Slow Cooker Party Mix

By jenlin

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 6 cups Cereal (see options, below)
• 4 cups Crunchy Treat (see options, below)
• 3 cups round toasted oat cereal
• 2 1/2 cups Nuts & Seeds (see options, below)
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• Seasonings (see options, below)
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• Bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
• Cereal (pick one or mix and match)
• Sweetened oat square cereal, puffed corn cereal, bite-size corn square cereal, bite-size rice square cereal, bite-size wheat square cereal, crispy corn and rice cereal, and/or toasted high-fiber corn cereal
• Crunchy Treat (pick one or mix and match)
• Pretzel sticks, small pretzel twists, bite-size cheese crackers, bagel chips, chow mein noodles, fish-shape crackers, corn chips, and/or oyster crackers
• Nuts & Seeds (pick one or mix and match)
• Mixed nuts, almonds, cashews, pecan halves, walnut halves, peanuts, and/or pumpkin seeds
• Seasonings (pick one)
• Italian: 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese plus 1 teaspoon garlic powder, and substitute 1/4 cup bottled Italian vinaigrette salad dressing for the Worcestershire sauce

Details

Servings 30
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from bhg.com

Preparation

Step 1

Lightly coat an oval 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.* In the prepared cooker combine Cereal, Crunchy Treat, oat cereal, and Nuts & Seeds.

In a small bowl stir together melted butter, Seasonings, Worcestershire sauce, and, if desired, bottled hot pepper sauce. Drizzle butter mixture over cereal mixture, stirring gently to coat.

Cook, uncovered, on high-heat setting for 1-1/2 hours, stirring from the bottom up every 30 minutes. Turn to low-heat setting. Cook, uncovered, about 20 minutes more or until dry and crisp, stirring from the bottom up every 10 minutes.

Spread mixture on a large sheet of foil to cool. Store, covered, at room temperature for up to 2 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.