Christmas Crispix® Mix

Crispix® cereal, pecans, and almonds are baking in a buttery sweet syrup creating a crunchy snack perfect for the Christmas season.

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

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

Mix corn and rice cereal, pecans, and almonds together 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 saucepan from heat and stir vanilla extract into syrup.

Step 4

Drizzle syrup over cereal mixture and toss to coat.

Step 5

Bake cereal mixture in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; stir and continue baking for 30 minutes more. Spread cereal mixture in 1 layer onto 2 lightly buttered baking sheets, separating any large chunks with 2 forks; allow to cool.