Ultimate Chex Mix

After many attempts at tempting my general manager with sweet bakeries, I finally realized that he is a salty man - not a a sweets man. And of course, I'm always up for a challenge. So I dug through my recipe box and pulled out a chex mix recipe. When I was younger I had made plenty of chex mix - you know - the recipe on the back of the chex box. But this had to be different - over the top even. I ran across a chex mix recipe from a magazine clipping that was a little more involved than the recipe I had been used to.



I ran straight to the carb isle at Kroger to stock up. The pita chips ended up being the best addition with the sour dough nugget pretzels a close runner up. Next time I will double the quantity of those. This recipe seemed light on the nuts also - I'll double up there as well. In the future, I'd like to get creative and see what else I can throw in here for pizazz. I'll definitely make this again.



This recipe was incredibly easy and fun. Just dump and stir. Heat. Stir. Heat. Stir. Heat. Stir. Heat. Spread on paper towels.

I ended up making 2 batches, since I had that much of the ingredients left over. Each recipe yielded 12 cups of snackage.



The roommates enjoyed sampling. I know I snacked to little more than I should. I had hoped for it to be a staple at work during this weeks meetings with corporate and our launch team. But, they were a little too down-to-business to enjoy good eateries, so I spread the love around the office. I used 9x13 pans because I did not have a roasting pan - I had to stir with extreme caution and spilling was unavoidable.

Ingredients:

• 6 T. margarine or butter
• 2 T. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 t. seasoned salt
• 3/4 t. garlic powder
  
• 1/2 t. onion powder
• 3 c. corn chex cereal
• 3 c. rice chex cereal
• 3 c. wheat chex cereal
• 1 c. mixed nuts (I recommend 2 c.)
  
• 1 c. pretzels
• 1 c. garlic-flavor bagel chips (1-inch pieces) (I recommend 2 c.)

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Melt margarine in large roasting pan in oven.
3. Stir in seasonings.
4. Gradually stire in remaining ingredients until evenly coated.
5. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
6. Spread on paper towels to cool.
7. Store in airtight container.