Peanut Butter & Bacon Valentine Snack Mix
Chex mix amped up with chocolate peanut butter cups, M & Ms, and bacon!
Ingredients
- 1 box Peanut Butter Chex Mix
- 8 oz pretzel sticks
- 16 oz honey roasted peanuts
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- seasoned salt to taste
- 7 oz bag of unwrapped peanut butter cups
- 1 bag M & Ms* Valentine mix
- 8 slices cooked bacon, torn into pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees
- Toss cereal together with nuts and pretzels on a large rimmed baking sheet, and sprinkle generously with seasoned salt
- Combine oil with Worcestershire, stirring well and pour over cereal mix. Toss around gently to coat mixture evenly
- Bake for 20 minutes and then gently stir well. Bake for another 20 minutes and then turn out onto paper towels to cool
- Stir in peanut butter cups and M & Ms
- Add bacon right before serving
Notes
*change out the color combo for other holidays or occasions
Adjust ingredient amounts to personal preference
Add bacon just before serving or use packaged bacon bits
Note: you can cook the bacon ahead of time, refrigerate, and reheat in a 300 degree oven for 10 minutes to recrisp or wrap in paper towels and microwave for 20-30 seconds