Thursday, October 20, 2011

Caramelized Crispy Snack Mix



My cousin brought this to the Naylor pig picking we had a few weeks ago and it was amazing!  My mom made a version and put in Reese's baking chips = WOW!!  Do that if you make it, trust me.


Caramelized Crispy Snack Mix



9 cups Rice Chex cereal
9 cups Corn Chex cereal
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
½ cup light corn syrup
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 cups M&M’s (and any other, like candy corn, peanuts, etc...)


Heat oven to 250 °.  Spray a large roasting pan and measure cereal into pan.

In a 3 qt saucepan, stir together the sugar, butter and corn syrup.  (WARNING: resist the urge to use a smaller pan, the baking soda makes it bubble up).  Cook and stir 8-9 minutes over medium heat until the mixture heats to boiling.  Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat, stir in baking soda.  Pour over cereal mixture and stir until evenly coated.

Bake 45-50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes until coating is set.  Cool 5 minutes, stir in candies.  Spread on parchment paper to cool, about 10 minutes.  Break into pieces (mine was NOT clumpy so I didn’t have to break it up).

Store in an air tight container.

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