Thai red curry paste, pumpkin and coconut add a flavorful twist to this traditional Chex Mix®.
Thai Pumpkin Chex Mix®
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 55 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 8 cups Corn Chex™ cereal
- 1 cup whole roasted salted cashews
- 1 cup unsweetened large coconut flakes
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup real maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 3 tablespoons melted virgin coconut oil
- 4 teaspoons Thai red curry paste
- 4 cups popped popcorn
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 300°F. Line 2 (15x10x1-inch) pans with cooking parchment paper. In large bowl, mix cereal, cashews, coconut, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and salt.
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Step2In 2-cup glass measuring cup, beat maple syrup, pumpkin, coconut oil and red curry paste with whisk until well mixed. Stir into cereal mixture until well blended. Spread in pans.
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Step3Bake 40 minutes, stirring and rotating pans after 20 minutes. Stir 2 cups popcorn into each pan of mix. Bake 5 minutes longer. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. (Mixture will become crispier once cooled.) Store in airtight container.
Nutrition
220
Calories
11g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 220
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 31%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 260mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 150mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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