Holiday Swirl Party Mix

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 9 cups toasted corn cereal, squares
• 4 cups popped popcorn (already popped)
• 1 1/2 cups dry peanuts
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine (soften)
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups nestle swirled holiday morsels
• 1 (7 1/2 ounce) package chocolate-covered pretzels ( or chocolate)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250'.
• 2 lightly spray a large roasting pan with pam cooking oil spray.
• 3 in a large bowl, add corn cereal squares,popcorn, peanuts.
• 4 pour into prepared roasting pan.
• 5 in a large heavy saucepan combine, brown sugar, margarine,and corn syrup.
• 6 bring to a boil over low-medium heat, stirring constantly for a few minutes.
• 7 let boil 5 minutes without stirring. remove from heat.
• 8 stir in vanilla extract and baking soda.
• 9 pour over cereal mixture, stir to coat well.
• 10 bake 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
• 11 cool completely in pan, stir to break apart mixture.
• 12 stir in hoilday morsels and pretzels.
• 13 store in a airtight container.