Meat Lovers' Snack Mix Recipe

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Admittedly, this crunchy, savory appetizer might skew toward the dudes. But trust us, everyone will go wild for this go-to on game day! My husband especially loves that it features all of his favorite foods: salted meats, salted nuts and hot sauce. —Gina Myhill-Jones, 100 Mile House, British Columbia

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Meat Lovers' Snack Mix Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling

Yield: 8 Servings

15 50 65

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups wasabi-coated green peas
3/4 cup salted peanuts
3 pepperoni-flavored meat snack sticks (1-1/2 ounces each), cut into bite-size pieces
2 ounces beef jerky, cut into bite-size pieces
1/2 cup corn nuts
1/2 cup Rice Chex
1/2 cup Multi Grain Cheerios
1/2 cup crunchy cheese puff snacks
2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
1/3 cup canola oil
1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1-1/2 teaspoons onion powder
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions

Combine the first nine ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the oil, chili powder, onion powder, pepper sauce, soy sauce and seasoned salt. Drizzle over cereal mixture and toss to coat.
Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 250° for 50 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 6 cups.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 366 calories, 27 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 629 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 12 g protein.

Originally published as Meat Lovers' Snack Mix in Simple & Delicious February/March 2013, p52