The Cozy Cookbook is here! This Spicy Chex Mix recipe has bold flavors and a spicy kick that’s perfect for holiday snacking. It also makes a great gift for Christmas!
Spicy Chex Mix
It really starts to feel like the holidays when I’m sitting down with an entire trough of my mom’s Spicy Chex Mix. This recipe makes 18 cups and yeah. I could easily eat all 18 of them myself. It’s just the way it is.
Although, Chex Mix does make an excellent homemade gift, (see bottom of this post for festive tins that you can put this in)!
My favorite part of this recipe is that it’s an easy make-ahead recipe that you can make weeks ahead of time if you want! Scroll down for all the info!
Ingredients
See bottom of post for the recipe card with ingredient quantities and full instructions.
Snack Mix
- Cheese Crackers: Any variety of cheese crackers are good in this recipes. I love using Cheez Its.
- Chex: I always use a combination of rice and corn chex, but you can stick to just one variety. I use 9 cups in this recipe, 1 (18 oz.) box is enough for that amount.
- Nuts: I add a lot of whole cashews to the mix as well as a container of mixed nuts.
- Pretzels: Thin pretzel sticks are a perfect addition to this recipe.
- Snack Mix: This is a great option for adding crunchy breadsticks, pretzels, and rye chips to the mix!
Spicy Sauce
- Butter- Since crackers and nuts are already salty, you may want to stick with unsalted butter.
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Chili Powder
- Tabasco Sauce
- Garlic Powder
Make-Ahead Method
- Chex Mix is a great recipe to make ahead of time because it keeps well when stored in an airtight container.
- You can prepare the entire recipe up to two weeks ahead of time.
Storage
Chex Mix should be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for 4-6 weeks.
Tools for this Recipe
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- Decorative Tins, perfect for gift-giving.
- Large Baking Sheets
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Spicy Chex Mix
Ingredients
Mix:
- 9 cups Chex, Half rice, half corn
- 4 cups Cheddar Crackers
- 2 cups Pretzels
- 3 cups Mixed Nuts
Sauce:
- 2 sticks Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Chili powder
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, ensure it is Gluten free, French's makes theirs gluten free!
- 2 Tablespoons Tobasco sauce
- 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Take 2 roasting pans and add a stick of butter to each. Place in the oven until melted.
- Remove pan from the oven. Rotate the baking sheet to spread butter evenly around it.
- Distribute the sauce ingredients evenly onto each sheet and mix to combine.
- Evenly distribute the dry ingredients into each roasting pan and mix carefully until evenly coated with sauce ingredients.
- Put the pans back in the oven for ½ hour, removing pans to stir a couple of times while baking.
- Cool on a cookie sheet or parchment paper before storing in an airtight container.
Notes
Storage: Store at room temperature in an airtight container for 4-6 weeks.
Could I make this in the crockpot?
Hi Stephanie, I haven’t tested this in the crock pot.
made this for myself and it was so good I shared it with family and co workers & was a total hit now I have a perfect gift for any occasion! Thank you for sharing!
Excellent Cheryl! I love making this as a gift, especially for the holidays. I’m so happy you enjoyed it, thanks so much for the review!😃