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Nuts and Bolts Recipe

4.50 from 4 votes
Nuts and bolts snack mix is a twist on a classic Chex mix recipe with the addition of cheerios, gold fish crackers, bugle chips, cheese crackers and additional nuts. 
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 7 minutes
Servings: 31 cups
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Calories: 167

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lb (453 ⅗ g) Butter
  • 3 tablespoon (3 tablespoon) Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) garlic salt
  • 2 teaspoon (2 teaspoon) onion salt
  • 2 teaspoon (2 teaspoon) celery salt
  • 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) season salt
  • 2 tablespoon (2 tablespoon) Sugar
  • 4 Cups (124 g) Corn Chex
  • 4 Cups (108 g) of Rice Chex
  • 4 Cups (84 g) Cheerios
  • 2 Cups (473 ⅙ g) Wheat Chex
  • 2 Cups (473 ⅙ ml) crispex
  • 2 Cups (473 ⅙ ml) bugels
  • 2 Cups (112 g) of pretzel sticks
  • 2 Cups (288 g) mixed nuts
  • 1 Cup (99 g) pecans
  • 2 Cup (258 g) cashews
  • 1 (1) bag gold fish 2 cups gold fish
  • 1 (1) bag gold fish pretzels 2 cups
  • 1 (1) box cheese nips or cheese bites

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 250° F
  2. In a heavy bottom pot, over medium heat, melt the butter.
    1 lb Butter
  3. Add the seasonings and the sugar to the butter and stir until the sugar dissolves.
    3 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce, 1 tablespoon garlic salt, 2 teaspoon onion salt, 2 teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaspoon season salt, 2 tablespoon Sugar
  4. In 2 large roasting pans, stir together the dry ingredients.
    4 Cups Corn Chex, 4 Cups of Rice Chex, 4 Cups Cheerios, 2 Cups Wheat Chex, 2 Cups crispex, 2 Cups bugels, 2 Cups of pretzel sticks, 2 Cups mixed nuts, 1 Cup pecans, 2 Cup cashews, 1 bag gold fish, 1 bag gold fish pretzels, 1 box cheese nips or cheese bites
  5. Once the butter is melted, pour the seasoned butter equally between the two roasting pans.
  6. Stir to coat the cereal and but mixture. Continue to stir until there is no longer any butter pooling in the bottom of the pan.
  7. Portion out the nuts and bolts mixture onto baking sheets, about 6 cups per sheet.
  8. Bake for 90 minutes, rotating and stirring the mixture on the pans every 30 minutes.
  9. Cool completely.
  10. Repeat until all the mix is baked. It took me 3 rotations of 90 minutes to bake this recipe. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 cupCalories: 167kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 414mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2g

Nutrition Discolure

Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

Notes

store in air tight containers.
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