
For me, the holidays just aren’t the holidays without Chex Mix. I grew up in a family that every Thanksgiving and Christmas, my mother would bless us with the yummy goodness of handful after handful of this stuff. When I became an adult, she would gift me a big zip-lock bag full of Chex Mix for our snack table.
This year however, my mother broke her ankle and was unable to join us and bring the Chex Mix. It was tragedy upon tragedy! I’m kidding, I was more worried about my mother staying home and recovering then showing up with the Chex Mix. I mean I could totally make it myself, right? Right?!?!?
I would just google the recipe, no big deal. WRONG. Even the Chex website only had directions for making the microwaved version (that I saw.) What!?!? Seriously!?!? Microwaving just isn’t the same as when it is oven baked and I am sorry but the store bought version just wasn’t going to cut it. So what’s a girl to do? Figure it out, that’s what! (Don’t worry, the recipe is at the bottom!)
The ingredients list on their site worked as far as seasoning the cereal, but it wasn’t like mama made it when it came to the things IN the mix. My mama only used the corn and rice cereal along with peanuts, so that is what I did. You can put whatever YOU like in yours, but for me, simple is what my mama did. I popped it in the oven for an hour, stirring every 15 minutes, and waited to see if I had nailed it.

After an hour I pulled the mix and let it cool. As I was bagging up the mix, I popped it in my mouth and I’ll be danged if my mama wasn’t in that kitchen with me! I missed her at Thanksgiving, but I was so excited that this holiday tradition would continue for my kids. Having Chex mix baked IN an OVEN at the holidays is one of my favorite childhood memories. Not only does it taste great but the whole house smells wonderful. So slow down a little. Walk away from the store bought bags, or microwaved versions and do it right…. low and slow in the oven. Your taste buds will thank you.

That looks wonderful!
It is sooooooooooo good. I can't stop eating it!
Looks yummy
It is OMG good!
I LOVE this!! YUMMY!! So simple but so good!!
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Sooooo good LOL
This sounds yummy! i am sure my teens will love it.
Watch out, it is addictive!
That looks delicious addictive, thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul blog hop, pinning and tweeting.
And hopefully eating! LOL
The old-fashioned mix is THE BEST…I grew up on it..our kids grew up on it…our grand and great-grands love it, too. I will make it at Christmas time and my hubby is going to be so happy….thanks so much. Here from Pink Sat
So glad you came by 🙂 I can't wait to make a ton of it for Christmas. I might even share LOL