#177 – Dickinson Expo Quick and Easy Snack Recipes

Sweet and Spicy Snack Mix:

• 5 Cups corn chips, such as Fritos
• 4 Cups Crispix Cereal
• 8 Cups popped corn
• 1 (11.5 ounce) can mixed nuts

Mix ingredients in a large roasting pan

Preheat oven to 250 degrees

Make syrup

Syrup:

• 1/2 Cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 Cup (1 stick) butter
• 1/2 Cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons chili powder (I like to use a little more, up to 2 to 3 teaspoons)
• 1/8 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 to 1/2 Teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1/4 Teaspoon salt

Put syrup ingredients in 2-quare sauce pan and bring to a boil. Pour hot syrup over popcorn mixture in
roasting pan. Stir until all ingredients are coated with syrup. Bake in preheated oven 250-degree oven
for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Spread hot mixture on waxed paper to
cool. Feeds several very lucky popcorn-hungry munchers!

Quick & Easy Punch

• 2 quarts Hawaiian Punch
• 1 Quart Cranberry Juice
• 2 Liter bottle 7Up or Squirt

Combine all ingredients; reserve enough juice to make an ice ring. Freeze ice ring and add to punch
before serving.

Homemade Dots Pretzels

• 64 oz. Butter Spindles
• 16 oz. Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn oil
• 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. dill weed

Put all ingredients in a 2 gallon storage bag, roll until pretzels are coated. Let pretzels dry overnight on
waxed paper or tin foil, store in an air tight container.