DIY: Hawaiian Twist on Chex Mix
This is the second year that I made handmade gifts for the holidays. Previously, I gifted a delicious granola. This year, I decided on a furikake chex mix. Furikake is a bottled Japanese seasoning. I like the one made of roasted seaweed, sesame seeds, sugar, and salt. My sister in law has made it for parties. I have even purchased some at Jimbo’s, an ice cream shop in San Jose.
The traditional Chex mix is a savory mix of various snacks, but I love the furikake version which offers a sweet and savory mix of flavors. When you make it yourself, you get to put the snacks you like and avoid those snacks you don’t enjoy as much.
Here’s the list of ingredients needed:
1 box Rice Chex cereal
1 box Corn Chex cereal
1 box Kix cereal
1 bag of pretzel sticks
2 sticks butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. soy sauce
1 bottle Furikake
Additional roasted seaweed
3/4 cup corn syrup
3/4 cup vegetable oil
I started by blending all the snacks I wanted to include and dividing it into two large tin foil pans.
In a small saucepan, heat butter, corn syrup, soy sauce, and oil over medium heat. Once melted, remove from heat.
Add sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
Pour wet mixture over the snacks and mix well so that coating is evenly distributed.
Season with furikake and roasted seaweed.
Bake at 250°F for 1 hour. Mix and turn every 15 minutes.
After an hour, the coating should have hardened. Remove from oven and let cool before putting snacks in airtight containers.
