In honor of Fall, I thought I’d share my recipe for TV trash. I have to make this every Fall from September to November. My youngest started reminding me to get the ingredients last week sometime. He has taken the Fall time frame to heart. He asked me, “You know the 22nd is the first day of Fall, right?” Last year every time he ran out he’d tell me, “Mom, you need to make more, because Daddy didn’t get much.” I think the argument was made to his father that, “See, I’ve gotten better.” My husband’s response: “Yeah, at eating it faster!” So you can see why I only make it during the Fall season. My youngest would eat nothing but this stuff if I made it year round. I believe it’s just the standard Chex mix recipe with a twist. I got it from my neighbor who I’ve known since I was a teen. Enjoy!
T.V. Trash
Ingredients:
3 sticks of butter
3/4 cup Worchestershire Sauce
3Tbsp. + 1 1/2 tsp. Tony Chachere’s original creole seasoning
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. + 1 1/2 tsp. red pepper
1 box Corn Chex
1 box Wheat Chex
1 box Rice Chex
1 box Cheerios
2 bags of pretzels (I use the the honey wheat sticks)
2 14 oz. containers of mixed nuts (I always add a bag of pecans as well, because there is never enough?)
Directions:
Melt butter in pot. Add in seasonings and Worchestershire sauce. Divide cereals, nuts and pretzels into 2 large roasting pans. Once sauce is melted and combined, pour equal amounts into roasting pans on top of cereal mixes and stir. Bake for 1 hour at 250 degrees stirring the mix every 15 minutes.