Hot Honey Cocktail Snack Mix

Servings: 16 people

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups General Mills Rice Chex cereal

• 3 1/2 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

Directions

1. In an extra-large mixing bowl, combine first 8 ingredients (through almonds). In a 4-cup measuring glass, combine remaining ingredients except onions.

2. Microwave honey mixture until melted and smooth (about 2 min.); remove from microwave and stir.

3. Drizzle honey mixture evenly over snack mix in bowl; toss to coat completely and evenly.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Cool cocktail mix completely on pans (mixture will crisp further as it cools). Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

• 1/2 cup hot sauce

• 1/2 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

• 3/4 tsp. freshly ground Kowalski ’s Black Peppercorns

• 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

• 1 cup French fried onions