Chex Mix

While I was at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago they had Chex Mix seasoning packets, however, I have been unable to actually make it due to finals (I am currently studying for my Masters). Having the day off from work today, I decided today would be as good as any. 

Using the recipe on the back of the packet as a guide, I made some alterations. 

The packet recipe is as follows:

6 Tbps of butter

1 packet of seasoning mix

3 cups corn chex

3 cups rice chex

3 cups wheat chex

1 cup mixed nuts

1 cup pretzels

1 cup bagel bites broken into 1" pieces

My version (pictured on left):

2/3 cup of butter

2 packets of seasoning mix

3 cups corn chex

3 cups rice chex

2 cups honey nut chex

2 cups gf cheerios

2 cups gf pretzels

First, I mixed up all the chex, cheerios, and pretzels in a large separate mixing bowl. Then in a second, microwave safe bowl, melted the butter and mixed in the packets of seasoning mix. The original recipe says to melt the butter, in a roasting pan, in the oven first, and then mix in the seasoning, however, I just melted it in the butter in a bowl in the microwave then mixed in the seasoning packets. I then poured in half of the mixture into a large glass pyrex dish and added several cups of my cereal mix and used a spatula to start covering everything, slowly adding more cereal. After all the seasoning mixture seemed to be all mixed in I poured the rest on top of the cereal and then mixed it up again adding in the rest of the cereal. Then I baked it for 1 hour at 250º, taking it out every 15 minutes to stir it. Once it's all done, scoop it out onto paper towels and let cool, then store in an air tight container. The final product should look something like this: