Chex Mix (aka Chex Party Mix) 💚
Chex Mix reminds me of visiting my GREAT grandmother's home at Christmastime. I really connected with having a truly savory snack during the holiday season when everyone else was enjoying copious amounts of homemade fudge, candies, and chocolatey things.
Homemade Chex Mix is FAR superior to the premade mix that Chex sells commercially. That junk has 4x the salt and 1/4 the flavor. I make my own seasoned salt (second photo, before blending, recipe at the end). It lasts nearly forever because how often does one actually use seasoned salt, maybe once a year, if that? I recommend making as small a batch of seasoned salt as possible, I made a half batch. I'll make a new batch in 2033.
As for the Chex Mix recipe... I only made a couple changes. I used 1/3 cup pecan butter (plus 1 tbsp water) in place of the 1/2 cup butter, and I broke the pretzels into smaller pieces because they don't make tiny pretzels like they used to. I left a single pretzel intact for comparison. If you use sticks, I would break those in half. Everything else was pretty much the same, oh, and no need for "salted" mixed nuts, using unsalted roasted is great! Also, absolutely 100% mix this with your hand. It's the only way to get the seasoning rubbed into everything!
The 1 cup pecans I made earlier into pecan butter actually made 1/3 cup pecan butter, so it all worked out very smoothly. You can see it swirled then mixed with Worcestershire sauce in the photos. It's fantastic, though next time I might try walnut butter for convenience sake!
#vegan #happyholidays #memories #savory