One thing my hubby and I have been craving since going vegan is Chex mix. Yesterday afternoon I finally made a vegan-friendly batch. I didn't see any recipes online that I really liked, so I created my own take on the classic mix.
Spicy Checkers Mix
Ingredients:
1/4 cup vegan butter
1 tablespoon vegan Worcestershire sauce (try
Wizard's or
Annie's Naturals)
3 teaspoons hot sauce*
1 teaspoon salt-free seasoning mix
1 tablespoon chili powder
12-13 cups snack goodies (I used 3 cups rice chex, 3 cups corn chex, 3 cups multigrain squares, 1 cup garlic bagel chips, 1 cup pretzels, 1 cup dry-roasted peanuts, 1 cup sesame oat bran sticks)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Melt the butter in a sauce pan. Once melted, remove from heat and stir in Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt-free seasoning mix and chili powder. Combine snack goodies in a roasting pan. Drizzle butter mixture over snack mix and toss to coat. Bake mixture 1 hour total, stirring every 15 minutes to keep from burning.
Alternative for those who don't want to dirty a sauce pan:
The "Original Chex Mix" recipe you can find online specifies to melt the butter in the roasting pan, stir in the other seasonings, then gradually stir in the snack mixture. Be careful though! Using this method, it's a little harder to evenly coat the snack mix.
*Notes on hot sauce:
Habanero hot sauce will add a slower heat that intensifies. I like this in my mix because you get to taste the other seasonings before the heat really kicks in. A red chili based sauce will give more heat on the bite. I'm planning to try a chipotle sauce next time for a nice smoky flavor!
Spicy Checkers
