Real Food Homemade Snack Mix

It’s crunchy, salty and bursting with flavor. This snack mix AKA real food “Chex-mix” is the prefect snack for holiday parties and simple gifts this time of year.

Chex-mix equals love to me. It filled every Christmas memory until I was nine years old. My maternal grandma always had a batch of it waiting for me when we would walk through their door during our yearly Christmas visit. Sadly she passed away when I was 10. I carry the tradition on myself now, with my own real food twist. It is a simple way to honor her memory and share that love with others.

I was never a fan of the wheat chex so, I didn’t even bother making adding them; making this party-mix an easy gluten-free option if you use gluten free mini pretzels. You can buy organic “Chex like cereal” but that’s not in my budget right now. In view of the holidays I decided that regular old Chex were fine for a special treat.

This makes a wonderful gift when you place it in mason jars and thigh a ribbon around the rim!

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Real Food Homemade Snack Mix

Author Katie Mae Stanley@ Nourishing Simplicity

Ingredients

• 18 cups of chex cereal ( I used corn and rice)
• 4 cups gluten-free pretzels
• 2 cups soaked and crispy peanuts
• 3/4 cup butter
• 4 TBS worchestire sauce (or 2 TBS apple cider vinegar and 2 TBS tamari or soy sauce)
• 3 tsp seasoning salt
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 250 F.
2. Mix the cereal, pretzels and peanuts together in a large bowl.
3. Melt the butter over low heat.
4. While the butter is melting mix together the seasoning salt, garlic powder and onion powder.
5. Pour the melted butter into the spice mixture. Add the worchestire sauce and stir together until there is no clumps.
6. Pour the sauce mixture over your cereal and stir gently with your hands or a spoon until all the pieces are covered.
7. Spread the wet party mix over your baking sheets.
8. Place in the oven and bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
9. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheets.
10. Store in an airtight container for up to a month.

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