A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

Chex Mix is one of my go to road trip staples. I never really thought about making it at home. During the winter and holidays, I went on a big Chex Mix at home kick. My friend brought me her version, made with Crispex, Corn Chex, Utz holiday pretzels and m&m’s. That is how this all got started….

Leah’s recipe calls for:

• 1c butter
• 1 1/2c brown sugar
• 1/2c light corn syrup
• 1 (14oz) box of Rice Chex
• 1tsp baking soda
• 1tsp vanilla
• 1c m&ms

In a small saucepan, heat butter, brown sugar and corn syrup to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla.

In a brown paper bag, add caramel mixture over cereal and shake. Place in microwave for 2 minutes and shake again. Repeat. Pour mix onto wax paper to cool and add in m&ms.

I like using Corn Chex in mine, rather than the Rice Chex – they are just a little sturdier. My version has Cadbury mini eggs, mini pretzels and honey roasted almond slivers. I picked up these almond slivers at Trader Joes, and they are literally one of my favorite things I’ve found there.

If you want to go ever sweeter than that, Half Baked Harvest has a recipe for these delicious Snickerdoodle, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chex Mix Bars. Peanut butter plus chocolate and salt, winner, winner chicken dinner. Check out their recipe here.

I do love these sweet options, but can’t help wondering if the mix from the Fire Crackers in my earlier post would take savory Chex Mix up to a whole new level. Check out the recipe here.