...or not, as the case may be.
This snack mix recipe is a favorite of my children. For many years it has been known as Critter Crunch, which I think was the original name on the recipe. If my memory serves me (although it usually doesn't) it came from a Taste of Home magazine, but I could be wrong on that.
When the boys were younger they really enjoyed this recipe as written, with the animal crackers and Teddy Grahams. I admit, the grown-ups liked it too (and still do). But now, I just as often, if not more, make it with whatever I have on-hand (and we still call it Critter Crunch). The sweet cinnamony butter glaze makes any old stale cereal taste good again. For this batch, I only used Cheerios, Life cereal and pretzels, and then I added some candy corn because I just can't resist candy corn.
You can make it just as written, or substitute the dry ingredients for any cereal or snack you have around. I always use part sweet, part salty. It would be good with peanuts also, but we have allergies so I don't use them.
Critter Crunch
¼ c. butter
3 T. brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1 - ½ c. Crispix or Chex
1 ½ c. Cheerios
1 ½ c. animal crackers
1 ½ c. Teddy grahams -- honey-flavored
1 c. Life cereal
1 c. pretzels
Melt butter, sugar and cinnamon in the microwave or on the stove. Mix well. Combine cereals and cookies. Toss with butter mixture. Place on 15 x 10 pan and bake for 30 minutes at 300 degrees F. Stir every 10 minutes.
3 T. brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1 - ½ c. Crispix or Chex
1 ½ c. Cheerios
1 ½ c. animal crackers
1 ½ c. Teddy grahams -- honey-flavored
1 c. Life cereal
1 c. pretzels
Melt butter, sugar and cinnamon in the microwave or on the stove. Mix well. Combine cereals and cookies. Toss with butter mixture. Place on 15 x 10 pan and bake for 30 minutes at 300 degrees F. Stir every 10 minutes.
4 comments:
So we're talking basically eight cups worth of dry ingredients, right? Baked at 350?
PS. My word verif. is "scopersh". I had scopersh once. I didn't like it.
Sorry bake at 300 degrees -- change noted. Yes, about 8 cups -- I don't measure very precisely (gasp!)-- more dry goods yield less sweet crunch, less yields a sweeter crunch.
My kids will *love* this! And what's nice is that there are no peanuts or nuts of any kind. (We have a child with an allergy.) And I like how you added the candy corn. I cannot resist candy corn either!
Oh, I just made a mix with Quaker Oat Squares, pretzel sticks, craisins and (minus) almonds. (I added sunflower seeds.) It was blended with a similar butter mixture. Really yummy! And fallish ...
Thank you for linking over to this! I'm doing snacks for our 3YO preschool co-op this month and am having way too much fun deciding what to make... this just zoomed up the list!
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