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  Ranch Cracker Mix: The Perfect Party Mix

  Posted at 8:04 pm by Rebecca Showalter

  Jan 23rd

  

  I grew up in a community just north of where my husband and I now live and where he grew up. It’s amazing the traditions and different cooking and baking styles everyone around here has compared to what I had even with less than 20 miles separating us our entire lives. Before I had met my husband, I had never tasted anything like this ranch cracker mix or the fantastic Garlic Ranch Pretzels I have previously posted about. His mother and our church have similar recipes they use for parties and our church fall festival, but this is my favorite mixture of the two.

  Preparation

  Start with preheating your oven to 250°.

  Then pour all of the crackers into a large pan. I find the large foil pans are the best for making large batches of party mix. Plus they fit perfectly in the oven! I used 1 bag of oyster crackers, 2 bags of gold fish, 1 small box of wheat thins and 1 bag of pretzels. You can replace any of the crackers with any other type of crackers you enjoy. Personally I have also used Mini Club crackers, Mini Ritz and Cheese Nips in the past. I have never had a cracker that has been a bad addition to this recipe or similar ones!

  After all the crackers and pretzels are in the pan, pour over the butter topping. Then Sprinkle over the Ranch Seasoning and Garlic Powder. Mix well until all crackers appear well coated.

  

  Baking

  Place the pan in the oven for a total of 30 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes. Once the mix has baked, let the ranch cracker mix cool. Then place it in an air tight container for storage.

  

  Enjoy your ranch cracker mix!

  Ingredients

  4 Regular sized boxes or bags of crackers

  1 bag of pretzels

  8 oz butter flavored oil (popcorn oil)

  4 Tablespoons Ranch Seasoning Mix

  1 Teaspoons Garlic Powder

  

  Ranch Cracker Mix

  A Perfect Party Mix

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  Prep Time 10 mins

  Cook Time 30 mins

  Servings 25 Servings

  Calories 292 kcal

  Equipment

  • Oven

  Ingredients

    

  • 4 Boxes Crackers Regular sized boxes or bags
  • 1 Bag Pretzels
  • 8 oz Butter Flavored Popcorn Oil
  • 4 Tablespoons Ranch Seasoning Mix
  • 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

  Instructions

   

  • Preheat your oven to 250°
  • Combine all crackers and pretzels together in a large mixing bowl or foil pan.
  • Pour over butter flavored oil and mix until crackers are well covered.
  • Sprinkle on Ranch seasoning mix, mix crackers until all are well covered.
  • Bake at 250° for 30 minutes. Stir well after 15 minutes.
  • Let cool before storing in an air tight container.

  Notes

  Calories are calculated by a third party source, they are estimated by the ingredients used and are not guaranteed. 
  Posted in Carry In Ideas, snacks | Tagged partymix, ranchpartymix, snackmix

• Peanut Butter Popcorn Party Mix

  Posted at 7:54 am by Rebecca Showalter

  Dec 31st

  

  I don’t recall for sure when my mother started making this party mix, but I know it was one of my favorite things to take to school as a snack and to have as a treat for my birthday! This year I thought this would be the perfect treat for New Years!

  It doesn’t get any simpler to make a party mix than this one, and you can throw just about anything into it on top of what I have used. Our other additions have included Chex cereal, peanuts, different types of M&Ms and Reese puffs.

  Starting out I put the Vanilla Almond Bark and peanut butter in the microwave on the melt chocolate feature. If you don’t have this, I used to do 30-45 seconds at a time stirring in between.

  

  While the topping mix is melting in the microwave I gather the rest of my mix ingredients and dump them in a large bowl. Today I used the popcorn, pretzels, Cheerios, M&Ms, and Rice Crispies. I used plain home popped popcorn today, but you can use 2 bags of microwave popcorn in place of popping it yourself just make sure it’s homestyle and not buttered.

  

  

  Once your topping mix is completely melted, make sure to mix the peanut butter in well with the almond bark. Then pour over the popcorn mix and mix well until everything is well coated.

  

  Spread out your mixture to harden in a single layer on wax paper. This will take approx 1-2 hours. Then seal the mixture in an airtight container. I’ve found this will generally keep well for 5-7 days.

  Ingredients

  Popcorn — either 2 bags of home style microwave or 1/4 cup of kernals popped

  1/2 bag of pretzels

  3 cups of Cheerios

  2 cups of Rice Crispies

  1 Cup of M&Ms

  Topping Mix

  2/3 cup peanut butter

  12 oz vanilla almond bark

  Posted in Dessert, snacks | Tagged partymix, peanutbutterpopcorn, simplepartyideas

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