Sweet Churro Chex Mix Party Snack
Irresistible Churro Chex Mix party appetizer with a buttery sweet cinnamon sugar caramel coating. This Mexican inspired dessert party snack mix is baked in the oven for 8 minutes until it's candied. It gets covered in more cinnamon sugar and tossed in a bowl with caramel candy and churro cereal. A deliciously sweet Churro Chex Mix Party Snack made for a crowd. Perfect for Cinco de Mayo and Christmas.
Servings 22 servings
Calories 264kcal
Ingredients
- 5 cups rice cereal such as Rice Chex
- 5 cups corn cereal such as Corn Chex
- 2 cups pretzel sticks
- 2 cups Cinnamon Toast Churros Cereal no substitution if can't find since it's added at the end
Churro Sauce
- 1½ cups packed light brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter 1½ sticks
- 6 tbsp light corn syrup
- ¼ tsp plus ⅛ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Churro Topping
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup baking caramel bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare two large rimmed baking sheets with foil. Spray well with cooking spray.
- Mix together 1½ cups granulated sugar and 5 tsp cinnamon. Remove ½ cup cinnamon-sugar mixture for later.
- Mix together rice cereal, corn cereal, pretzel sticks and divide it into two large mixing bowls.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup. Once the edges of the saucepan have bubbles then cook and stir for 1 minute. Stir in baking soda and salt.
- Pour ½ the mixture into one cereal mix bowl. Use 2 spatulas to toss together until the mixture is coated well. Repeat with the remaining bowl.
- Evenly spread mixtures on to prepared sheet pans. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and coat well by tossing it with your hands until most of it sticks to the sticky cereal. Spread mixture into in a single layer.
- Bake in oven for 5 minutes. Remove pans and toss mixture. Bake another 4 minutes.
- Sprinkle remaining ½ cup cinnamon sugar over the top of the churro chex mix. Allow to cool slightly and gently break apart any large chunks.
- Once completely cool, toss with caramel bits and cinnamon toast churro cereal if using. Store in ziplock bags.
Nutrition
Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 257mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 534IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 5mg