"Oh what a celebration, we'll have today..."

One of my favorite ways to make regular (and boring!) Chex Mix festive for a party is creating the Hot Buttered Yum Chex Mix for my guests when throwing a holiday party. A combination of cinnamon, brown sugar, honey and marshmallows blend effortlessly together in a crazy-delicious, gluten free crunchy mix. Stir up a rich and buttery mix married with delicate spices and rum flavoring. Check out the recipe below!

Hot Buttered Yum Chex Mix
Ingredients
4 cups Honey Nut Chex® cereal
2 cups Cinnamon Chex® cereal
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon rum flavoring
2 cups miniature marshmallows

Preparation Directions
1. In large microwavable bowl, place cereals. In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave butter, brown sugar and honey uncovered on High 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until mixture is bubbly. Stir in spices and rum flavoring. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until coated.
2. Microwave uncovered on High 3 minutes, stirring and scraping bowl after every minute.
3. Cool slightly; about 5 minutes. Stir in marshmallows. Spread on waxed paper. Store in airtight container.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 140 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g);

For more Chex Mix recipe ideas, visit ChexPartyMix.com.

***Giveaway***
Congrats #53 - Danny!

Chex Mix, in partnership with financefoodie.com, wants to give one of my readers their own Chex Mix Party Kit!

Prize Pack Includes:
**2 boxes of Chex cereal to create Chex Party Mix recipes
**5 featured Chex Party Mix recipes
**10 takeout containers so your guests can take their Chex Party Mix to-go
**$20 gift card to purchase recipe ingredients and decorating supplies

There are THREE ways to enter
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Contest ends Friday, December 2, 2011 at 5pm EST. Winners will be chosen via random integer generator on random.org announced on the financefoodie.com site shortly afterwards that night!

Full Disclosure:  The Chex Party Mix-Change product, information, and giveaway have been provided by Chex through MyBlogSpark. I was not compensated for this post.