Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 6 cups popped popcorn
  • 2 cups Chex cereal
  • 1.5 cups pretzels
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 1.5 cups broken ruffled potato chips
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup corn syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Instruction

  • Pop the popcorn and place in a large mixing bowl with Chex cereal, pretzels, nuts and broken up ruffled potato chips.
  • In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Add brown sugar and corn syrup. Stirring often, bring to boil. Reduce to simmer and let cook for 2 minutes without stirring. It's helpful to set up a timer. In the meantime, prepare large baking sheet with silicone baking mat and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Remove saucepan from heat, stir in salt and vanilla. It will bubble up (you are adding liquid to hot sugar mixture) so be careful. Stir. Add baking soda and stir vigorously until the mixture is lighter and creamy in color.
  • Pour caramel mixture over the party mix. Stir well. Spread on prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake in the oven for 4 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. The caramel mixture will melt all over the popcorn mix. Remove from oven and let cool. It will set up and become crunchy. Break it up and place in serving dish. Enjoy!