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Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

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Buttery and sweet with a crispy and crunchy texture my homemade Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix is perfect for snacking on yourself or sharing as a gift!

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

Remember caramel covered popcorn that you enjoyed as a child? This homemade caramel snack mix is very similar and oh so yummy!

What’s not to like about caramel desserts, it’s butter and brown sugar? Mix this caramel goodness with popcorn and it makes a great snack. Mix it with popcorn, crunchy cereal, peanuts, and salty pretzels and it’s major!

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

If you look at this recipe and see that it involves making a caramel sauce, then you think, ‘I can’t do that’ well, think again. It’s true that some candy making is difficult, but I’m not about difficult. I tell you precisely what to do and it’ll be easy peasy!

On the bright side, the caramel is the only thing you have to cook for this recipe! Well, you do have to microwave popcorn, but my nine-year-old does that daily so it’s no biggie.

I used one bag of Orville Redenbacher Simply Salted popcorn, dry roasted peanuts, pretzel twists, and Kellogg’s Crispix cereal. It has toasted corn and toasted rice combined so you don’t have to purchase two separate varieties of cereal.

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix Tips

To prepare, pop the popcorn per the package instructions. A very important tip, pick through the popcorn and remove any un-popped or small hard kernels before proceeding. Next, you’ll simply put the popcorn, pretzels, nuts, and cereal is a large bowl. The bowl needs to be large. It needs to have plenty of extra room to stir and combine the ingredients after the caramel is added.

Before you start the caramel, measure all the ingredients. You’ll need a large 2 or 3-quart pot and either a wooden spatula or a silicone, high-temp spatula to stir the mixture with. You’ll also need a timer, but your watch will work. You just need to time 3 minutes pretty accurately.

Heat the pot on medium-high and add the butter. As the butter melts add the brown sugar and corn syrup. Cook and stir, cook and stir until the mixture comes to a boil. This will take about 5 minutes. Continue to cook at a low boil for 3 minutes; start timing when the mixture begins boiling! After 3 minutes, remove from heat and stir in the baking soda.

Pour the mixture over the popcorn mixture in your large bowl. Stir until evenly coated. Spoon onto a large sheet pan. I used two sheet pans and spread the mixture in a single layer. I also spread parchment paper on the sheet pans so cleanup would be easier! Bake for 25 minutes in a 300-degree oven. Allow to cool before breaking apart to serve.

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix

Buttery and sweet with a crispy and crunchy texture my homemade Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix is perfect for snacking on yourself or sharing as a gift! I used Orville Redenbacher Simply Salted microwave popcorn *I used Kellogg's Crispix cereal
Author: Paula
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 10 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar you can use light or dark brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 bag no butter microwave popcorn will yield about 5 cups popped
  • 3 cups miniature pretzel twists
  • 2 cups dry-roasted peanuts salted or unsalted
  • 2 cups rice and corn cereal squares*

Instructions

  • Pop popcorn according to package instructions.
  • *Remove any un-popped kernels before proceeding.*
  • In a large bowl, add popcorn, pretzel, peanuts and cereal.
  • In a heavy 2 or 3 quart pot, melt butter. Add sugar and corn syrup. Stir constantly until mixture boils. Cook stir constantly 3 minutes.
  • After 3 minutes, remove from heat and add baking soda. Stir until combined.
  • Pour caramel mixture over popcorn mixture, stir to coat completely.
  • Spread popcorn mixture on a sheet pan and bake 25 minutes at 300 degrees.
  • Remove from oven and cool. Break into clusters and enjoy.

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 573kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 761mg | Potassium: 300mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 783IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 3mg
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Comments

  1. Becca says

    12.21.16 at 6:01 pm

    For those looking to make this… I baked it for 25 minutes and it turned out CRISPY. Do it for a few minutes, but keep an eye on it.

    Reply
  2. Olga says

    12.10.15 at 1:43 pm

    How long will this mix keep before going stale? I’m going to make it to give as a gift for next week. How is it after about 5 days?

    Reply
  3. Peggy S. says

    11.28.15 at 5:44 pm

    Would that be 2 cups EACH of rice and corn cereal squares (4 cups total)? It’s a little ambiguous. Also, there is an asterisk after the “squares” (2 cups rice and corn cereal squares*) but nothing denoting what the asterisk means. Just wanted to make sure I’m not missing something before I try this recipe.

    Reply
  4. Nicole @ Or Whatever You Do says

    07.09.14 at 12:37 pm

    Looks fantastic Paula!

    Reply
  5. Christin Skrobanek says

    04.22.14 at 1:15 pm

    I can´t even! This looks sooo freaking amazing 😉 Love the salty-sweet flavour 😉

    Best wishes Chrissi
    from chrissitallys.blogspot.de

    Reply
  6. Kelly says

    04.21.14 at 9:09 pm

    I love this snack mix Paula – I am such a sucker for sweet and salty treats and this looks so awesome! This would definitely not last long at my house – pinning 🙂

    Reply
  7. Lisa @ Cooking with Curls says

    04.19.14 at 6:57 pm

    This snack mix looks amazing Paula!! What an awesome combination. 🙂

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.19.14 at 7:10 pm

      Thanks so much Lisa! We loved it, I couldn’t stop eating it.

      Reply
  8. Lynne says

    04.19.14 at 9:18 am

    Can I share this on my facebook page? I would not copy and paste the article, I would share the link to this post, but of course, a photo would pop up then…..I don’t want to do anything wrong!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.19.14 at 9:51 am

      Absolutely, the link would be find or you can share from my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=404963502974474&set=a.160329710771189.35912.146553072148853&type=1&stream_ref=10

      p.s. my family LOVED this, my husband isn’t a sweet eater and he could not stop eating it 🙂

      Reply
  9. Gloria // Simply Gloria says

    04.15.14 at 6:45 pm

    Paula, I totally remember the caramel popcorn from waaayyyyy back then! Loving this creation so much that I really wish I could snag some from the screen. Your pics are really pretty and makes me want to have some NOW! Big hugs to you!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.15.14 at 6:53 pm

      Miss chatting with you, Gloria! I was thinking about you Sunday, I’ve been slammed the last 2 weeks with non-blog stuff, hope you’re well!

      Reply
  10. Elyse says

    04.15.14 at 8:45 am

    That looks dangerously addictive!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.15.14 at 9:29 am

      Thank you! It is, I can’t make it for a while, I ate wayyyy too much, even my husband who is not a sweet eater couldn’t stay out of it 🙂

      Reply
  11. Cindy Eikenberg says

    04.15.14 at 7:04 am

    Oh my, Paula, this looks awesome! Just the perfect snack to every day – pinning! Have a happy Tuesday!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      04.15.14 at 8:29 am

      My tastebuds say yes, my jeans say no 🙂

      Reply
  12. Judy says

    04.14.14 at 11:46 pm

    I have a get-together coming up this weekend and I’m going to make your Salty Sweet Caramel Snack Mix. I’m sure it will be a big hit.

    Thanks for all your great recipes.

    Reply
  13. Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads says

    04.14.14 at 8:37 pm

    This looks so amazing, Paula! Pinning!

    Reply

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