Best Next Generation Chex Mix Recipes

ORIGINAL CHEX™ PARTY MIX

Original Chex™ Party Mix image

Is it time for a party? Then it's time for Chex™ Party Mix! This crunchy, salty snack is a welcome addition to any big game celebration or holiday gathering. It's easy to pull the original Chex™ Mix recipe together yourself-feel free to add your own personal flair with sweet, salty or spicy additions.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Snack

Time 15m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

3 cups Corn Chex™ cereal
3 cups Rice Chex™ cereal
3 cups Wheat Chex™ cereal
1 cup mixed nuts
1 cup bite-size pretzels
1 cup garlic-flavor bite-size bagel chips or regular-size bagel chips, broken into 1-inch pieces
6 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Steps:

In large microwavable bowl, mix cereals, nuts, pretzels and bagel chips; set aside. In small microwavable bowl, microwave butter uncovered on High about 40 seconds or until melted. Stir in seasonings. Pour over cereal mixture; stir until evenly coated.
Microwave uncovered on High 5 to 6 minutes, thoroughly stirring every 2 minutes. Spread on paper towels to cool. Store in airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 140, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 2 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1/2 Cup, Sodium 330 mg, Sugar 2 g, TransFat 0 g

NEXT GENERATION CHEX MIX

Next Generation Chex Mix image

This is my own adaptation of the classic favorite, and it's peanut and gluten free! With the add-ins it's a tasty treasure hunt :) We love it, so I always make a big batch, and bake it in my huge turkey roaster. I have to admit I eat it for lunch sometimes, with a glass of ice cold apple cider :)

Provided by Tam D

Categories Other Snacks

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1/2 c butter
2 Tbsp olive oil
4 tsp seasoned salt
5 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
8 c rice chex cereal
8 c corn chex cereal
3 c thin pretzel sticks or small twists*
2 c smokehouse flavor almonds
1 c shelled pistachios (optional)**

Steps:

1. Spray large turkey roaster with food release. Put butter and olive oil in the bottom of the roaster, and put it in the oven while it's preheating to 250*.
2. While butter is melting, measure out your cereal, pretzels, and almonds. Set aside.
3. When butter is melted add the Worcestershire Sauce and seasoned salt. Stir a bit to combine. All at once add cereal and pretzels. Stir gently and thoroughly, until well-coated. This will take a few minutes, and it's important for best distribution of flavor.
4. Bake 1 hour, stirring gently and thoroughly every 15 minutes. After 45 min, stir in smokehouse almonds. Return roaster to the oven, turn the oven off, and allow the mix to finish, then cool, in the oven. Add pistachios, if desired and/or other add-ins. Store airtight.
5. * I use VitaSpelt Original Pretzels, since we're gluten sensitive.
6. **Other optional add-ins include: sesame sticks, Glutino GF Bagel Chips, rice crackers (especially good with tamari almonds), and for those not GF, crunchy Cheetos, cheese nips, or fish crackers. Besides being tasty and fun, this is a good way to stretch the mix if you need to.
7. NOTES: If you prefer, you can use plain whole almonds -- I put them in the oven with the melting butter, to toast them a bit. You could also use tamari almonds instead of the smokehouse flavor, if you like. If you're not gluten sensitive or allergic to peanuts, this recipe works just as well with the classic ingredients: 6c.rice, 6c. corn, 4c. wheat chex, 2c. peanuts, 3c. pretzels -- it's the ingredient amounts and combinations that make it better (we think!) than the original recipe :)