tana's fall snack mix
My 17 year old Grandaughter needed a snack for school. I had been wanting to make some snackmix for fall. So I put this togather with what I had on hand, and parts of 2 different reciepes. The next day I recieve a call from the High School.With this Grandaughter, a call from school is never good. The lady on the line said " Your Grandaughter brought some snack mix to school and we love it, we want the reciepe!" It is good!
prep time
10 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 4 cups cheerios
- 2 cups dry roasted peanuts
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 1/2 cups candy corn
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1/4 teaspoon orange food coloring (opional) i used wiltons.
How To Make tana's fall snack mix
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Step 1In a large bowl mix the cheerios,peanuts,raisins and candy corn. Mix together.
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Step 2In a heavy sauce pan, mix sugar, cinnamon,brown sugar and sour cream. Stir while bringing to a boil. Boil intill reachs hard ball stirring all the while. When at hard ball on candy thermometer,remove from heat.Pour over cheerios,Stir to mix well, and get all coated. Spread out on a large cookie sheet to cool. When cool break into small pieces. Store in air tight container.
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