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Slow Cooker Chex Mix
Slow Cooker Chex Mix is an easy way to make savory Chex mix without turning the oven on!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 308 kcal
Course:
Snacks
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 9 cups Chex cereal
- 1 ½ cups Cheerios
- 1 cup pretzels
- 1/2 cup dry roasted salted or unsalted peanuts
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- ⅓ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon granulated sugar
Instructions
- Add the Chex, Cheerios, pretzels, and peanuts the slow cooker insert. You'll need at least a 5 quart slow cooker for this recipe.
- Whisk the butter, Worcestershire sauce, ground pepper, salt, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion power, and sugar together until combined.
- Pour the butter mixture over the cereal mixture.
- Toss to coat the cereal mixture in the butter mixture.
- Place a thin cotton towel over the opening of the slow cooker insert.
- Cover and cook on low for 1 hour.
- Stir, and continue cooking for 1 more hour.
- Stir, and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
- Stir, and continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes, for a total of 3 hours of cooking time.
- Give the cereal mixture one more good stir.
- Carefully spread the mix out in an even layer on large baking sheets to let it cool.
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Notes
- Chex cereal: I use a mix of rice, wheat, and corn Chex.
- Cheerios: I use plain Cheerios.
- Pretzels: Either pretzel sticks, pretzel wheels, or tiny pretzel twists work well.
- Peanuts: Mixed nuts also work well. Feel free to use salted or unsalted nuts depending on how much salt you'd like the cereal mix to have.
- Butter: I use salted butter, but feel free to use unsalted if you prefer.
- Cloth: It's important that the cloth is thin and that it just covers the opening. This will help to prevent condensation as the cereal mixture cooks. You don't want the cloth to sit down on the inside of the slow cooker near the heating element as that could start a fire.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
308kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
49g
(16%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
20mg
(7%)
Sodium
644mg
(27%)
Potassium
313mg
(9%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
866IU
(17%)
Vitamin C
8mg
(9%)
Calcium
126mg
(13%)
Iron
16mg
(89%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 308
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 308kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 644mg | 27% |
| Potassium | 313mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 866IU | 17% |
| Vitamin C | 8mg | 9% |
| Calcium | 126mg | 13% |
| Iron | 16mg | 89% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.