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Rancher’s Mix

Ingredients

10 cups popcorn, popped
2 cups small pretzels
1 - 6 oz package goldfish crackers
1 cup peanuts
½ cup butter
2/3 cup Parmesan, grated
1 - 4 oz package dry ranch salad dressing mix

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine the popcorn, pretzels, goldfish crackers and peanuts.
In a small saucepan, melt butter. Add Parmesan cheese and ranch salad dressing mix. Pour over popcorn mixture and stir to coat mixture. Pour onto a baking dish.
Bake for 15 minutes. Serves 14 cups.

Variations: Use taco seasoning pack instead of ranch dressing mix.
Use any Checks cereal instead of popcorn.
Use your favorite nut instead of peanuts.

Birthday Mix

Ingredients

6 oz corn Chex cereal
6 oz Cheros
1 cup pecans
½ cup white chocolate chips
¾ cup butter
¾ cup dark corn syrup
1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 cup MnM

Directions

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine cereal, pecans and mix.
In a sauce pan, melt butter, then pour in corn syrup and sugar. Mix thoroughly.
Pour the sugar mixture over the cereal and mix to coat.
Pour mixture into a greased baking pan and bake for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Pull from oven and sprinkle with MnMs.

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