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Appetizer for 24

Oven Chex Mix

$1.90for 475 minServes 24

Three cereals, nuts, bagel chips, and pretzels bake with seasoned butter until crisp and lightly browned.

Oven Chex Mix with its ingredients

What it costs

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IngredientAmountCost
Cereal and granola, 14 oz$0.20/oz typical14 oz$2.70Typical price
Nuts and seeds, 6.75 oz$0.70/oz typical6.75 oz$4.72Typical price
Bagels, 1.5$0.70 each typical1.5$1.05Typical price
Chips, 2 oz$0.22/oz typical2 oz$0.44Typical price
Butter, 4 oz$0.40/oz typical4 oz$1.60Typical price
Total for the servings shown$11.39

Swaps

  • Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

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  • 75 minstart to table
  • Mediumdifficulty
  • 24servings as written
  • $typical cost tier

AmericanBudgetAppetizersSnacksBack to school

Typical price

$0.47 per serving$1.90 for 4

Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups corn chex cereal
  • 3 cups rice chex cereal
  • 3 cups wheat chex cereal
  • 1 1/2 cups low-salt mixed nuts
  • 1 1/2 cups plain bagel chips
  • 1 cup pretzels
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp worcestershire
  • 3/4 tsp salt (optional)
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 3/4 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp granulated sugar

Steps

  1. Heat the oven to 250 F and melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
  2. Stir the Worcestershire sauce, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and sugar into the melted butter.
  3. Combine the cereals, nuts, bagel chips, and pretzels in a large roasting pan.
  4. Pour the butter mixture over the cereal mixture and stir until coated.
  5. Bake for 60 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, then cool for 10 minutes before serving.

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