Halloween Challenge Day 7 & 8: Nutty Monster Snack Mix & Posioned Pecans
October 8, 2013
This is a double recipe day, you can either mix the two up or use as two separate recipes. I like mixing it up to make one party mix. Instead of making a sweet party mix with even more candy I kept this snack healthy and still fun to mix it up. You can add things like M&M’s to it, even marshmallows but the idea behind these were to stay away from the sweets.
Nutty Monster Snack Mix
16 cups popped popcorn
5 cups mini pretzels twists
1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup dry pumpkins seeds ( with or without shell)
1 cup salted sunflower seeds
2 cups Poisoned Pecans ( recipe below)
Take all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix up, you can add a little more butter but this really should be enough. Work in batches if you don’t have a large enough bowl.
This would make a wonderful alternative to school parties instead of adding another sweetened treat to the deal. A variation to sweeten this up is leave out the salt and Poisoned Pecans. Add just plain roasted Pecans and sprinkle entire mixture with Cinnamon sugar. Store in air tight container.
Poisoned Pecans
16 ounce pecan halves
1/2 cup butter melted
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 cup cayenne pepper
Combine everything in a large bowl and place on a foil covered roasting pan. Cover this with foil and bake on 200 stirring every ten minutes until it’s all heated through. 50 minutes total. Take out and let it cool completely . Store in air tight container .
21 Comments
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Amanda McMahon
that looks like an awesome snack mix. granola is very healthy and this looks like a good after school snack for the kids that i can throw together instead of premixed granola.
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Fan R.
I like Nutty Monster Snack Mix, it looks great for Halloween and I love pecans. I only need a quiet place to hide and eat all these.
Fan R @TeddyOutReady
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Slap Dash Mom
OMG That looks delicious! I love that it's healthy-ish, and full of protein and flavor. 🙂
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Pam
I love this kind of mix. It will go well with Halloween, especially with the pumpkin seeds in it!
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AMBER EDWARDS
I'm allergic to pecans and walnuts, so I would have to alternate with almonds, but YUM! That mix looks so delicious.
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Pam
Those poisoned pecans look so good! I love spicy things so this would be a perfect snack for me.
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Teresa Moody
I love pecans! Im always looking for something to snack on that isnt bad for me-so hard! I'm in the mood for this now. thanks!
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Pepper
Mmm, looks good. I love that it has no sweets. I made one that had very little sweets for my kids, but love this even better. The pecans sound amazing!
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Sarah-Louise Bailey
Ohhh I likey! I could imagine this being a nice snack at any time of year as well as being great for Halloween. x
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(Terry) My Journey With Candida
I had to see how you were going to poison pecans. My Hubs loves pecans and he also likes all the spices you added. I will have to add some of these to his next batch of popcorn.
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MikiHope
Not sure my stomach could handle the poisoned pecans after reading the ingredients-but this certainly is a great alternative to have out for adults to eat as well as school children!
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Masshole Mommy
I like that you put pumpkin seeds in there. That's a nice twist on a fairly healthy snack idea!
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Anita Breeze
Mmm, yummy. I think I would probably mix them together. I also like sweet and salty, so maybe I would make the pecans sweet.
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Jenny
that looks good for parties and such 🙂 and like, snackies for school. we aren't big on nuts in our house but i might try this.