Butterscotch Snack Mix

I must admit the butterscotch snack mix was inspired by my friend, Megan, over at Gal in the Middle. She makes the most addicting White Chocolate Snack Mix AKA White Trash. I was SURE I had the ingredients when at 10 pm one night I remembered I needed a snack for the next day. Well, I didn’t, so I improvised and created this Butterscotch snack mix.

Butterscotch Snack Mix

I didn’t have pretzels but did have chow mein noodles. Which made me think of haystacks. For anyone who took Microwaving in 4-H back in Illinois, you know what I am talking about. So, I thought I could make the butterscotch flavors work for this snack mix.

I started by melting a bag of white chocolate chips with butterscotch chips together.

But when I did the finger dip taste test something was missing. So, I grabbed the peanut butter and added a big scoop of the mix.

 

While this was melting all together, I mixed together 3 cups of corn Chex, 3 cups of rice Chex, 3 cups of Cheerios along with 2 cups of peanuts and 2 cups of chow mein noodles.

Then pour the melted chocolate/butterscotch over the cereal mixture and stir to cover completely.

Then pour the M&Ms into the mix. This way the candy-coated shell will not melt off.

Pour the mixture out over a parchment lined counter to cool and harden up.

The results are the perfect mixture of sweet with salty.

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Butterscotch Snack Mix

The sweet and salty combinations of cereal, peanuts, and candy all covered in a sweet butterscotch coating makes this butterscotch snack mix an addicting treat.

Course Snack

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 15 cups

Author Leah @ Beyer Beware

Ingredients

• 3 cups of corn and rice Chex each
• 3 cups of Cheerios
• 2 cups chow mein noodles
• 2 cups of peanuts
• 2 cups of M&Ms
• 12 ounces of butterscotch chips
• 12 ounces of white chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup of peanut butter

Instructions

1. Mix the three types of cereals, chow mein noodles, and peanuts together.
2. Melt the two different types of chips together in the microwave by heating for 30 seconds at a time, stirring till completely melted after each 30 seconds of heating time.
3. Stir peanut butter into melted chips.
4. Pour over dry ingredient mixture and coat completely.
5. Stir in M&Ms.
6. Dump on wax paper and let cool and harden. Break into multiple pieces and store in bags or airtight containers.