A touch of pumpkin spice hints at Halloween in this sweet-and-salty snack mix.
Monster Munch
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 35 min
- Servings 9
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 4 cups Chex™ cereal
- 4 cups popped microwave popcorn
- 1 cup honey-roasted cashews
- 1 cup roasted salted pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 6 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup candy corn
Instructions
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Step1In 4-quart microwavable bowl, mix cereal, popcorn, cashews and pumpkin seeds; set aside.
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Step2In medium microwavable bowl, microwave butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and vanilla uncovered on High about 2 minutes or until mixture is boiling, stirring after 1 minute; stir in pumpkin pie spice. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated.
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Step3Microwave 5 to 6 minutes, stirring and scraping bowl after every minute. Spread on waxed paper to cool, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to break up.
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Step4Stir in candy corn. Store in airtight container.
Nutrition
510
Calories
26g
Total Fat
12g
Protein
57g
Total Carbohydrate
34g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 510
- Calories from Fat
- 230
- Total Fat
- 26g
- 40%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 36%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 270mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 57g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 34g
- Protein
- 12g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 50%
- 50%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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