Caramel Snack Mix

Caramel Snack Mix

from cleverlysimple.com
30 min

Absolutely delicious sweet and crunchy caramel snack mix made with an easy recipe using only 7 ingredients! Combine a variety of nuts and a homemade caramel sauce to get a fabulous crispy texture. The recipe is straightforward to get the caramel to a hard crack stage using the stovetop and oven. No candy thermometer needed!

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups assorted nuts (recommend 1/2 cup each of pecan pieces, slivered almonds, peanuts and walnut pieces)
  • 3-4 Cups Crispix cereal
  • 1 Cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 Cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 Cup butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 pinch cream of tarter

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 300˚ F. Thoroughly butter a jelly pan. Chop up any nuts into bite-size pieces. On the buttered jelly pan, spread the Crispix cereal and nuts.

  2. 2

    In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, light corn syrup, and butter. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add baking soda and cream of tartar.

  3. 3

    Pour the hot caramel sauce carefully over the Crispix and nuts in the buttered jelly roll pan. Give it a slight but gentle stir while on the pan to spread out the caramel sauce but without disturbing the buttered pan.