Hot Honey Mustard Snack Mix (Oven Baked, Addictive)

hot honey mustard snack mix on a baking tray

Hot Honey Mustard Snack Mix (Oven Baked, Addictive)

Course Snack

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 50

Servings

Calories 336kcal

Author Madeline Tague

Ingredients

3 cups rice chex
3 cups bagel chips - broken into pieces if very large
3 cups mini pretzel twists
2 cups roasted unsalted peanuts
1 tbsp granulated sugar
½ tsp onion powder
½ tsp garlic powder
¼ cup unsalted butter
¼ cup yellow mustard
¼ cup hot honey - can use regular honey if you don’t like spice OR add hot sauce to regular honey

Instructions

Preheat oven to 250F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Pour rice chex, bagel chips, pretzels and peanuts into a large mixing bowl and toss to combine. In a separate small bowl mix together the sugar, onion powder and garlic powder and set aside.
Add butter, yellow mustard and hot honey to a small sauce pan and heat over medium-low heat. As the butter melts, mix it evenly into the mustard and honey mixture. Once all of the butter is melted and a smooth mixture remains, remove from heat.
Pour liquid honey mustard mixture over the dry ingredients in the large bowl and toss to combine immediately. Mix until all of the dry ingredients are covered in the liquid mixture.
Pour the sugar, garlic and onion powder mixture into the bowl and toss again.
Pour the mixture onto 2 lined baking sheets in even layers. Place in the oven to bake at 250F for 40 minutes. After 20 minutes, toss the mixtures on the baking sheets and rearrange them so that whichever sheet was on the lower oven rack is now on the top rack.
After 40 minutes total, remove from the over and allow to cool completely before pouring into a bowl to serve.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Notes

- Bake low and slow. A lower oven temperature is the key to a crispy snack mix without burning the sweet coating. Stir every 15-20 minutes for even color all the way through.

- Let it cool completely before storing. The mix will still feel slightly soft when it first comes out of the oven. Give it a full 30 minutes to cool on the pan before transferring to a container. It crisps up completely as it cools.

- Do not overcrowd the pan. Spread the mix in an even single layer across one or two large baking sheets. Crowding it will cause it to steam instead of crisp up.

- Adjust the heat to your preference. This recipe has a gentle heat from the hot honey. For more spice, add a pinch of cayenne to the butter sauce. For less heat, use regular honey.

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