Christmas Crispix Mix
Description
This Christmas Crispix mix recipe combines Crispix cereal, pecans halves, and whole almonds, baked in a buttery brown sugar syrup for a crunchy snack.
Ingredients
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1 (12 ounce) package crispy corn and rice cereal (such as Crispix®)
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3 cups pecan halves
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3 cups whole almonds
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2 cups brown sugar
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1 cup corn syrup
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1/2 cup butter
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1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly butter a large roasting pan and 2 baking sheets; set baking sheets aside.
2
Combine corn-rice cereal, pecans, and almonds in the prepared roasting pan.
3
Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Heat to 240 degrees F (115 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. Off heat, stir in vanilla extract.
4
Drizzle syrup over cereal mixture; toss to coat.
5
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; stir and continue baking 30 minutes more. Spread cereal mixture in a single layer on the prepared baking sheets, separating any large chunks with 2 forks; cool.