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Cheese Puff Snack Mix

Cheese-puff-forward baked snack mix — the sturdy stuff bakes low and slow, the puffs join at the end for a light buttery toast.
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Chex mix
  • 2 cups pretzels
  • ½ cup almonds
  • ½ cup pecans
  • 4 cups MadeGood cheese puffs
  • 5 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt taste first — pretzels are salty

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 250°F and line a large rimmed sheet pan with parchment.
  • Make seasoned butter: Melt 5 tablespoons butter and stir in Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and fine salt (taste first — pretzels are salty). Set aside about a quarter of it for the puffs.
  • Coat the sturdy stuff: In a large bowl, toss Chex mix, pretzels, almonds, and pecans with the larger portion of seasoned butter until evenly coated. Spread on the sheet pan.
  • Bake the base: Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
  • Add the puffs: Toss 4 cups MadeGood cheese puffs with the reserved butter in the same bowl, then scatter over the sheet pan and gently stir into the mix. Bake 12 more minutes — just enough to toast lightly, not brown.
  • Cool and jar: Cool completely on the pan before transferring to an airtight jar — any trapped warmth turns to moisture and softens the mix.