Fall Season Spicy Snack Mix
This amount is enough to share with large crowds. It can also be used as a gift snack if put in decorative containers (about 18 cups).
♦Ingredients:
4 cups mini bagel chips
4 cups of your favorite crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuts, Chex and the like)
2 cups roasted peanuts
2 cups roasted cashews
2 cups whole roasted almonds
½ cup melted butter
¼ cup fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons garlic salt
1 teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon onion salt
♦Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large roasting pan, stir together bagel chips, wheat crackers, peanuts, cashews, and almonds. Set aside.
In a bowl, stir together melted butter, lime juice, garlic salt, chili powder, cumin and onion salt. Pour over cereal mixture; toss to coat.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove form oven, spread mixture on a large piece of foil to cool. Transfer snack mix into containers. Best when stored in air tight containers at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
BBQ Sauce
4 cups Ketchup
1 tsp Chili Powder
1 Tbsp Garlic (minced)
¼ Cup Onions (minced)
1 Tbsp Molasses
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 tsp Spicy Brown or Yellow Mustard
1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
Mince garlic and onions and combine rest of ingredients into sauce pan and bring to a low simmer. Simmer for at least 30 min. Salt and Pepper to taste.
Customize your BBQ Sauce!
Just by adding one of these additional ingredients you can make your BBQ different every time.
Beer Sauce
Add 3 Cans of your favorite beer (8oz cans) - Simmer for 45 min
Whisky Sauce
Add 1 Cup of your favorite Whiskey - Simmer for 45 min
Spicy Sauce
2 Tbsp Jalapeno and Chili Flakes
1 tsp Habanero Pepper Powder (start with 1 tsp and add more to your level of spicy)
 Electro-Lemon-Aide
6 cups red seedless grapes
¼ lemon with the rind
1 quarter size sliced ginger
2 cups ice
Combine all ingredients in the order listed and blend on high for 1 minute.
Water Bottle: place two or three ice cubes in bottle before filling.
Hydration pack with tubing: Strain drink first
Sweetheart Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
♦Ingredients
1- 8oz package semisweet chocolate chips
1-4oz white chocolate chips
6 tbs. vegetable oil
1- container of medium size washed and dried strawberries (free of any moisture)
♦Directions
Place the chocolate chips into a medium stainless bowl.
Repeat with white chips using a smaller stainless bowl.
Place both bowls over two separate pots of simmering hot water.
Turn off heat and let the bowls of chocolate slowly melt on top of hot water. Stir chocolate until both have a smooth consistency. Add 4 tbs. of vegetable oil into the chocolate mixture and add 2 tbs. of vegetable oil into the white chocolate mixture. Stir each until they become silky and shiny.
Remove from the heat being careful to wipe the excess water from the bottoms of the bowl. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper. Grab a strawberry by the stem, and dip ¾ of the strawberry until covered in chocolate. Slowly lift up and let any excess chocolate drip back into the bowl.
Set Strawberries on to waxed paper. Repeat with the remaining strawberries. Create a small bag made with parchment paper and fill with the melted white chocolate. You may or may not have to cut open a small opening at the tip of the bag, depending on how the bag you make turns out. Slowly drizzle the melted white chocolate over the dipped strawberries. Set the strawberries aside until the chocolate sets (45 minutes).
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