PUMPKIN SPICE CHEX MIX
 
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Serves: 17 cups
Ingredients
  • 3 cups Cinnamon Chex cereal
  • 3 cups Rice or Corn Chex® cereal
  • 3 cups Vanilla Chex cereal
  • 2 cups pecan halves
  • 2 cups Nabisco Honey Grahams, Teddy Grahams or other small graham crackers
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (I use Penzeys)
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon (I use Penzeys)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 2 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat the crockpot to high.
  2. Put the 3 cereals, pecan halves and the graham crackers into the liner of your crockpot.
  3. Carefully toss with 2 rubber spatulas.
  4. In a small, microwave-safe bowl, microwave the butter, 20 seconds at a time, until melted.
  5. Whisk in the brown sugar, pumpkin spice, cinnamon and vanilla until the mixture is combined and smooth.
  6. Evenly drizzle the melted butter mixture over the cereal mixture in the crockpot.
  7. Using the rubber spatulas, gently toss the mixture until all of the cereal is evenly coated with the butter mixture.
  8. Cover and cook the snack mix on high setting for 1-1/2 hours, carefully tossing the mixture every 30 minutes.
  9. Toss in the dried cranberries, and cook, uncovered, 30 more minutes.
  10. Pour the cooked snack mix onto a non-greased cookie sheet until totally cooled.
  11. Sprinkle the white chocolate chips over the totally cooled snack mix.
  12. Store in a tightly covered container.
Recipe by Best of BS at http://bestofbs.com/pumpkin-spice-snack-mix/