Ranch Chex Combine (Simple Recipe!)

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

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

Luggage of chex combine are likely to fall into that class. It’s the type of factor that we seize from the fuel station throughout a toilet break, however I type of overlook about it between street journeys.

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

This ranch snack combine recipe makes an enormous batch, is straightforward to customise together with your favourite elements, and provides you that savory, herby ranch taste in each single chunk. 

With it being soccer season, it’s one thing you can also make for sport day nibbles, or throw it collectively for an upcoming vacation social gathering. Truthfully, there’s no dangerous time to make this one! 

My favourite ranch chex combine elements

The most effective issues about making selfmade chex combine is having the ability to fully customise the elements you employ. 

A basic selfmade chex combine often features a few forms 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 (elective)

Do not forget that ALL of those are customizable. 

So long as you will 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 elements 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 selfmade ranch seasoning
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 1 ½ teaspoons granulated sugar

My selfmade 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 best 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 all the time one they wish 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 numerous room so as to add all the elements and stir them collectively with out making a large number.

Add all the mix-ins to the bowl and stir them collectively in order that they’re evenly blended. 

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 certain all the combine will get evenly lined. In any other case, you find yourself with loads of 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 a good layer. Bake at 250°F for half-hour, stirring the combination on the midway level. 

The aim 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 fully, then retailer it in hermetic containers at room temperature for as much as 2 weeks (if you can also make it final that lengthy!).

Easier snack recipes

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

Just a few of my different favourite snack combine recipes embrace harvest chex combine, buffalo chex combine, and s’mores snack combine.

You additionally undoubtedly can’t go incorrect with selfmade bar nuts, candied spiced nuts, and ranch crackers!