Festive Spicy Apple Snack
Make this awesome flavored mixture whenever you need a snack for after-school or to bring to an event—you’ll get rave reviews!
15 min |
1 hr 10 min |
20 servings (1/2 cup each) |
| 3 | cups Corn Chex® cereal |
| 3 | cups Rice Chex® cereal |
| 3 | cups Wheat Chex® cereal |
| 1 | cup pecan halves |
| 1/2 | cup red cinnamon candies |
| 1/4 | cup sugar |
| 1/4 | cup butter or margarine |
| 1/4 | cup water |
| 1 | cup cut-up dried apple pieces (1/2- to 3/4-inch pieces) |
| Ground cinnamon, if desired |
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| An easy substitution for the nuts is small pretzel twists. |
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| Use a handy kitchen scissors to quickly cut the apples into pieces. |
| 1. | Heat oven to 300°F. In large bowl, mix cereals and pecans. |
| 2. | In 3-quart saucepan, heat candies, sugar, butter and water over medium heat, stirring frequently, until melted and blended. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated. Spread in ungreased large roasting pan. |
| 3. | Bake 20 minutes. Stir in apple pieces. Bake 15 minutes longer. Spread on waxed paper or foil to cool, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Store in airtight container. |
170 ( 60); 6g ( 2g, 0g); 5mg; 180mg; 25g ( 2g, 12g); 2g 6%; 2%; 6%; 30% 1/2 ; 1 ; 0 ; 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 tsp Fats & Oils