Christmas Crispix® Mix

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 (12 ounce) package crispy corn and rice cereal (such as crispix®)
• 3 cups pecan halves
• 3 cups whole almonds
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• preheat oven to 250 degrees f (120 degrees c). lightly butter a large roasting pan.
• mix corn and rice cereal, pecans, and almonds together in the prepared roasting pan.
• combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil. heat to 240 degrees f (115 degrees c) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. remove saucepan from heat and stir vanilla extract into syrup.
• drizzle syrup over cereal mixture and toss to coat.
• bake cereal mixture in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; stir and continue baking for 30 minutes more. spread cereal mixture in 1 layer onto 2 lightly buttered baking sheets, separating any large chunks with 2 forks; allow to cool.