Background: My family makes double batches of the Texas Trash Chex Mix snack during the holidays and gifts it to friends and family – if there is any left! Great snack and easy to modify with your favorite snacks, ex. Gold Fish, Buggles, etc.  

• 1 – 12 ounce box Corn Chex Cereal
• 1 – 12 ounce box Rice Chex Cereal
• 1 – 16 ounce box Wheat Chex Cereal
• 2 – 16 ounce bags Thin Pretzel Sticks
• 1 pound pecan halves
• 1 pound Planter’s Mixed Nuts
• 1 ½ pounds butter
• 2 tablespoons garlic salt
• 2 tablespoons Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
• 2 tablespoons Howard’s Bottled Onion Juice
• 1 ½ teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons Tabasco Sauce

1. Preheat oven at 250 degrees.
2. Mix the cereals, pretzel sticks, pecan halves and mixed nuts and put in an extra-large roasting pan.
3. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes at 250 degrees.
4. Combine remaining ingredients in saucepan and bring to a simmer and then maintain at a low heat.
5. After you have baked the cereal mixture for the first 45 minutes, drizzle one third of the sauce over the cereal mixture and stir carefully – you do not want to break up your pieces. The sauce will settle so stir often, between pouring over the cereal mixture.
6. Bake for 45 minutes and repeat this step two more times or until all the sauce is mixed into the cereal mixture.
7. Total cooking time is about 3 hours. Leave in the oven to cool uncovered.

Note: We pour the trash back into the cereal boxes and seal.

To add a little variety in your snacking and gifting, pair with the Spiced Candied Pecans.