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Chex party mix — the nutty mix you fix with Chex (1966) Recipe 1. The original Chex mix recipe The original Chex party mix (1966) Ingredients Instructions Notes Classic Chex party mix – Vintage recipe card Recipe 2. Classic Chex Mix recipe: The Patio version (1974) Chex mix recipe variations: 3 classic recipes for savory cereal snack mix (1972) Recipe 3. Spicy cereal snack mix Recipe 4.Curried cereal snack mix Recipe 5. Milano cereal snack mix Recipe 6. Zippy peanut snack mix (1977) Recipe 7. Savory onion Chex mix recipe (1970) Original Chex mix recipe from 1963 Invite your friends to munch: Chex party mix (1968) Traditional Chex party mix recipe from 1985 Chex party mix recipe from 1996 90s Chex Party Mix recipe (1991) Chex Mix recipe from 1977 You might also like... Want to see how to get super 70s home decor? Check out this family room makeover! Fisher-Price Movie Viewer toys from the ’70s let kids turn a handle to make movie magic How celebrity cowboy Roy Rogers sparked a Wild West frenzy in the 1950s Rock ‘n’ roll music in the 50s: First adults called it a fad, then they wanted it banned The fun never ends: Gorgeous 1930s dresses: Hollywood brought the razzle dazzle to this decade of fashion What did a typical 1950s suburban house look like? Feast your eyes on this fab prefab home built in 1958 Did married couples really sleep in separate beds back in the ’50s? See 80 beautiful vintage canopy beds How I was saved from the Titanic: A Titanic survivor’s story (1912) 140 popular vintage perfumes from the 80s 100 vintage 70s perfumes that will take you straight back in time Comments on this story 5 Responses FAQs References

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There are few snacks as yummy as Chex mix — all that salty, buttery and savory flavor gently baked into a mixture of Chex cereal plus various other popular snacks, all of them with a satisfyingly crunchy texture.

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The recipe has been around for decades, but it’s never gone out of fashion. One handful usually isn’t enough! It’s no wonder the original Chex mix recipe is a tradition for every special event from family movie night to Super Bowl Sunday and holiday parties (it makes a fun homemade treat for a Christmas gift box, too!).

If you’re looking for the recipe, we have a few versions for you below from the 1960s through the 1990s! (And try some other snack mixes here, too.)

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Chex party mix — the nutty mix you fix with Chex (1966)

The Checkerboard Squarecrow presents Chex Party Mix

Mix crisp, bite-size Chex cereal with nuts, seasoning, and pop them into your oven. Suddenly, you’ve got Chex Party Mix — the freshest snack in town because you make it yourself.

Pick up the Chex and whip up a batch of Party Mix. Use the easy recipe below.

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Recipe 1. The original Chex mix recipe

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The original Chex party mix (1966)

Yield: 6-3/4 cups

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Corn Chex cereal
  • 2 cups Rice Chex cereal
  • 2 cups Wheat Chex cereal
  • 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt or savor salt
  • 3/4 cup salted nuts

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to very slow (250 degrees F).
  2. Melt butter in a shallow pan over low heat.
  3. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and seasoned salt.
  4. Add Chex and nuts. mix over low heat until all pieces are coated.
  5. Heat in oven 45 minutes.
  6. Stir every 15 minutes.
  7. Spread out on absorbent paper to cool.

Notes

* Instead of seasoned or savory salt, try 3/8 teaspoon onion powder and 3/8 teaspoon salt OR 3/8 teaspoon garlic powder and 3/8 teaspoon salt.

** If unsalted nuts are used, increase the amount of seasoned salt to 2 teaspoons. Or use 3/4 teaspoon onion powder and 3/4 teaspoon salt OR 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder and 3/4 teaspoon salt.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 10Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 168Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 458mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 3g

Click Americana offers approximate nutrition information as a general reference only, and we make no warranties regarding its accuracy. Please make any necessary calculations based on the actual ingredients used in your recipe, and consult with a qualified healthcare professional if you have dietary concerns.

Classic Chex party mix – Vintage recipe card

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Recipe 2. Classic Chex Mix recipe: The Patio version (1974)

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter or margarine
2-1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
2 cups Corn Chex
2 cups Rice Chex
2 cups Wheat Chex
1 cup broken pretzel sticks or peanuts

Directions

Melt butter in an electric skillet at 200 F. Stir in seasonings. Blend well. Add Chex and pretzels or peanuts. Mix until all pieces are coated. Cover skillet, leaving lid vents open. Heat at 250° for 15 minutes. Stir midway. Cool on absorbent paper.

NOTE: A large skillet on the range top may be used. After pieces are coated with butter and seasoning, heat and stir for 10 minutes over low heat: then cool.

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Chex mix recipe variations: 3 classic recipes for savory cereal snack mix (1972)

From The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois) September 1, 1972

Snacking has become part of the American way of life. We are eating more of our day’s food as snacks than we did just a few years ago. For that reason, snacks should be planned so that they contribute to the day’s nutritional needs.

Cereals are an ideal food for snack time as well as for breakfast. They contribute important vitamins and iron and are relatively low in calories. Cereals are also low in fat, an aspect important in many diets today. Nutritional facts about each cereal are given on the packages.

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Cereals’ interesting textures and flavors make them pleasing snacks as they come from the packages. Add more variety by combining several cereals or by adding your favorite Spices and seasonings to a basic cereal snack mixture. Spicy Cereal Snacks, Curried Cereal Snacks and the Milano Snack Mix will soon become a between meal favorite.

BASIC CEREAL SNACK MIX (USED IN THE 3 RECIPES BELOW)

2 cups ready-to-eat cereal
2 cups shredded wheat, bite-size biscuits
2 cups shredded rice, bite-size biscuits
1 cup thin pretzel sticks

Recipe 3. Spicy cereal snack mix

Ingredients

Basic cereal snack mix (ingredients above)
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon celery salt
Salt, if desired

Directions

Combine cereals and pretzels in a large shallow pan. Melt butter or margarine in a small skillet, add spices and mix well. Pour seasoned, melted butter or margarine over cereal-pretzel mix. Mix thoroughly.

Heat in slow oven (300 F) for about 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes. Serve warm, or cool and store in an air-tight container until served. Yield: About 6 cups.

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Recipe 4.Curried cereal snack mix

Ingredients

Basic cereal snack mix (ingredients above)
1 teaspoon salt
1 to 2 teaspoon curry powder (as desired)

Directions

Combine cereal and pretzels in a large shallow pan. Melt butter or margarine in a small skillet). Add curry powder and salt. Mix well. Pour seasoned, melted butter or margarine over cereal-pretzel mix. Mix thoroughly.

Heat in slow oven (300 F) for about 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes. Serve warm, or cool and store in airtight containers until served. Yield: About 6 cups.

Recipe 5. Milano cereal snack mix

Ingredients

Basic cereal snack mix (ingredients above)
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Combine cereals and pretzels in large shallow pan. Melt butter or margarine in small skillet, add garlic salt, celery salt and oregano. Mix well. Pour seasoned, melted butter or margarine over cereal-pretzel mix. Mix thoroughly. Heat in slow oven (300 F) for 15 minutes.

Remove from oven, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, mix well. Return to oven for an additional 15 minutes. Serve warm, or cool and store in an airtight container until served. Yield: About 6 cups.

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Recipe 6. Zippy peanut snack mix (1977)

From The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) January 19, 1977

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 cups cereal
2 cups Spanish peanuts
2 cups pretzel sticks

Directions

Melt butter; add seasonings. Combine remaining ingredients in large bowl; pour on seasoned butter. Toss to coat evenly. Spread in shallow baking pan and heat in preheated 300F, oven 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Yield: 8 cups.

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Recipe 7. Savory onion Chex mix recipe (1970)

Adapted from a recipe in the Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana) July 19, 1970

Ingredients

6 cups puffed rice
4 cups Chex cereal
One 3-ounce can Chinese noodles
One cup (8-ounce jar) dry roasted peanuts
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
One 1-3/8 ounce package onion soup mix

Directions

Place puffed rice, Chex cereal, Chinese noodles and peanuts in large shallow baking pan. Combine butter and onion soup mix. Pour over cereal mixture, tossing until all ingredients are coated. Heat in preheated very slow oven (250 degrees F) about 40 minutes. Stirring occasionally. Makes about 12 cups.

Original Chex mix recipe from 1963

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon seasoned salt or 3/8 teaspoon garlic powder and 3/8 teaspoon salt
6 cups Chex (mix wheat, corn and rice cereal equally, or any way you like!)
3/4 cup salted nuts

Directions

1. Heat oven to 250 F. 2. Slowly melt butter in a shallow pan. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and salt. 3. Add Chex and nuts. Mix until all pieces are coated. 4. Heat in oven 45 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes. Spread on absorbent paper to cool. Yield: 6-3/4 cups.

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Traditional Chex party mix recipe from 1985

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  1. The “original” recipe appeared in Life Magazine in June 1952. It did not include Corn Chex or use seasoned salt.

    Add 1/2 c. butter in shallow baking pan. Stir in 1 T. Worcestershire sauce. Add 2 c. Wheat Chex, 2 c. Rice Chex, and 1/2 c. nuts. Sprinkle with 1/4 t. salt and 1/8 t. garlic salt; mix well. Heat 30 mins in 300 degree oven, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool.

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  2. I use peanut oil instead of butter or margarine, because I make a huge batch. This is for Christmas. I lost the recipe of my Mother’s that she used. If I start with 4 cups of oil, can you help me with what the ratio would be for the other spices? Thank you.

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  3. I wonder where my mother’s recipe came from? Rice Chex, Wheat Chex, pretzel sticks and Cheeri-os, margarine, Worcestershire sauce, Lawrey’s seasoned salt, garlic salt and celery salt, mixed nuts.

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    1. My mom’s recipe called for Cheerios too! Hers was from the 80’s; could that be the time frame yours was from as well?

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  4. There was another 80s variation which called for four types of Chex (rice, corn, wheat and bran). We doubled the ratio of rice/corn to wheat/bran, and added pretzel sticks. Bran Chex was made well into the 90s but is no longer in production.

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FAQs

What is the Chex Mix seasoning made of? ›

Seasoned salt: This old-school seasoning has a blend of onion, garlic, spices, and salt. We like Lawry's for Chex mix. Onion and garlic powders: These give the Chex mix a deeper, more savory taste. Worcestershire sauce: A generous amount of lends a subtle savoriness that rounds all the flavors out.

Who first made Chex Mix? ›

With New Year's Eve celebrations around the corner, I'm turning to the party food of my childhood: Chex Mix. The recipe was created by the Ralston-Purina Company in the early 1950s to move boxes of its signature cereals Wheat Chex and Rice Chex.

What are the brown chips in Chex Mix? ›

It's corn Chex, wheat Chex, pretzels, rye chips, bagel chips and mini breadsticks combined with a unique seasoning blend for a one-of-a-kind snack.

What are the ingredients in Chex Mix traditional savory snack mix? ›

Ingredients : Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Whole Wheat, Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), Vegetable Oil (soybean, high oleic soybean, high oleic canola, high oleic sunflower, fractionated palm, palm olein and/or palm), Rye Flour, Sugar.

Is it cheaper to make your own Chex mix? ›

Homemade Chex Mix is cheaper AND better tasting than anything you can buy at the store. Does homemade Chex Mix need to be refrigerated? You can store homemade Chex Mix at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

Why is Chex mix not in Canada? ›

Chex has really not caught on as a brand in Canada. Although many other products of General Mills, like Cheerios, are very popular, Chex is seen as a “niche” product.

What was the first Chex flavor? ›

Wheat Chex cereal was introduced in 1937 and Rice Chex in 1950 by Ralston Purina. In 1952 an advertisement for Chex party mix appeared in Life Magazine with a recipe that included Wheat and Rice Chex. In 1958 Corn Chex was introduced and added to the recipe.

Did Chex Mix used to have peanuts in it? ›

Indeed, after this tasting I found the argument that peanuts upset the balance of Chex Mix very curious, as a Chex Mix without nuts is all crunchy carbs. Uniformity is not balance. It is, however, a little boring. This is probably why the original Chex Mix recipe called for the addition of nuts in the first place.

What was the original Chex? ›

It was originally known as Shredded Ralston, first produced in 1936 and owned by Ralston Purina of St. Louis, Missouri, then later renamed Chex in 1950.

What is the best part of Chex Mix? ›

Corn Chex

Corn Chex are indisputably the best part of a bag of Chex Mix. If you've ever tasted Corn Chex on their own, you know they don't need to be doused in seasoning to be enjoyable—you could easily eat them plain.

What does Chex Mix stand for? ›

Chex Mix is a type of snack mix that includes Chex breakfast cereal as a major component. There are many recipes for homemade Chex Mix also known as Chex Party Mix. Though contents vary, the mixes generally include an assortment of Chex cereals, chips, hard breadsticks, pretzels, nuts or bagel bites.

Why is Chex Mix so good? ›

Chex Mix is such a perfect food because it is balanced. Each individual piece retains its own individual texture, shape and flavor, yet together the pieces compliment one another and are coated in the same spice blend. Not all pieces absorb the flavor in the same way — some, like the pretzels, are merely coated in it.

Why is my Chex mix soggy? ›

Why is my homemade Chex mix soggy? If you added too much butter or Worcestershire sauce this could be the reason, but the mostly likely reason is that you poured too much of the butter seasoning mixture over just one portion of the mix. You can try to bake it a little longer in hopes that it will dry out.

How long does homemade Chex mix last? ›

Make Ahead Instructions: Chex mix tastes freshest when served within 2-3 days of making it, but it will last stored in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. Freezing Instructions: Chex mix freezes great! Store in freezer-safe container or bag for up to 3 months.

What is bold Chex mix? ›

Add the Chex, pretzels, Cheerios, and peanuts together in a large microwave-safe mixing bowl, and gently stir a bit to combine. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt and garlic powder together until combined. Drizzle half of the sauce evenly over the Chex mix.

What is chex mix seasoning reddit? ›

As far as what Chex Mix is: Chex + any of (pretzels, nuts, rye chips, bagel chips) + a mix of Worcestershire sauce, butter, onion/onion powder, and garlic/garlic powder.

Is Chex Mix okay for you? ›

Is Chex mix a healthy snack. In terms of snacks, this one certainly isn't the worst. On the other hand, if you've got high blood pressure, you definitely need to be careful of mindlessly eating it. In just a half cup, traditional Chex mix has 250 mg of sodium.

What are the ingredients in Lawry's seasoned salt? ›

Ingredients. Salt, Sugar, Spices (Including Paprika, Turmeric), Onion, Corn Starch, Garlic, Tricalcium Phosphate (to Make Free Flowing), Sunflower Oil, Extractives of Paprika & Natural Flavor.

Does Chex Mix use MSG? ›

The seasoning:

Packaged Chex Mix uses MSG-rich additives like autolyzed yeast and hydrolyzed soy protein to give the snack its signature savoriness. Powdered MSG is the best way to replicate that same magic at home.

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