Better Than Anything Chex Mix

Ingredients

8 cups Chocolate Chex cereal

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

6 tablespoons butter or margarine

3 tablespoons light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, mini size

1 cup miniature marshmallows

1/2 cup caramel bits (by the chocolate chips in baking aisle. Or chop up regular caramels)

1 tablespoon heavy cream

1/2 cup milk chocolate baking chips (or more if you are a huge chocolate fan)

1/2 cup vanilla (white) chocolate baking chips

1 teaspoon coarse sea salt

Directions

• Into large microwavable bowl, measure cereal; set aside. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper or foil.
• In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave brown sugar, butter and corn syrup uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Pour caramel mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Microwave on High 3 minutes, stirring every minute. Spread on cookie sheet. Cool 10 minutes. Break into bite-sized pieces.
• Make sure Chex mixture is cool to the touch (so candy doesn't melt.) Evenly sprinkle mini peanut butter cups candy and miniature marshmallows over Chex mixture.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave caramel baking bits and cream uncovered on High about 1 minute or until chips can be stirred smooth. Use a spoon or fork to drizzle over snack. Microwave the milk chocolate baking chips next, starting with 20 seconds and stirring, then at 20 second intervals until the mixture is completely smooth (microwave temps vary, so watch the chocolate and stir frequently until it's of drizzling consistency).
• Drizzle over the snack mixture. Then microwave the vanilla (white) baking chips in 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth, and drizzle that over the snack mixture. (Note: The vanilla and milk chocolate chips should not need cream added.) Quickly sprinkle coarse salt over all while candy drizzles are still wet.
• Refrigerate until set. Break apart and store in tightly covered container. Perfect for gift giving!
• DESSERT IDEA: Create parfait desserts by layering Chex mix and lightly sweetened whipped cream! 
• taken from www.tablespoon.com
• Tiffany 2015 

Strawberry Pretzel Snack Mix

Ingredients

4 cups graham-flavored cereal
4 cups pretzel sticks, slightly broken
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups yogurt-covered pretzels, broken into pieces
2 cups freeze-dried strawberries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Toss the graham cereal and pretzel sticks together in a large bowl. Whisk the butter, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Pour the sauce over the snack mix and toss to coat well. Spread out on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until the mix is toasted and almost completely dry, 10 to 15 minutes, tossing about halfway through.

Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Toss in the yogurt-covered pretzels and strawberries. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

taken from foodnetwork.com

Tiffany

2015