Caramel Corn Snack Mix

By jannycerv

Once you start eating this candy-coated popcorn, pretzel and cereal mixture, it’s almost impossible to stop.

Ingredients

• 8 cups popped popcorn
• 4 cups oven-toasted rice cereal squares
• 2 cups miniature pretzel twists
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Details

Servings 15
Cooking time 45mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300°F.

Combine popcorn, cereal, pretzels and pecans in rectangular lid/bowl. Combine brown sugar, butter and corn syrup in a 2-quart saucepan. Cook and stir with a wooden spoon over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil over entire surface.

Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook without stirring 5 minutes. (Mixture should continue to bubble gently over surface.)

Remove saucepan from heat. Quickly stir in vanilla and baking soda stirring carefully. Pour over popcorn mixture in lid/bowl, stirring until well coated.

Bake 30 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes. Transfer popcorn mixture to large piece of parchment paper. Cool completely, breaking mixture into clusters as it cools.