Praline Crunch

I am always looking for a new snack dish when the holidays start to roll around.  This one is one that we will be making time and time again. This is a little bit of a spin on the Chex Mix that is very popular but in all honesty, I was never a huge fan of the Chex version, but I really like this version! It’s sweet, but not too sweet, and salty from the nuts. I am a sucker for the sweet and salty combination! I highly recommend making this in one of the throwaway tin pans as this mix cooks for an hour and the sauce mixture gets gooey and sticky. Your clean up will be a breeze with a throwaway pan!

INGREDIENTS
1 box (8 cups) Crispix cereal
2 cups pecan halves
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In a large disposable pan combine the cereal and pecans. In a medium saucepan combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter and cook over medium-high heat.  Bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from heat and add the vanilla and baking soda, stir to combine. Pour this mixture over the cereal mixture and combine well coating all of the cereal and pecans. Bake for 1 hour stirring every 20 minutes (my oven cooks a little hot so be sure to watch the mixture the last ten minutes as not to burn.)
Remove from oven and pour over wax paper to cool. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.

Enjoy!

I found this recipe on Pinterest through www.plainchicken.com