recipe: trail mix

i've made this recipe for parties a few times now, and it's essentially like crack. so yummy, so addictive (when you make it you know how unhealthy it is so it makes it a -little- easier not to eat so much of it). the recipe was adapted from the Sweet Party Mix recipe from allrecipes.com.

ingredients list:

- 4 oz of crispy corn and rice cereal (Crispix)

- 4 oz of cheerios cereal

- 6 oz of small pretzels

- 8 oz peanuts

- 3/4 cup butter

- 3/4 cup dark corn syrup

- 1 & 1/2 cups brown sugar

- 1 (12.6 oz) package peanut M&Ms

to make: lightly grease a large roasting pan. preheat oven to 250 degrees. 

in a large bowl, mix cereals, pretzels, and peanuts. in a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and mix with dark corn syrup and brown sugar. pour the mixture over the cereal/pretzel/peanut mixture, and stir and shake until everything is coated. pour the coated mixture into the prepared roasting pan. cook for 1 hour in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes (note: do not forget this stirring step!). when it has finished cooking, stir in the peanut M&Ms.

cool on wax paper, and store in air tight container or zip locks.

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rating on this one is a 9*********. it's a solid recipe (that can be modified a lot based on what cereal/nuts, etc you have on hand), it's delish, and easy as hell. love it.