Original version:
6 tblsp butter or margarine
1 tsp seasoned salt
4 tsp worcestershire sauce
2 cups each of corn, rice, wheat chex cereal
3/4 salted nuts


My modified version and scaled to convenient cooking size:
24 tblsp (3 sticks) butter)
18 cups cereal (2 regular size boxes)
8 oz pretzels
16 oz peanuts (dry roasted)
6 tblsp worcestershire sauce
4 tsp seasoned salt

Latest batch 2022-07-02:
4 sticks butter
2 large boxes cereal (~24'ish cups)
8-12oz bag pretzels
16oz peanuts dry roasted
8 tblsp worcestershire sauce (be sure to shake bottle)
4 tsp seasoned salt


preheat oven to 250 F

Melt butter, seasoned salt, and worcestershire sauce in sauce pan, bring
to a boil
Pour over cereal, nuts, and pretzels and toss to coat (I use a large
stock pot for this, but whatever works. Helps to have a second person
tossing the stock pot while you slowly pour the sauce over the mix
ingredients.)
Spread coated mix into two large roasting pans or onto cooking sheets
Cook for 45 minutes at 250 F, stirring every 15.
Try to avoid consuming all of the mix prior to completion of cooking.

The second recipe sounds like a lot, but after you're done snacking
while cooking, it leaves maybe two gallon size ziplog bags of snack mix.
You can substitute larger boxes for a slightly milder mix, and can
decrease seasoned salt a bit if you prefer a low sodium variety.

Four family size boxes (18oz) is too much to comfortably make at a time.