This Easy Nuts and Bolts is a delicious salty and garlicky mixture of cereal, pretzels, nuts and chips! Makes a big batch.
Nuts and Bolts is a staple snack in our home during the holiday season! Made with 15 cups of different cereals, crackers, chips and nuts, this delicious snack will disappear quickly!
My Mom has been making Nuts and Bolts at Christmas for as long as I can remember. It’s one of those snacks that has become associated with the holidays and it doesn’t feel like Christmas without them! So this year because we won’t be seeing my parents for Christmas, I decided to make a big batch of Nuts and Bolts for my own family and wanted to share the recipe with you.
Make it your way!
The great thing about Nuts and Bolts is how easy the recipe is to change to suit the tastebuds of your family. We definitely have our own favourite additions, and things we don’t like, so I made this batch to reflect that. I used 4 different kinds of cereal: Chex, Crispix, Cheerios and Life. I also added 2 cups of mini cheese crackers, 2 cups of salted nuts, 1 cup of pretzels and 2 cups of Bugles. But you can add all of your favourites…some people love Shreddies in their Nuts and Bolts, others leave out the nuts. The key is to have 15 cups total…how you get there is up to you!
Salty and Garlicky!
These Nuts and Bolts are the perfect balance of salty and garlicky. We don’t like our Nuts and Bolts too garlicky, so I have only added 2 1/2 teaspoons of garlic powder to this recipe. If you love garlic, feel free to bump that up to 3 or more teaspoons. And for saltiness, I use a seasoning salt like Lawrys or Hys.
For the Holidays and Beyond
Not only are Nuts and Bolts a holiday staple, but they’re perfect for game day parties too! This recipe makes a pretty big batch (and it’s easily doubled), so it’s great for feeding a crowd. Enjoy!
Cereal: I have listed cereal options below, but honestly, you can add what ever cereal you like. Chex, Shreddies, Life Cereal, Cheerios, Crispix.
Sweetness Tip! If you want a little sweetness in your Nuts and Bolts, try adding Honey Nut Cheerios or Honey Chex to your mix.
Crackers: I used mini cheese crackers and sticks in this recipe, but you can use any mini cracker.
Nuts: I like to add salted mixed nuts to this recipe.
Seasoning Salt: I use either Hys or Lawrys seasoning salt for this recipe.
Spices: Love garlic? Feel free to add more!
Baking: Make sure to stir the mixture every 15 minutes or so during the baking process.
Other delicious additions: Substitute any of the ingredients below with things like Shreddies, Fritos Corn Chips or Hoops. The key is to have 15 cups total.
This recipe takes 1 hour and 30 minutes to make, but make sure to let the Nuts and Bolts cool for at least 30 minutes before snacking!
Author:Jo-Anna Rooney
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:75 minutes
Total Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Yield:14 cups1x
Category:Snack
Ingredients
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4cups bite-size corn and rice square cereal (like Crispix or Chex)
2cups Life Cereal
2cups cheerios
2cups small crackers (or cheese crackers)
1cup small pretzels
2cups Bugles
2cups mixed salted nuts
1cup butter
2 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp seasoning salt (like Lawrys)
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 250 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine all of the cereals, crackers, pretzels and nuts. Set aside.
In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
Then whisk in the garlic powder, seasoning salt and Worcestershire sauce. Stir until well blended.
Drizzle the butter mixture over the cereal mixture, and mix until the cereal is evenly coated with the seasoned butter.
Spread the cereal mixture onto a baking sheet so that the mixture is in a single layer…you don’t want the layer too thick or the mixture won’t bake evenly. If you have too much, use 2 baking sheets.
Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes making sure to stir every 15 minutes.
add cheeses, hoops, and I would say to add bugles, but I just found out they're discontinued in Canada. so let's collectively take a moment to grieve. so instead, we're adding corn chips, more hoops, Czech cereal, pretzels, crisp mix, and none of that bad stuff that nobody likes.
Cereals: In this nuts and bolts recipe I use five kinds of cereal! Rice Chex, Corn Chex, Wheat Chex, Kix, and Cheerios. Other brands work just as well, and you can mix and match your favorites. Crackers and Snacks: The combination of Cheez-Its, bagel chips, pretzel sticks, and peanuts, is incredible.
After unlocking it, look for almond plants and harvest almonds from them. With each harvest, you'll get two almonds. After grabbing both these ingredients, you can go to any cooking station and make Nuts & Bolts by interacting with the pot.
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After several tastings, the Willys concluded that Tongari Corn was slightly "spicier" than Bugles but had the same texture. Overall, a "pretty good substitute" for any nuts and bolts recipe.
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Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. A useful strategy for farming Nuts and Bolts is to load into a City with your party privacy set to private, and clearing the map of vehicles.
To make Dream Ice Cream, gather these three vital ingredients and throw them into the pot; Dreamlight Fruit, Slush Ice, and Milk. The first two are connected to some characters' Friendship Quests in Disney Dreamlight Valley, so players might need to increase their Friendship level before attempting to make this recipe.
Homemade Chex Mix Is Cheaper AND More Delicious Than The Store-Bought Stuff. Chex Mix offers variety: the crisp cereal, toasty pretzels, the unique crunch of the bagel chips. This homemade recipe puts the store-bought to shame.
Is Chex mix a healthy snack. In terms of snacks, this one certainly isn't the worst. On the other hand, if you've got high blood pressure, you definitely need to be careful of mindlessly eating it. In just a half cup, traditional Chex mix has 250 mg of sodium.
Chex mix is a better option to consume than regular potato chips and is high in calories. Manufacturers add niacin and thiamine mononitrate into the chips to increase nutrients.
Bugles were discontinued in Canada in early 2010 due to a decrease in customer demand, but were soon brought back in November 2011 due to a renew in demand.
"Unfortunately, Bugles in Canada have been discontinued for several months," the company said on social media(opens in a new tab). "We're always listening to fans so maybe it will come back in the future. Until then we're hoping you can find a tasty substitute elsewhere in the General Mills family."
Back then, Bugles' snack siblings were Whistles – a cheddar-flavored corn product in the shape of a whistle and “taste like grilled cheese on toast, only crunchy”; and Daisy*s – a flower-shaped snack that had the flavor of “puffed popovers.”
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