Ranch Chex Combine (Straightforward Recipe!)

This ranch chex combine is the snack mixture of your desires! Made with cereal, tacky crackers, pretzels, and loads of ranch seasoning, this simple recipe is ideal for holidays, recreation days, birthday events, and extra.

Does anybody else have snacks that they solely ever purchase once they’re on a highway journey?

Baggage of chex combine are likely to fall into that class. It’s the sort of factor that we seize from the gasoline station throughout a toilet break, however I sort of neglect about it between highway journeys.

However making this do-it-yourself ranch chex combine jogged my memory of not simply how a lot I really like snack mixes, however how a lot better do-it-yourself chex combine is than the pre-made stuff.

This ranch snack combine recipe makes an enormous batch, is simple to customise along with your favourite substances, and offers you that savory, herby ranch taste in each single chunk. 

With it being soccer season, it’s one thing you may make for recreation day nibbles, or throw it collectively for an upcoming vacation occasion. Actually, there’s no dangerous time to make this one! 

My favourite ranch chex combine substances

Among the finest issues about making do-it-yourself chex combine is having the ability to utterly customise the substances you utilize. 

A traditional do-it-yourself chex combine normally features a few kinds of Chex cereal, pretzels, and typically nuts. 

For this ranch chex combine, I like to incorporate a bunch of various snacky mix-ins. My favourite mixture is:

• 6 cups rice or corn Chex cereal 
• 2 cups cheddar crackers (Cheez-Its or Goldfish crackers)
• 2 cups Bugles (authentic or nacho)
• 2 cups mini pretzel twists
• 2 cups mini cheese sandwich crackers (Ritz Bits) or oyster crackers
• 1 ½ cups peanuts or cashews (non-obligatory)

Do not forget that ALL of those are customizable. 

So long as you could have 14-15 cups of crunchy snacks and they’re all savory, you’re good to go.

Now for the seasoning, which brings all of those substances collectively and provides the ranch taste all of us love.

You’ll want:

• 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 (1-ounce) packet dry ranch seasoning OR 2 tablespoons do-it-yourself ranch seasoning
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 1 ½ teaspoons granulated sugar

My do-it-yourself ranch seasoning is ideal on this recipe, however you should utilize a store-bought packet if that’s best for you.

The granulated sugar doesn’t make this combine candy; it simply helps spherical out the flavors. Belief me, it makes a distinction!

The right way to make ranch chex combine

Making ranch chex combine is very easy, and it’s a enjoyable factor to do with children. My children love any recipe the place they get to stir issues, so that is at all times one they need to assist with!

You’ll want a BIG mixing bowl for this recipe. I like utilizing an 8-quart bowl in order that there’s plenty of room so as to add all the substances and stir them collectively with out making a large number.

Add all the mix-ins to the bowl and stir them collectively so that they’re evenly combined. 

In a separate bowl, whisk collectively the melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, ranch seasoning, dill, and sugar. 

Drizzle half of this combination over the cereal combination and stir to coat. As soon as mixed, drizzle in the remainder of the butter combination and stir till the seasoning is evenly mixed all through the combination.

Including the seasoning combine in two intervals helps be sure all the combine will get evenly lined. In any other case, you find yourself with numerous seasoning on some items and different items with no seasoning in any respect!

Now divide the combination between two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets and unfold into an excellent layer. Bake at 250°F for half-hour, stirring the combination on the midway level. 

The purpose right here is isn’t actually to “bake” the combination, however extra to dry it out, which is why we use such a low oven temperature.

Let the ranch chex combine cool utterly, then retailer it in hermetic containers at room temperature for as much as 2 weeks (if you may make it final that lengthy!).

Less difficult snack recipes

Snacks like this ranch chex combine are nice for holidays, tailgates, game-day events, birthday events, bridal and child showers, host items, and about one million different events.

A couple of of my different favourite snack combine recipes embody harvest chex combine, buffalo chex combine, and s’mores snack combine.

You additionally positively can’t go fallacious with do-it-yourself bar nuts, candied spiced nuts, and ranch crackers!