Frito Snack Mix

The last weekend in January, I invited a few long-time Camp friends from Boston, NYC & New Haven to come to Vernon for the weekend. We had a great time hanging out at The Mansions, and playing lots of Boxers & Briefs and Scattergories. 

Before they came I made a Fritos Sweet Snack Mix. I remember munching on this as a child, particularly while we drove to Colorado for family ski trips. It was a huge hit for back-to-back game nights!

Fritos® Sweet Snack Mix

A wonderful combination of sweet and salty!

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups brown sugar
2 sticks butter

1/2 cup Karo® syrup
1 box rice Chex®
1 bag Fritos®
1 can peanuts or mixed nuts (I used peanuts)
1 bag M&M's®

DIRECTIONS:
 1. In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients (minus the M&M's).
2. Bring sugar, butter and syrup to a boil.
3. Pour caramel mixture over the mix and stir.
4. Spread in two 9x13 cake pans.
5. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes, stir and bake another 8 minutes.
6. Pour in brown paper bag to cool, mixing every so often to keep from clumping together. 7. Once totally cool, add M&M's.

Jess, Haley, Sarah, Claire, Christine and I at Max Burger in West Hartford. 

Thanks for making the trip to Vernon, ladies...let's do it again soon!