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Ooey Gooey Chex Mix is the perfect sweet, salty, and crunchy blend. It has a mixture of cereal, sliced almonds, and shredded coconut, all covered in a soft caramel sugar mixture. This is a must-make for the holiday season!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Neighbor Gift: When I was growing up, my neighbor would bring this to us every year for Christmas. My family and I would devour it in a matter of minutes! Now, I make it every year for our family and give it to neighbors.
- Easy to Make: You can whip this simple recipe up in just 20 minutes.
- Party Snack: It is a perfect snack to have for any occasion! If you love bowls of Chex mix, try these Twix Muddy Buddies, Snickerdoodle Muddy Buddies, Peppermint Buddies, or Pumpkin Spice Buddies.
Ingredients
- Corn Chex Cereal: Any flavor is great.
- Golden Grahams Cereal: Adds that sweet and sugary crunch.
- Coconut: Use sweetened shredded for a soft, subtle hint of sweetness.
- Almonds: Sliced for the perfect soft crunch.
- Light Corn Syrup: Holds everything together.
- Granulated Sugar: Added to the corn syrup for a sweet white caramel sauce.
- Butter: Brings the white caramel sauce all together with a buttery richness.
How to make Ooey Gooey Chex Mix
Sweet, crunchy, salty, and smooth is what this ooey, gooey Chex mix recipe has to offer. It is simple to make and comes together in less than 20 minutes. Just watch how quickly this ooey, gooey Chex mix disappears this holiday season!
- Prep: Line a baking sheet or two with parchment paper and set aside. Add the Chex, Golden Grahams, coconut, and almonds to a large bowl and toss until evenly mixed. Set aside.
- Boil: Add the corn syrup, sugar, and butter to a medium saucepan (3-quart pan or larger) and then heat over medium-high heat. Stir and cook until combined and the sugar is fully dissolved. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil for two minutes.
- Cool: Remove from heat and let the sugar mixture cool for two minutes.
- Spread: Pour the sugar mixture over the cereal mixture and mix well until all the cereal is coated. Spread it on the baking sheet or sheets, and set it aside to cool for a couple of hours before enjoying.
Tips for Ooey Gooey Chex Mix
- Spray your bowl: Before adding in your mix, it is easier to spray the bowl with a non-stick cooking spray since it gets a little sticky and messy.
- Large bowl is best: The bigger the bowl the better! If you do not have a large bowl, simply split the Chex mix recipe into two bowls.
- Stir constantly: When you are boiling the sugar mixture, stir constantly so it does not burn. This mixture does burn easily.
- Boiling over: The sugar syrup will boil over pretty easily, especially if it’s made in a pan that is too small. Keep stirring and turn down the heat to medium if you see the syrup start to bubble up.
- Wooden spoon: I have learned that a wooden spoon is the key to sticky, ooey gooey recipes.
- Coconut: Some people don’t love coconut; simply leave it out if there is a dislike for it.
- Make it Gooier: Reduce the amount of cereal by ½-1 cup of each cereal to make your ooey gooey Chex mix even gooier!
Variations of Christmas Chex mix
Here are some fun mix-in ideas and variations for you to try with this simple recipe.
- Gluten-Free: During the holidays, it is nice to cater to those that are gluten-free. Simply pick out the gluten-free Chex cereal.
- Nuts: If you don’t have almonds on hand, you can substitute with most nuts. Pecans, walnuts, and cashews are a few I would use.
- Chocolate: You can add mini chocolate chips or flavored chips to add a fun, sweet treat.
- Dried Fruit: Cranberries, pineapple, or dried bananas are always a fun, subtle way of adding sweetness.
- Salty add-in: Pretzels add a great crunch and some added salt to make it more salty and savory.
Storing Ooey Gooey Chex Mix
This is a great make-ahead recipe that everyone loves!
- Storing ooey gooey Chex mix: This ooey gooey Chex mix is great to store in an airtight container or ziplock bag. It will last about one week stored at room temperature.
- Can you freeze ooey, gooey Chex mix? This is not the best snack to freeze. It is best made fresh and to leave at room temperature.
- Do you need to refrigerate ooey, gooey Chex mix? No, this is a great treat and snack at room temperature. If you refrigerate it, it will become hard and not be able to pull apart as easily, and the sugar will start to weep and get sticky.
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Ooey Gooey Chex Mix
Ooey Gooey Chex Mix is the perfect sweet, salty, and crunchy blend. It has a mixture of cereal, sliced almonds, and shredded coconut, all covered in a soft caramel sugar mixture. This is a must-make for the holiday season!
Ingredients
- 5 cups corn Chex cereal
- 5 cups Golden Grahams cereal
- 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
- 2 cups sliced almonds
- 1 ¼ cup light corn syrup
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup salted butter
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet or two with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add the Chex, Golden Grahams, coconut, and almonds to a large bowl and toss until evenly mixed. Set aside.
- Add the corn syrup, sugar, and butter to a medium saucepan (3-quart pan or larger) and heat over medium-high heat. Stir and cook until combined and the sugar is fully dissolved. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil for two minutes. Remove from heat and let the sugar mixture cool for two minutes.
- Pour the sugar mixture over the cereal mixture and mix well until all the cereal is coated.
- Spread it on the baking sheet or sheets, and set it aside to cool for a couple of hours before enjoying.
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Notes
Updated on November 13, 2024
Original Post on November 28, 2013
Nutrition
Calories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 5gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 220mgPotassium: 207mgFiber: 4gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 784IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 75mgIron: 6mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This sounds ridiculously GOOD!!!!!!! I’d love to make it for neighbors and friends and butter is SO expensive where I live 🙁 Can I use margarine by chance?
Yes!! Margarine would work great.
Ilove making this every year, multiple times a year. I dont like thegolden grahams, so i use corn and rice chex. Everyond loves it!!
WOW! This is amazing, calling it crack makes me laugh. But spot on No one can keep their fingers out of the bag. Including myself. If you use your imagination the possibilities are endless. Been enjoying it for acouple years now.
I think you intended to say “white caramel”, but it says “white chocolate” in both the heading description and the recipe area. 😉
Came to share the same. It’s delicious, and we make this every year! But this is defiantly not a “white chocolate” recipe. 😀
This stuff is amazing!!!
I just made this and can’t keep my hands out of it while it cools! Instead of Golden Grahams, I used chocolate Chex, along with the corn Chex and its DELICIOUS! I will share this if there’s any left!?
Wonder how toasted coconut would hold up in the sugar mixture??
That sounds delicious. Let me know how it turns out.
I love the sweet and savory combination of this recipe. I might add that you could use more natural ingredients instead of corn syrup and vanilla extract to enhance the flavor. I would be curious to see the recipe with a homemade granola mix instead as well. Overall, it was very tasty, and it is perfect for get-togethers.
soooo good! thank you..Merry Christmas!!!
Thank you! Merry Christmas! XOXO
I tried to bag it up a day before Christmas it was horrible soft cereal and very disappointed threw it all away. 🙁
This was delicious. A huge hit at our New Years party. I Used big flake coconut and mixed nuts. Net time I may sprinkle with sea salt. Thank you for sharing!
Isn’t it so good and addicting? Glad you liked it! 🙂
I made the ooey gooey chex mix its delicious but I wanted to know if it stays gooey, I was hoping to bag for gifts. Thank you.
Yes I baked mine at 425 about 6 minutes each and it dried out the sugar mixture on top.
I just make this and oh my, it is so good! Thank you so much for the new recipe!!
Oops… I added one tablespoon of vanilla to the cooled syrup.
i made this for Christmas gifts this morning and boy does it live up to its name: Christmas “crack!” I can’t believe this recipe hasn’t gone viral on Pinterest yet! EXCELLENT! The only change I made was to add 1 tablespoon to the cooled syrup. Yum! Thanks for a new Christmas tradition!!!
Do you think it would still work to leave the coconut out? I’m not a big fan.
I love the term Christmas crack and I think it was created just for me. It does sound so good.