredients

  1. waxed paper
  2. 2 cups crispy corn and rice cereal (such as Crispix®)
  3. 2 cups honey graham cereal (such as Golden Grahams®)
  4. 2 cups peanut butter corn puff cereal (such as Reese’s Puffs®)
  5. 2 cups popped popcorn, or more to taste (Optional)
  6. 8 ounces candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®)
  7. 1 cup salted peanuts
  8. ½ cup butter
  9. 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  10. 1 cup brown sugar
  11. ½ cup corn syrup
  12. ½ cup peanut butter

Instructions

  1. Line a large baking sheet with waxed paper.
  2. Combine crispy corn and rice cereal, honey graham cereal, peanut butter corn puff cereal, popcorn, chocolate pieces, and peanuts in a large bowl.
  3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Add brown sugar and corn syrup; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Stir peanut butter into sugar mixture until creamy, about 3 minutes; pour over cereal mixture and gently toss until coated.
  4. Spread cereal mixture over prepared baking sheet and allow to cool, about 30 minutes. Once cooled, break mixture into chunks and store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 291 kcal
Carbohydrate 37 g
Cholesterol 14 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 228 mg
Sugars 24 g
Fat 15 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Kathleen Santana
it was bomb and slay
Pamela Allen
I think baking it for 15 m is missing from the recipe. it states to put on a baking sheet & let cool for 30 m. it was not crispy until I checked other recipes & they all said to bake. now it’s really good
Taylor Gould
Easy to make and very difficult to stop eating!
Donald Hoffman
My Bunco gals loved It. Made another batch a week later for church office and they gobbled it up. Made it just like recipe except used generic cereals from Aldis.
Brian Kennedy
This is SO GOOD! It’s always gone in a flash.

 

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