Buffalo Ranch Chex Mix

Ingredients:

1 bag bugles

1 box rice chex

10 oz. can dry roasted peanuts
1 package pretzels

1 box Cheez-Its zesty ranch crackers

¼ cup buffalo sauce

½ stick butter

1 ranch packet

Combine bugles, chex, pretzels and peanuts in a large bowl.  Melt butter and whisk together with buffalo sauce and ranch packet.  Pour over mixture and toss to combine.  Bake at 250 for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.  Break cheez-its into smaller pieces and add to mixture.  Store in an air tight container.  

Note: This makes a HUGE batch! 

Roasted chex

Review by Lyndee:

It was nothing but a chex mix party up in my house Thursday night.  I had opened a box to try the lemon bar muddybuddies and I knew this was not a cereal that would get eaten in our house.  So I made the snickerdoodle and these roasted chex as well.  The inspiration came from a snack a babysitter used to make us with cheerios.  It’s quite simple and if you are looking for a salty, crunchy, delicious snack, you’re in luck. 

Ingredients:

Butter

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

A few dashes cayenne

2.5 cups rice chex

Melt 2-3 tbsp butter in a pan.  Add the seasonings.  Stir.  Once melted, add the rice chex.  Continue to stir until the chex is coated in the butter and gets golden brown and crisp.  Store in a ziplock bag for easy snacking.  This will last 5-7 days without getting soggy but I don’t think it would last that long in any one’s house because it’s so good! 

You could probably do this with chex mix as well, throw in some nuts, pretzels, cheerios, etc.  Make it your own and enjoy! 

Lemon bar muddy buddies (puppy chow)

Review by Lyndee:

Ingredients:

6 cups rice chex cereal

1 cup white chocolate chips

¼ cup butter

½ cup lemon curd

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

Melt white chocolate chips and butter in a small saucepan or in the microwave (stirring every 30 seconds).  Once melted, add the lemon curd and stir until smooth.  Pour rice chex into a large paper bag (or bowl if you don’t have a bag).  Pour lemon mixture over cereal.  Shake to mix and coat cereal.  Add powdered sugar and shake more to coat.  Spread out on cookie sheet to cool.  Once cool, store at room temperature in an airtight container. 

Oddly, this really does taste like lemon bars! I had never used lemon curd before but hey, it totally worked so hooray for that.  This is a very simple snack to make and a fun summer flavor.