Dulce de Leche Crunchy Caramel Mix
Everyone loves a good trail mix, and Chex is just not going to cut it.
Ingredients:
2 boxes of Dulce de Leche cookies
8 cups of broken pretzels
20 cups of popcorn
4 cups of dry roasted peanuts
3 cups of brown sugar
1-1/2 cups of butter
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Directions:
Place the pretzels, popcorn, peanuts and broken pieces of Dulce de Leche cookies into a large paper bag or, if you have one, a very large bowl. Set aside. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup and butter. Cook, stirring to melt the butter and dissolve the sugar, until the mixture comes to a boil. Once the mixture is at a full boil, continue to cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat, and stir in the salt, vanilla and baking soda. The mixture will foam up when you add the soda, so use a long spoon to stir. Immediately pour the sugar mixture over the popcorn and pretzels in the bag. Shake until evenly coated.
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