Recipes

[luvsbulldogs]

Edited to a name change!  I agree with OP and did not realize what it could stand for.  I make this every year and everyone always asks for the recipe!

Everyone loves the addition of the melted white chocolate!

CHEX MIX RECIPE

6 cups Crispix cereal

3 cups Cheerios

1 bag (large or small depending on how much you like them) mini pretzel sticks broken

1 lb. M&M's

1 lb. peanuts (I use cashew pieces and halves)

2 lbs. white chocolate.......I use 3 bags of Nestles or Ghiaradelli  White chips

1 Tablespoon of Crisco per bag of chips

Mix equal amounts of everything but choc. in 3 separate bowl, melt choc. with Crisco in microwave (melt 1 package per bowl and then add melted choc. and fold gently

I then line 3 cookie sheets with wax paper spread out mixture till it hardens then keep in tins.

I also just use the whole box of Crispix!

 Enjoy!!

[ValuSkr]

I follow the second recipe that @Honeybit posted, with the addition of Cheerios.  Sometimes I use peanuts instead of mixed nuts.  Also, we don't drink 7-Up.

Many years ago, when it was first invented, my aunt served the version with white chocolate.  After that, she served it every year instead of the traditional recipe.  Her family must have liked it.  They had fun calling it "White Trash," which I disliked as much if not more than the snack itself.  

[AuntG]

 Bet your aunt was none to happy being judged that way.

[walker]

This recipe is similar to others posted....made a lot over the years in our family.....always asked for......

Nuts and Bolts

2 cups Cheerios

2 cups Wheat, Rice OR Corn Chex

2 cups pretzel sticks, broken short

1 1/2 cups mixed nuts

1/3 cup melted butter

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce

1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

In 9x13" baking dish mix cereal, pretzels and nuts.  Blend butter and seasonings; pour over cereal mixture.  Mix well. Bake at 250 for 15 minutes.  Stir gently and bake 15 minutes longer.  Cool and enjoy!

[Honeybit]

Anybody remember these?  I don't know what year Crispix came out, but I have a handwritten copy of this recipe in with my earliest Chex Mix recipe:

Sweet Minglers

• 1 pkg. or 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts- optional
• 6 cups Crispix cereal
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Melt chocolate on low heat until melted. Take off heat and add peanut butter and peanuts. Pour mixture over cereal. Gently stir chocolate peanut butter mixture into cereal until coated. Place powdered sugar in a large storage bag, add cereal and close bag. Gently toss bag until well coated. Store in air tight container in refrigerator. Recipe from the back of a Crispix Cereal Box.

This was long before "Muddy Buddies" or "Puppy Chow" recipes turned up.

[Honeybit]

I found this in my file also -- I had forgotten until I saw it that there used to be little boxes of DOO DADS in movie theater candy counters.

DOO DADS   

2 c. Crispix cereal

6 oz. Cheese Nips or Teardrop crackers

11 oz. sm. pretzel sticks

6 oz. Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers

2 cans mixed nuts

11 oz. sm. Fritos

1 can Chinese chow mein noodles

Melt 3/4 cup butter, 4 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce. Pour over mix and stir. Bake 1 1/2 hours at 250 degrees. Stir every 15-20 minutes.

[ECBG]

I'm an origonal Chex mix feind!

[Tigriss]

@deserDi My granny makes these meringue pecans. She coats pecans in egg whites and brown sugar and bakes them.YUMMY!

[lork]

I make a slightly different version of CHEX MIX.  Our family likes it, I often give it as gifts, and I have adjusted the recipe to use standard sizes of boxed cereal.  Tony's Creole Seasoning is a family favorite spice blend that I find locally at our IGA, Walmart and Dillons stores.

SPICY CHEX MIX

14 oz corn squares 

12.8 oz rice squares

16 oz dry roasted peanuts

7 oz crispy oats o's

16 oz mini pretzels

1 cup butter

1/2 cup worcestershire sauce

2 T seasoned salt

1 T garlic 

1T onion powder

1T chili powder

1T cayenne pepper powder

2 T Tony's Creole Seasoning

Melt butter and stir in W. sauce and all spices.  In large baking container (I use a large roasting pan) gently stir remaining ingredients together.  Fold in butter mixture, being careful not to crush cereals.  When well blended, bake in preheated 300 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours.  Stir every 15 minutes.  Cool and store in tightly covered container.

[Honeybit]

@lork  Sounds good -- I love trying new versions.  Is the ingredient that follows Worcestershire sauce 2 TB seasoned salt?

Thanks for sharing your version.