Sweet Crispix Mix Recipes

CARAMEL CRISPIX SNACK MIX RECIPE

Steps:

• Place one paper bag inside the other and pour cereal, peanuts, and M&M candies into it.
• Add brown sugar, butter, Karo syrup and salt to a large saucepan. Boil for 1-1/2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the baking soda. Be careful because the mixture will foam up and be very hot. Pour into the paper bag over the cereal mixture.
• Roll the top of the bag down and shake to distribute the sugar mixture throughout the cereal mixture. Heat bag in the microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove and reshake. Return to the microwave for a total of 3 times.
• Spread out on rimmed cookie sheets to dry for a couple hours or overnight. Occasionally break up the mix. Store dried mix in an airtight container.

CHRISTMAS CRISPIX® MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly butter a large roasting pan.
• Mix corn and rice cereal, pecans, and almonds together in the prepared roasting pan.
• Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Heat to 240 degrees F (115 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. Remove saucepan from heat and stir vanilla extract into syrup.
• Drizzle syrup over cereal mixture and toss to coat.
• Bake cereal mixture in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; stir and continue baking for 30 minutes more. Spread cereal mixture in 1 layer onto 2 lightly buttered baking sheets, separating any large chunks with 2 forks; allow to cool.

SWEET PARTY MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly grease a large roasting pan.
• In a large bowl, mix crispy corn and rice cereal, slivered almonds and toasted, chopped pecans.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and mix with dark corn syrup and light brown sugar. Pour the mixture over the crispy corn and rice cereal mixture. Stir and shake to coat all the nuts and cereal.
• Pour the coated mixture into the prepared roasting pan. Stirring approximately every 15 minutes, cook 1 hour in the preheated oven. Cool on wax paper, and store in airtight containers.

SWEET CRISPIX MIX

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a 9 X 13 pan with cooking spray.
• Break pecan halves in half.
• Mix together cereal, pretzels, and pecans in the pan.
• Melt together butter and brown sugar.
• Drizzle brown sugar mixture over cereal mixture.
• Mix all together.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
• Stir.
• Bake an additional 8 minutes.
• Continue to stir mixture until completely cool or it will harden into one big mound.

SWEET CRISPIX SNACK MIX

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, empty the cereal and the peanuts.
• 2. In a saucepan on the stove melt the butter, sugar, syrup and salt. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Add the baking soda, stir, ingredients will foam and become frothy.
• 3. Pour mixture over the cereal and peanuts. Mix quickly but carefully. You don't want to smash all of the cereal.
• 4. Spread onto a cookie sheet lined with non-stick foil or sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• 5. Bake at 200 degrees for one hour, turning mix over every 15 minutes. Note: The original recipe calls for baking 1 hour, I cut it down to 30 minutes the second time because we like it to still have the sweet chewy texture.
• 6. When mix has cooled, add the M&M's.
• 7. Note: Very versatile recipe! You can use dark or milk chocolate M&M's, or even try the Pretzel M&M's. I've also tossed a cup or so of pretzels into this as well.

CARAMEL CRISPIX® MIX

Steps:

• Bring butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup to a boil.
• Boil 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add baking soda (it will foam).
• Put the cereal in a large bowl and pour the boiled mixture over the cereal and stir to coat.
• Bake 1 hour at 200-250F degrees.
• Stir every 15 minutes.
• You may add nuts if you desire.

SWEET CRISPIX (OR CHEX) PARTY MIX

Steps:

• mix cereal and nuts together in large bowl. set aside. melt butter, sugar and corn syrup in sauce pan over medium heat, boil 1 minute stirring constantly. remove from heat and stir in baking soda. stir 1 minute. (it will be foamy.). quickly pour mixture over cereal and nuts and stir until well combined. You can now use the oven or microwave. Microwave: your cereal mixture must be in a microwave safe bowl. Cook on high for 1 minute; stir and repeat 4 more times. Oven: put cereal mixture on cookie sheets covered with parchment paper. bake at 250 F for 15 min. Stir and bake another 15min. For Both methods: after baking or microwaving, spread the mixture out on the counter, covered with wax paper (or parchment paper )that has been sprayed with Pam. Let cool then break into pieces.

SWEET & SALTY CRISPIX MIX

Steps:

• Mix cereal, pretzels and nuts in a large bowl, set aside. You may even want to divide this up into two bowls to make the stirring easier in the next steps.
• Boil the butter, sugar, syrup, and vanilla in a saucepan for 3 minutes.
• Pour syrup mixture over the cereal and mix until well coated.
• Spread on waxed paper on baking sheets to cool.