Toffee Nut Snack Mix Food

TOFFEE-NUT SNACK MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine cereal, pretzels, almonds, peanuts, and toffee.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in thyme. (Butter will splatter.) Stir in brown sugar, mustard, and salt. Add to cereal mixture and toss until evenly coated. Spread in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake, stirring halfway through, until nuts are toasted and toffee begins to melt, about 15 minutes. Let cool and discard thyme.

NUTTY TOFFEE POPCORN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine popcorn and nuts. In a small heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and cream of tartar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Cook, without stirring, over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 300°-310° (hard-crack stage). , Remove from the heat; quickly stir in baking soda and extract until mixture is light and foamy. Immediately pour over popcorn mixture; toss gently. Spread into two greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Press gently to flatten. Cool completely. Break into pieces.

TRIPLE-NUT TOFFEE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil. Spread nuts in pan. Bake uncovered 6 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Pour into small bowl; set aside. Set aside pan with foil to use in step 3.
• Meanwhile, in heavy 2-quart saucepan, cook sugars, butter and water over medium-high heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly with wooden spoon, until mixture comes to a full boil. Boil 20 to 25 minutes, stirring frequently, until candy thermometer reaches 300°F or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms a hard brittle strand.
• Stir in 1/2 cup of the nuts; immediately pour toffee into same foil-lined pan. Quickly spread mixture to 1/4-inch thickness with rubber spatula. Sprinkle with chocolate chips; let stand about 1 minute or until chips are completely softened. Spread softened chocolate evenly over toffee. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
• Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chocolate is firm. Break into pieces. Store in tightly covered container.

SWEET TOFFEE PRETZEL MIX

Steps:

• In a 9x13-inch glass dish, combine the pretzels and the nuts.
• In a large saucepan combine the butter, sugar, corn syrup and salt. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
• Bring to a boil and cook until thickened (firm ball stage--260°F). Remove from heat and pour over your pretzel mixture and mix until everything is coated.
• Bake in a preheated 250° oven for about 20 minutes (stir about halfway through). Remove from oven and spread out to cool on a sheet of wax paper.

FRUIT N NUT SNACK MIX

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Store in an airtight container.

TOASTED SNACK MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees. In a shallow bowl, combine crackers, pretzels, and nuts. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, cook butter and garlic until butter starts to bubble, about 4 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients to pan; stir to combine. Bring to a simmer; cook about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Remove garlic, and discard. Drizzle butter over cracker mixture, tossing to coat.
• Spread mixture evenly in two rimmed baking sheets. Bake until toasted and fragrant, about 30 minutes, stirring once or twice to cook evenly. Remove from oven. Serve warm or at room temperature.

TOFFEE NUTS

Steps:

• Place sugar and water In small pot over medium heat.
• Stir to dissolve sugar, bring to the boil.
• Cook 8 - 10 minutes or till dark golden.
• Remove from heat, carefully add butter and cream.
• Stir to combine.
• Add nuts and stir.
• Spoon immediately over a pound cake and serve.