Hot Honey Cocktail Snack Mix

Hot Honey Cocktail Snack Mix

Serves 16

Ingredients

2 ½ cups General Mills Rice Chex cereal
3 ½ cups General Mills Corn Chex cereal
2 cups bagel chips or Melba toast
2 cups pretzel sticks
2 cups Nabisco Triscuit Minis
2 cups Cucina Viva Rosemary Crostini
1 cup salted crunchy chickpeas
1 cup rosemary Marcona (Valencia) almonds
½ cup hot sauce
½ cup Kowalski's Pure Honey
7 tbsp. Kowalski's Unsalted Butter
2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
¾ tsp. freshly ground Kowalski's Black Peppercorns
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
1 cup French fried onions
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Directions

In an extra-large mixing bowl, combine first 8 ingredients (through almonds). In a 4-cup measuring glass, combine remaining ingredients except onions. Microwave honey mixture until melted and smooth (about 2 min.); remove from microwave and stir. Drizzle honey mixture evenly over snack mix in bowl; toss to coat completely and evenly. Immediately divide snack mix between 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper; bake in a preheated 250° oven for 80-90 min., stirring every 10-15 min. Rotate and turn pans halfway through baking. Watch carefully in the last 15 min. to ensure that the honey doesn’t start to burn, as this can happen quickly; remove from oven early if necessary. Cool cocktail mix completely on pans (mixture will crisp further as it cools). Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.