Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix

Warning!! This is a HIGHLY addictive Snack food. Once you start you can’t stop! Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix with pumpkin spice flavors, cayenne pepper for heat, and a buttery brown sugar sauce. It’s ridiculously good! We use corn Chex, bugles, pretzels, peanuts, and lots of fun harvest candies for an irresistible snack!

Classic Chex mix has always been a fun snack I enjoy making during the Christmas season, and with Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share a fall version using pumpkin spice for a unique twist.

My favorite addition to this Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix has to be the bugles. Seriously do you remember eating these when you were a kid? I love how light and crunchy they are with a salty corn taste. A snack that’s really hard to stop eating. Bugles are also perfect for Chex mix because the hollowness and texture makes it easy to season with your favorite flavors.

Ingredients For Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix:

• Chex mix cereal (corn or rice)
• Plain bugles
• Pretzels (I like the square ones)
• Unsalted, roasted peanuts, cashews, or almonds
• Combination of candy corn and pumpkin candy
• Fall colored chocolate candies like M&M’s
• Butter
• Brown sugar
• Pumpkin pie spice
• Cayenne pepper

Other Variations For Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix:

Additional ingredients that work well with this Fall Chex mix are bagel chips, cheerios, oyster crackers, and graham crackers. Add other spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, or allspice. If you’re not a big candy corn fan, feel free to add other candies that you do like. I actually don’t like candy corn except in Chex mix. The chewy candy with the crisp cereal and bugles is an awesome combo.

Is This Super Spicy?

The spice level all depends on your taste but I would call this a mild spice Chex mix. If you like it spicier, add an additional 1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper. If you don’t want any spice, omit the cayenne pepper all together.

Step by Step Instructions:

Step 1. Preheat the oven to 275℉. For easy clean-up line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 2. In an extra large bowl add the Chex cereal, bugles, pretzels, and nuts.

Step 3. Combine melted butter, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and cayenne pepper until well mixed. Add butter mixture to the large bowl with the cereal ingredients and toss gently with a large spoon. I usually do this for 1-2 minutes to make sure all the ingredients are well coated. Note: Do not add the candy at this time.

Step 4. Divide the cereal mixture between the two sheet pans and spread out evenly. Place in the oven and bake for 30-minutes, stirring once half way through. Remove from the oven and cool completely.

Step 5. When the Chex mix is cooled add the candies and enjoy!

Make Ahead For A Party:

This Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix will last up to two weeks in an airtight container so it’s great to make ahead when you’re planning a party.

Fun Ways To Share and Serve Chex Mix:

• A fun way to share Chex mix with friends or coworkers is by filling up these harvest snack size bags and passing them out. Everyone will love their own individual bag and feel thankful that you thought of them.

• If you’re sharing the Chex mix at a gathering from a large bowl, set out small plastic cups so everyone can have their own individual serving. If you’re anything like my husband then you might appreciate less fingers in the bowl. 😉

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Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix

This HIGHLY addictive Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix with pumpkin spice flavors, cayenne pepper for heat, and a buttery brown sugar sauce. We use corn Chex, bugles, pretzels, peanuts, and lots of fun harvest candies for an irresistible snack!

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Course: Snacks

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cooling time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 24 cups

Equipment

• 2 large sheet pans

Ingredients

• 12 ounce box Chex cereal corn or rice
• 7 ounce bag of plain bugles
• 4 cups small pretzels I use the small square shape
• 1 cup unsalted roasted peanuts, cashews or almonds
• 3/4 cups melted butter I use salted butter
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2-3/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp is mildly spicy
• 1 cup candy corn
• 1 cup Pumpkin candy
• 1 cup fall chocolate hard candies such as m&m's

Instructions

Preheat oven to 275℉. For easy clean-up line two large sheet pans with parchment paper.

• To an extra large mixing bowl add Chex cereal, bugles, pretzels, and nuts.
• In a small bowl combine melted butter, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and cayenne pepper until mostly smooth.
• Pour the butter mixture over the cereal mixture and toss with a large spoon until all the ingredients are well coated. This usually takes me about 1-minute.
• Divide the Chex mix between two large sheet pans making sure to spread out evenly. Bake in the oven for 30-minutes string half way through. Let cool completely.
• Once Chex mix is cooled, transfer to the same large mixing bowl you used for preparation and gently fold in candies. Now it's ready to eat!

Notes

Tips:

 

Additional ingredients that work well with Fall Chex mix-

Bagel chips, cheerios, oyster crackers, and graham crackers. Add other spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, or allspice. 

 

Make ahead for a party-

Sweet and Spicy Fall Chex Mix will last up to two weeks in an airtight container so it’s great to make ahead when you’re planning a party.

 

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