Christmas Crispix Mix

Christmas Crispix mix combines Crispix cereal, pecans halves, and whole almonds, baked in a buttery sweet brown sugar syrup creating a crunchy snack.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 540 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup corn syrup
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 cups whole almonds
• 1 (12 ounce) package crispy corn and rice cereal (such as Crispix®)
• 3 cups pecan halves
• 0.5 cup butter
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly butter a large roasting pan.

Step 2

Combine corn-rice cereal, pecans, and almonds in the prepared roasting pan.

Step 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. Remove syrup from heat; stir in vanilla extract.

Step 4

Drizzle syrup over cereal mixture; toss to coat.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; stir and continue baking for 30 minutes more. Spread cereal mixture in a single layer onto 2 lightly buttered baking sheets, separating any large chunks with 2 forks; cool.