Extreme Country Boy Spicy Snack Mix
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see our disclosure policy.
I have an Extreme Country Boy in my life and he loves to take a normal recipe and “country boy” it up! This is a homemade snack mix his boss on the farm used to make for all the guys – then my boy had to kick it up with even spicier seasoning!
I packaged up this homemade spicy trail mix for holiday gifts but it’s good all year round! Sweet and spicy trail mix! Can you believe those Mason Jar Ziploc bags?! Are they not the cutest?!
This sweet and spicy snack mix is perfect for any occasion! It was really fun to think of all the crazy things we could put together and I have to say – you might think – how do peanut butter m&ms go with wasabi peas?? But they do!
How to spice up chex mix
The first step is mixing together anything that’s not going to melt in the oven (so leave the chocolates out until the end.) Then I mixed together melted butter with spicy stuff like chili powder and Frank’s Red Hot! Toss the mix and the spiced butter together and it’s ready for the oven. This seasoned chex mix recipe does go in the oven or even the AIR FRYER! Yes!!! I put half in the oven and half in the air fryer to test it out and it worked beautifully! After it’s baked – you let it cool, add in the chocolates and pack it up!
Seriously – they are so cute and really affordable! $5 for 10 bags 🙂
Can you make spicy snack mix in the air fryer?
This holiday snack mix gift definitely can be made in the air fryer and it’s half the time of the oven!
This spicy snack mix is great for gifts – I packaged them up and shared them with friends for the holidays. If you’re looking for other gift ideas you could check out my holiday simmer bags! Or if you want a no-bake trail mix, check out my Monster Mix!
Extreme Country Boy Spicy Snack Mix
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 30 Mtotal time: 40 M
I have an Extreme Country Boy in my life and he loves to take a normal recipe and “country boy” it up! This is a snack mix his boss on the farm used to make for all the guys – then my boy had to kick it up with even spicier seasoning! I packaged it up for holiday gifts but it’s good all year round! Spicy, sweet and crunchy!
ingredients:
- Amazon Snack Mix Shopping List
- 1 cup honey roasted peanuts
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup sesame sticks
- 2 cups peanut butter Chex cereal
- 1/2 cup pistachios
- 3/4 cup wasabi peas
- 1 stick butter
- 2 Tablespoon chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoongarlic powder
- 1/2 cup peanut butter m&ms
- 1/2 chocolate covered cashews – chopped into smaller pieces
instructions:
How to cook Extreme Country Boy Spicy Snack Mix
- In large bowl mix together peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame sticks, Chex, pistachios and wasabi peas.
- In microwave safe bowl (or tall drinking glass), place one stick buttter, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and garlic powder. Take parchment from butter stick and place on top of glass. Microwave for 1 minute or until butter melts.
- Stir melted butter to mix all spices together
- Toss spiced butter with cereal mix to coat all pieces.
- Now it’s time to bake the spices in!
- Air fryer Directions: Heat at 300 for 15 minutes and stir half way through. You’ll want to do this much mix in two batches.
- Oven Directions: Place on cookie sheet. Bake at 300 for 30 minutes and stir half way.
- After the mix is baked, you can add the peanut butter M&Ms and the chocolate covered cashew pieces.
- Store in mason jars or mason jar ziploc bags!
