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Pot o’ Gold Chex Mix

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  • Prep 10 min
  • Total 15 min
  • Servings 20
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You're 15 minutes away from a quick-and-easy, sweet-and-salty snack mix.
Created Jan 22, 2015
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Ingredients

  • 4 cups (1 L) Lucky Charms™ cereal
  • 2 cups (500 mL) Rice Chex™ cereal
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) broken mini pretzel twists (about 65 twists)
  • 1 cup (250 mL) dry roasted peanuts
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup (50 mL) butter
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) corn syrup
  • 1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) baking soda
  • 1/4 cup (50 mL) green mini candy-coated milk chocolate candies

Steps

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    1
    In large microwavable bowl, place cereals, pretzels and peanuts; set aside.
  •  
    2
    In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave brown sugar, butter and corn syrup uncovered on High about 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated.
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    3
    Microwave uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring and scraping bowl every 30 seconds, just until cereal begins to brown. Cool 5 minutes; stir in candies. Spread on waxed paper to cool; break into bite-size pieces. Place in gold foil baking cups if desired. Store in airtight container.

Expert Tips

  • Tip 1
    Tiny pretzel sticks can be substituted for the twists.

Nutrition Information

160 Calories, 7g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 22g Total Carbs, 11g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 20 servings
Calories
160
Total Fat
7g
Saturated Fat
2 1/2g
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
5mg
Sodium
220mg
Total Carbs
22g
Dietary Fiber
1g
Sugars
11g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Exchanges:
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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