Nuts and Bolts? What the heck are you talking about Kaylynn? Ok ok – for all you people that have no idea what I’m talking about…. it’s homemade Chex Mix. To DIE for homemade Chex Mix. But from here on out – aka, the rest of this blog post – I shall refer to it as Nuts and Bolts.

This recipe came from my sweet aunt in Canada – and let’s just say….there is DELICIOUS food in Canada, but that’s a different story.

So growing up, my mom had the recipe for THE BEST Nuts and Bolts. It was dangerous. So salty and delicious. And the texture? Oh man. The crunch of the two Chex cereals plus lightness of the Goldfish cracker….cannot be beat. And once you start eating, you can’t stop. Literally.

She’d always make BATCHES and BATCHES to go to Lake Powell. Needless to say, Lake Powell + Nuts and Bolts = an even awesome-er experience that you could ever imagine.

Remember how I used to think cooking was hard? Well, I did. It’s kind of embarrassing to admit, but I look at foods I used to think were “hard” and I just laugh. These Nuts and Bolts …. yeah… I thought it was hard to make. Bless my heart.

This is right up there as Handsome’s most favorite snack – next to popcorn. It’s addicting, salty, and oh-so-crunchy. No, there isn’t crack in there, but it’s super addicting. Dare you to try it…..

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5 from 3 votes

Nuts and Bolts (aka Chex Mix)

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Author: Kaylynn Young

Ingredients

1/4 lb butter
1 TB worchestershire
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp onion salt
1/4 tsp paprika
2 c. Cheerios
2 c. corn chex
2 c. wheat chex
2 c. pretzels
2 c. goldfish

Instructions

Melt butter.
Add seasonings.
Pour over dry ingredients.
Cook @ 250 for 1 hour.
Stir every 15-20 minutes.

9 Comments

These look so good and something my boys would love! Pinning.

Kaylynn Zoe says:

January 27, 2015 at 9:54 AM

Girl, let me know if you try it! I’d love to hear what you think!

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this was my favorite at your Harry Potter party!

Kaylynn Zoe says:

January 27, 2015 at 9:55 AM

HAHA! Girl! I remember carrying the container around AT the party! Really classy… 😉

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this was my favorite at the Harry Potter party!

I am seriously dying over this! Pretty sure I have everything on hand to make it right now… dangerous business. And you know after my texts about my days that I’ll be making this in BATCHES and heading (by myself) to Lake Powell. Don’t tell anyone!

Kaylynn Zoe says:

January 27, 2015 at 9:56 AM

HAHA “BY MYSELF” to LP. I’m sure that’d be a fun trip. 😉 You + Chex Mix = Heaven (preferably at Lake Powell).

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