This snack mix gets its sweet from honey and dried cherries and its spicy from chili powder and cayenne pepper. These flavors meld well in your mouth with high-protein items like cereals, sunflower seeds, nuts, and pieces of 100% smoked beef snack sticks. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Ingredients
- ½ cups wheat cereal squares: 1 piece
- oat cereal: 1 cup (toasted)
- small pretzels: 1 cup
- bite-sized cheese crackers: 1 cup
- unsalted sunflower seeds: 0.5 cup
- ½ cups unsalted mixed nuts: 1 piece
- unsalted butter: 3 Tbsp
- ½ tablespoons honey: 2 piece
- Worcestershire sauce: 1 Tbsp
- salt: 0.75 tsp
- cayenne pepper: 0.25 tsp
- chili powder: 0.25 tsp
- garlic powder: 0.25 tsp
- onion powder: 0.25 tsp
- cherries: 1 cup (dried)
- 100% smoked beef sticks: 2 packages (1.5 ounce packages, cut into bite-size pieces)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
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Combine wheat cereal squares, oat cereal, pretzels, crackers, sunflower seeds, and nuts in a large bowl. Set aside.
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Combine butter, honey, Worcestershire sauce, salt, cayenne pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, and onion powder in a small saucepan and over medium-low heat. Mix until butter is melted and spices are blended in smoothly. Pour seasoned butter over dry mixture and stir until well combined. Spread out onto a large baking sheet.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
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Mix in dried cherries and smoked beef stick pieces.
