Lauren Cook
Spicy Smoked Chex Mix
This smoked Chex mix has all of the popular salty snacks, paired with an hour in the smoker, these grab-and-go bites are the perfect party appetizer.
Ingredients
Smoked Chex Mix
- 1 c Rice Chex
- 1 c Corn Chex
- 1 c Wheat Chex
- 1 c pretzel sticks
- 1 c mini pretzels
- 1 c mixed nuts
- 1 c oyster crackers
- 1 c bite-sized bagel chips and/or rye chips (both are best)
- 1 c Cheez-It crackers
Bourbon Butter
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 T Frank's Red Hot
- 1 T coconut aminos
- 2 T Heath Riles Honey Rub
- 1 T top-shelf bourbon
Instructions
- Add all of the snacks into a large foil pan.
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized pan and add hot sauce, aminos, bourbon and rub. Stir mix well until blended and smooth.
- Drizzle spicy butter over the dry mix and fold well to coat evenly. Don't break the dry mix by mixing too hard.
- Setup your smoker at 190 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place the pan of spicy Chex mix into the smoker and close the lid.
- Gently fold the mix every 20 minutes.
- Smoke the snack mix for about an hour when the crackers and Chex pieces become crispy.
- Remove the pan from the smoker and bring into the house to cool down for 20 minutes.
- After cooling, serve the spicy snack mix right away.
Notes
TIP: When storing, allow the mix to cool completely before storing them in plastic bags or vacuum packs.
