Description
A delicious cheesy and peanuty savory snack mix using inshell roasted peanuts, cheese crackers, square cereal and the perfect blend of melted butter and seasonings. This snack mix will keep you coming back for more and is sure to be a hit at any gathering!
Ingredients
1 pound inshell roasted, salted peanuts
3 cups square corn cereal (rice, wheat, corn…whatever you prefer!)
3 cups square cheese crackers
3 cups small pretzel twists
6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon dark chili powder
1/4 tsp ground cumin
few dashed hot sauce (to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Prepare a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Shell 2/3 of the bag of inshell peanuts. Reserve remainder of bag to stir into snack mix before serving.
- In a large bowl, mix together the shelled peanuts, square cereal, cheese crackers and pretzels.
- Melt butter in a medium sized bowl. Add seasonings, spices and hot sauce and stir to combine.
- Pour butter mixture over dry ingredients and toss well.
- Bake at 250 degrees for 60 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
- Remove snack mix from oven and turn out onto a sheet of parchment to cool completely.
- Add the remainder of the inshell peanuts into the snack mix.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
This recipe is super versatile! You can get creative with the cereal and cheese crackers and swap for different varieties.