The other day when the snow was falling and we had already made some homemade play dough. My 2 year old asked for Chex mix. She quickly got out the measuring cups and tried to get the Chex cereal out. After opening up the pantry doors, she quickly got distracted by my one year old, and they went and played together while I was able to quickly throw this together.

Besides the usual Chex mix, peanuts and pretzels, I added her favorite, gold fish crackers. I wanted something sweet, like chocolate, but I didn’t want it to melt, so I threw in some dried cranberries. I really like how it turned out. Maybe next time I will remember to add some cheerios.

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups rice Chex mix cereal
• 2 cups wheat Chex mix cereal
• 2 cups corn Chex mix cereal
• 2 cups goldfish crackers
• 2 cups salted peanuts
• 1 cup pretzel
• 1 cup dried cranberries

Spices

• 1 stick of butter
• 1 1/2 tspn salt
• 1 Tbspn worchestire sauce
• 3/4 tspn powdered garlic
• 3/4 tspn onion flakes
• 1/2 tspn cayenne (more or less according to spiciness)
• 2 Tbspn brown sugar

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Measure and pour all the dry ingredients into an oven roaster pan.
• In a glass measuring cup, or microwave safe bowl, melt the butter in 20 second intervals until it is completely melted. When the butter is melted, add the rest of the spices to the butter and stir.
• Pour the butter mixture over the dry ingredients and stir gently.
• Place in preheated oven for 15 minutes, take out and stir. Return to oven for another 15 minutes, take out and stir. Repeat one more time.
• Let it cool and enjoy!