This Cheerios Sweet and Salty Snack Mix Recipe is the perfect combination of sweet and salty in a yummy, crunchy snack that’s perfect for game night, road trips or after school.
Last week I told you about the new Cheerios sendCheer campaign. Starting this week, the specially marked boxes of Cheerios cereal, featuring “Cheer” postcards, that you can cut out and mail to military families, are now in stores.
For every postcard received, Cheerios is donating $1 to the USO to help support programs for military families. They have already donated $150,000 and will donate up to an additional $100,000 based upon the number of postcards received during the campaign.
Yesterday I went looking for the new boxes at Walmart. I had seen a few boxes on a bottom shelf when I was there the other day, but not a lot. When I went yesterday, there was a whole big display of Cheerios and many of them were the specially marked sendCheer boxes.
The extra bonus is that the price was marked down to only $3 per box for the big 18 oz boxes. When you go to look for the boxes, just make sure that the front has the sendCheer logo so that you will be assured that the postcard is inside.
When I got home, I went to work on my postcard. There are lines on the front of the box to let you know where the postcard is, so that you don’t have to wait until the box is empty to send yours. (NOTE: Slide the plastic bag of cereal out of the box when you’re cutting…you don’t want to destroy the bag!
Once the postcard is cut out, there is a small area to add your personal greeting. Then just affix a stamp (the current rate for a postcard is $.29, but you can use a regular First Class stamp if that’s what you have handy.
If you have friends or family in the military and are planning on sending holiday care packages, this yummy Cheerios Sweet & Salty Snack Mix is stable enough to survive the journey.
It’s quick and easy to make, but very addictive. It’s the best of both worlds with both a sweet snack mix and a savory snacks mix in one!
You’ll probably want to make one batch to send and one to keep at home.
Cheerios Cereal
Rold Gold Tiny Twists PretzelsSun Maid Natural California RaisinsPlanters Peanuts, Dry Roasted & SaltedKaro Light Corn SyrupDomino Premium Pure Cane Sugar, Light Brown
Cheerios Sweet and Salty Snack Mix Recipe
Snack Mix Ingredients Needed:
(See recipe card below for quantities and complete instructions)
- Cheerios
- mini pretzel twists
- raisins
- peanuts
- butter
- brown sugar
- corn syrup
- baking soda
How to Make this Sweet Cheerio Snack Mix:
Heat oven to 250 degrees.
Mix together Cheerios, pretzels, raisins and peanuts in a large bowl. In a large pot or saucepan, mix butter, brown sugar and corn syrup.
Melt over medium heat and then bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat and stir in the baking soda. Add Cheerios mixture to pan and stir to coat.
Spread mix on a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Let cool and then break apart. Store in a zip-top baggie or sealed container.
Optional Cheerios Snack Mix Ingredients:
There is a lot of flexibility to what you put into this snack mix! The only guidelines is that you should aim for 8 cups total of dry ingredients.
Some of the other things you can include if you like are:
- pecans
- walnuts
- almonds
- dried apricots
- Craisins
- other cereal
- Teddy Grahams
- M&Ms
- banana chips
- dried apples
- macadamia nuts
Cheerios Sweet and Salty Snack Mix
Ingredients
- 4 C Cheerios
- 2 C mini pretzel twists
- 1 C raisins
- 1 C peanuts
- 1/2 C butter
- 1 C brown sugar
- 1/4 C corn syrup
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Heat oven to 250 degrees.
- Mix together Cheerios, pretzels, raisins and peanuts in a large bowl.
- In a large pot or saucepan, mix butter, brown sugar and corn syrup. Melt over medium heat and then bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the baking soda. Add Cheerios mixture to pan and stir to coat.
- Spread mix on a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Let cool and then break apart.
- Store in a zip-top baggie or sealed container.
Sarah Mae says
I think it is really neat for Cheerios to do this! Nobody in my house eats Cheerios, but if we did, we would have definitely participated. 🙂
Anonymous says
I love this idea! But, I couldn’t find where to click on to get the coupon. connie danielson
Connie says
Yea! A great way to support the troops! And your recipe looks delish!
Terri says
Yummy recipe! A great way to show support and have create some delicious snacks for the family, at a bargain to boot!