I loved this not-your-average-chex-mix. I’m a fan of the traditional but this one was such a great combination. There are lots of ways to customize this and the chips are great at the end – or popcorn would be too!

Loaded Snack Mix
Ingredients: (for ~10 servings)
3 cups chex cereal
1 cup white cheddar Cheez It
1 cup Goldfish
1 cup peanuts
1 cup corn nuts
1 cup corn chips
1/2 cup butter
1 packet ranch seasoning (~3 tablespoons powder mix)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
Mix together the cereal, cheez its, goldfish, peanuts and corn nuts – do not add the corn chips yet.

Melt the butter and mix in the ranch powder, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder.
Mix into the snack mix and stir well to coat.
Spread onto a baking sheet (line with parchment for easy clean up!).

Bake for 45 minutes, stirring regularly.
Add in the chips and stir.
Let cool and enjoy!
This is very addicting and was just the right quantity. Ranch gives this a flavorful punch but not so specifically ranch flavored. We snacked on it at our family party and had some the following days but it wasn’t the hugest amount that we got too tired of it. Swap the crunchy items with any you love (and are OK with having leftover) – lots of mixes have pretzels but my fam seems to pick around those. Any ratios work totaling 8 cups, or double it.
