Effortless Caramel Apple Chow (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Finishing
01 -
Pour-on caramel sauce
→ Coating
02 -
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening
03 -
1 cup lime green candy melts
04 -
1 cup green candy melts
→ Mix-ins
05 -
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, split up
06 -
1 cup vanilla cake mix, split up
07 -
2 cups granola
→ Base
08 -
10 cups apple cinnamon Rice Chex, split
# Instructions:
01 -
Bring both mixtures together in a big bowl. Give it a big toss with lots of caramel drizzled on top right before you dig in.
02 -
Shake both zip bags hard. You want all the cereal covered evenly with the dry stuff.
03 -
Move each batch of candy-covered cereal straight into its matching bag of cake mix, cinnamon, and granola. Seal it tight.
04 -
Pour the melted lime green mix on one bowl of cereal and the green one on the other. Gently turn it until everything's coated.
05 -
Get two microwavable bowls. Melt one cup green melts plus a teaspoon of shortening in one, and the lime green with another teaspoon in the second, till it's all silky.
06 -
To each of two big zip bags, throw in half a cup vanilla cake mix, one cup granola, and a teaspoon cinnamon. Put aside for now.
07 -
Put five cups of your apple cinnamon Chex in one medium bowl and another five in a second bowl.
# Notes:
01 -
Keep leftovers in a sealed container on the counter. It stays crisp for about three days.
02 -
You can swap in plain rice or corn Chex if you want, but it won't taste as cinnamon-y.