Nuts & Bolts (Party Chex Mix Recipe)

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5 from 11 votes

One of the easiest, most beloved, delicious, quintessential holiday snacks ever invented!

Prep Time10

Cook Time4

Total Time4 10

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: snack

Servings: Servings

Calories: 436kcal

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds lightly salted mixed nuts
7 ounces Cheerios cereal, about 8 cups
1 (14-ounce) box Wheat Chex
1 (12-ounce) box Rice Chex
1 (12-ounce) box Corn Chex
16 ounces stick pretzels low sodium if you can find it
2 pounds unsalted butter
1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 ½ tablespoons celery salt
1 ¼ teaspoons garlic salt
2 teaspoons chili powder

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200°F.
Divide the nuts, cereals and pretzels between two or three large baking pans. You’ll need high sided pans to allow for stirring the mixture while baking. Use three pans if needed and rotate the pans while baking.
Combine the butter, Worcestershire, celery salt, garlic salt and chili powder is a large, microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium power for 2 minutes, then stir. Repeat until all the butter is melted. Mix well. Using a large spoon or ladle, drizzle the butter mixture over the cereal and nuts, stirring the butter mixture as you go to distribute all the spices that may settle in the bottom of the bowl.
Bake for 3 hours gently stirring every 15 minutes taking care not to crush the cereal. Use a large flat spatula if you have one, pulling up from the bottom of the pan to ensure all pieces are well coated in the butter mixture. Rotate the pans if needed.
Turn the warm mixture out onto paper towels spread over wax or parchment paper. Cool completely then transfer to air tight containers to store in a cool location. Mixture keeps up to two weeks.

Notes

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. When multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.

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