Julies Extra Special Holiday Chex Mix Recipes

Steps:

• Fry up the bacon until it's nice and crisp. Note: for those who've asked, 1 pound of bacon (in my experience) will yield between 1/3 to 1/2 cup of drippings. It depends on the bacon you use.
• Then place the cooked bacon in a container and reserve it for another use- it's the leftover drippings you're after!
• Pre-heat the oven to 250 degrees F.
• Melt the butter and bacon drippings together in a saucepan, then stir in the seasonings to make a nice, buttery mix.
• In a very large bowl, combine the mix ingredients.
• Gradually stir in the buttery seasoning mix until the dry mix is evenly coated.
• Spread on cookie sheets and bake for 1 hour, turning every 15 minutes.
• Spread on paper towels to cool.
• Store in airtight container.
• Makes about 14 cups Chex mix snack.

Steps:

• Mix cereal, almonds, pretzels, and coconut in a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan combine butter, sugar, and Karo.
• Over medium heat melt the butter and blend ingredients together.
• Stir while heating, and once it comes to a boil, cook for 2 minutes. Set a timer because if it cooks too long it will be too hard. If it doesn't cook long enough it will be too soft.
• Once it has cooked at a full boil for 2 minutes take the mixture off the heat.
• Sprinkle in the topped candy canes ( make sure you add them slowly so they don't turn into a large ball).
• As you sprinkle in the candy cane, whisk to prevent large lumps.
• Pour over the top of the cereal mixture in bowl and stir until all cereal is well coated.
• Then pour onto a greased cookie sheet and top with sprinkles if you want.
• Let cool, store in a zip lock bag and enjoy!