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Recipes: Holiday Chex Mix

Course Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12
Author Lauren

Ingredients

  • 16 cups of dry cereal chex, cinnamon toast crunch, life, or what ever you want
  • 2 cups grated coconut
  • 1 cup sliced almonds I use sun flower seeds instead, so my friends with nut allergies can eat it too
  • 2 cups pretzels
  • Sprinkles for the top is you want to ad them at the end
  • Sauce you will need:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup Light Karo syrup
  • 3/4 cup butter 1 1/2 sticks
  • 1 cup chopped candy cane dust

Instructions

  • In large bowl, mix together, cereal, coconut, nuts or seeds, and pretzels. Set aside to make sauce.
  • In a medium sauce pan add, sugar, butter and Karo. Over MEDIUM heat slowing melt butter and blend ingredients together. Stir while heating
  • Once it comes to a boil cook for 2 minutes….( set a timer, if it cooks longer it will be too hard, if it does not cook longer enough it will be too soft) Once it has cooked at a full boil for 2 min take off heat
  • Sprinkle in the chopped candy canes ( I dumped it in so I could take the picture and then it was a big ball…and hard to work with, not a good idea)
  • As you sprinkle in the candy cane, wisk to prevent big lumps.
  • Pour over the top of cereal mixture in bowl, stir till all cereal is well coated.
  • Then pour out on a greased cookie sheet, and top with sprinkles if you want. Let cool, store in zip lock bag, enjoy!