My version of Chex Mix

[Joshatdot]

4oz Chex Rice
4oz Chex Corn
8oz Chex Wheat
6oz Bagel Chips
6oz of Pretzel Stix
16oz Fancy Mixed Nuts
16oz Roasted Peanuts
2 stix butter (1/2 lb)
1tbsp Garlic Powder
1tbsp Seasoned Salt
1 Big Roaster Pan

Preheat oven to 225*F

I first made this with 6oz of Chex Rice & Corn .. but it came out too Chexy, so this one with less should be better. I forgot to add Cheerios that is in Scrabble, but even if I did there wouldn't be room in the pan.

Mix all of the dry in the roaster pan. Melt the butter in a pot & add the garlic & salt. Drizzle the butter over the mix and try and even it out. Bake the mix for 2 hours, and re-mix it every 20 mins.

 

[recipedirect]

I love Chex Mix. My mother made it every holiday and called it "kitty litter" I am now trying to carry on the family tradition.

 

[Selkie]

The thing I always liked about Chex Mix was the light sprinkling of Worcestershire sauce. It gives it a nice earthy flavor.

 

[Joshatdot]

The thing I always liked about Chex Mix was the light sprinkling of Worcestershire sauce. It gives it a nice earthy flavor.

DOH forgot to write that .. it's in there! 2 tbsp!

 

[Linda123]

I always add the Cheerios after it bakes and before the mixture cools. They seem to shrink to nothing when baked.

 

[bakechef]

My mom always made it, and I loved it. Last year when visiting me, she decided to make some, a quadruple batch, since she had a bit of wine prior, she confused tsp with tbs and that was some really salty chex mix!

 

[jabbur]

I love it too. I found several versions on the back of the chex boxes but they all use the microwave!!! Somehow, I don't think that will get the same crunchiness of an oven. There were no instructions for stovetop/oven conversions either.

 

[Alix]

I can't get Chex up here so I make "nuts and bolts" with the stuff I can get. Its become a family tradition and its one of the things I HAVE to give away to certain people every year. LOL!

 

[Zhizara]

I've been looking for instructions too. The commodity box I get every month often has boxes of cereal, including one with two kinds of hex shaped chex type of mixed corn and rice. I also saved a box of oat o's too. I have raisins and craisins. All I need are pretzels and nuts and they are on the list.

I looked up instructions but as you know, I only found microwave. Not only do I think they wouldn't get crispy, but I wouldn't have room in my microwave.

I googled chex mix oven directions and found one from chex, you just have to scroll down past the microwave directions.

I don't have a big pan, so I'll probably just make a foil pan. I don't see why that wouldn't work.

 

[DMerry]

When I first started making Chex mix, the recipe I had said to melt the butter/margarine in a large electric skillet, then add all the seasonings and stir to mix. Then I was to add the cereals etc. and stir to coat. With the temperature at like 225 degrees Fahrenheit, I was to cook the mix for an hour, stirring to recoat every 15 minutes. It really was quite good.

 

[Alix]

I've been looking for instructions too. The commodity box I get every month often has boxes of cereal, including one with two kinds of hex shaped chex type of mixed corn and rice. I also saved a box of oat o's too. I have raisins and craisins. All I need are pretzels and nuts and they are on the list.

I looked up instructions but as you know, I only found microwave. Not only do I think they wouldn't get crispy, but I wouldn't have room in my microwave.

I googled chex mix oven directions and found one from chex, you just have to scroll down past the microwave directions.

I don't have a big pan, so I'll probably just make a foil pan. I don't see why that wouldn't work.

Zhizara, I posted my recipe and method here. You can use cookie sheets too. If you are making smaller batches its easy to 1/2 my recipe.

 

[Joshatdot]

months ago I was searching for something, i forget, and found this Scrabble recipe, and I couldn't wait to make it for the holidays. I Google'd Scrabble mix recipe, and found even more variations. I was trying to make the Scrabble I found months ago, but was trying to 1/2 the batch .. and forgot to add the Cheerios (but they wouldn't have fit in the pan anyways)

 

[taxlady]

Anyone have a recipe for a "health food nut"? I don't buy those kinds of cereals and I don't buy pretzels made with white flour.

 

[Alix]

Anyone have a recipe for a "health food nut"? I don't buy those kinds of cereals and I don't buy pretzels made with white flour.

You can use any kind of cereal you want. I know my seasoning recipe has been made with gluten free types of cereals and rice crackers.

 

[babetoo]

I can't get Chex up here so I make "nuts and bolts" with the stuff I can get. Its become a family tradition and its one of the things I HAVE to give away to certain people every year. LOL!

copied your recipe. also went on the kellogg site and found a lovely recipe. "ranch medley mix. sounds like a winner.

 

[Joshatdot]

Baking some this morning

3oz Chex Rice
3oz Chex Corn
6oz Chex Wheat
6oz Bagel Chips
6oz Pretzel Stix
16oz Fancy Mixed Nuts
16oz Peanuts
2 Stix Butter (1/2 lb)
3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1 tbsp Seasoned Salt
1 Big Roaster Pan

Bake in the oven for 1 hour at 250*F string every 15 mins .. can't wait for it to be done


edit: What do you do to drizzle the butter stuff on the mix? I was just using the small pot & wisker to try and drizzle it evenly.

 

[Zhizara]

edit: What do you do to drizzle the butter stuff on the mix? I was just using the small pot & wisker to try and drizzle it evenly.

I used a measuring cup with a spout, so I could drizzle a little at a time using wide sweeps side to side and end to end of the pan, mix some more, drizzle some more, etc. I had a roaster pan 3/4 full, so cooking time was 1-1/2 hours until all the moisture was taken up and mix was crispy. It worked just fine.

 

[Joshatdot]

Zhizara .. I was going to use a measuring cup, but I think I did ok with the wisk helping me drizzle/splash some out. What I really wanted was a Turkey Baster, but with like a diffuser nozzle .. hehe.

It's done baking .. just letting it sit and cool/dry out some. I like this batch better .. not as Chexy/cerealy as my 1st batch. The extra Worcest sauce gave it a better tang taste. I think it came out a bit too salty .. will check on saltyness over time as we eat it.

 

[Zhizara]

Looks just like mine, except I made a little less so I would have room to mix. I was afraid of it being too salty, and substituted more seasoned salt instead of the garlic salt, but put a little less than called for, just to be sure. It came out great. I love it that instead of a sandwich when I get hungry, I can just eat some of this instead. I'd even go so far as to say it's good for you.

 

[Joshatdot]

Looks just like mine, except I made a little less so I would have room to mix. I was afraid of it being too salty, and substituted more seasoned salt instead of the garlic salt, but put a little less than called for, just to be sure. It came out great. I love it that instead of a sandwich when I get hungry, I can just eat some of this instead. I'd even go so far as to say it's good for you.

Good for you with 1/2lb of butter!

I LOVE Chex Mix .. but I think this batch is a little too salty. Next batch I'll 1/2 the Seasoned Salt (the garlic I used is just powder). This mix seems to well balanced with the dry stuff .. maybe more pretzle sticks. I like them broken in 1/2, because it's abit hard to mash a handfull of mix in your mouth with big sticks poking out