Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Cranberry Pineapple Chex Mix


Chex Snack Mix

5 1/2 cups Rice Chex cereal
1 cup Chopped Walnuts
1 tsp Ground Ginger
1 cup Coconut Flakes
3/4 cup Dried Cranberries
1/2 cup Large Dried Pineapple Chunks, sliced in 1/8 inch strips 
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1/3 cup Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar, UNpacked
1/2 cup Agave Nectar
1 tsp Molasses
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1/2 cup Dried Cranberries
1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts
1/2 cup Large Dried Pineapple Chunks, sliced in 1/8 inch strips

1) Mix first set of ingredients in a large bowl and set aside
2) 2nd group of ingredients:  Melt butter in a pot on the stove and add sugar and agave nectar.  Heat on high constantly stirring.  Bring it to a foaming boil.  Stir for 1 minute while it is foaming and boiling so rapidly that you cannot stir it down. 
3) Pour hot mixture over the dry ingredients and with a rubber scraper, fold in gently 'til all pieces are mostly covered.
4) Spread out on a large cookie sheet and let cool/dry, then break up and add the remaining Cranberries, Pineanpple and Walnuts.
5) Store in a ziploc bag.

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