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Meat Lovers’ Snack Mix

Admittedly, this crunchy appetizer might skew toward dudes. But everyone will go wild for this go-to on game day! My husband loves that it features all of his favorite foods: salted meats, salted nuts and hot sauce.

—GINA MYHILL-JONES 100 MILE HOUSE, BC



PREP: 15 MIN. • BAKE: 50 MIN. + COOLING • MAKES: 6 CUPS


1/4 cups wasabi-coated green peas

3/4 cup salted peanuts

3 pepperoni-flavored meat snack sticks (1 1/2 ounces each), cut into bite-size pieces

2 ounces beef jerky, cut into bite-size pieces

1/2 cup corn nuts

1/2 cup Rice Chex

1/2 cup Multi Grain Cheerios

1/2 cup crunchy cheese puff snacks

2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)

1/3 cup canola oil

1/2 teaspoons chili powder

1/2 teaspoons onion powder

1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

1/2 teaspoon soy sauce

1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt

1. Preheat oven to 250°. Combine first nine ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk oil, chili powder, onion powder, pepper sauce, soy sauce and seasoned salt. Drizzle over the cereal mixture and toss to coat.

2. Spread into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake 50 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

3. Cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.