Scary Barbecue Snack Mix
- 6 cups popcorn (1 1/2 ounces; see Cooks' notes)
- 2 cups coarsely broken blue corn tortilla chips (2 3/4 ounces)
- 2 cups Cheddar fish-shaped crackers or other cheese crackers (3 3/4 ounces)
- 2 cups corn nuts (6 1/2 ounces) or smokehouse almonds
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika (sometimes labeled pimenton dulce)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco (optional)
- Large (18- by 13-inch) rimmed baking sheet
- Heat oven to 300u0b0F with rack in middle. Grease rimmed baking sheet with oil.
- Combine popcorn, tortilla chips, cheese crackers, and corn nuts in a large bowl.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove pan from heat and whisk in barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, paprika, chili and garlic powders, and Tabasco, if using.
- Drizzle barbecue sauce mixture over snack mix and stir until combined well.
- Evenly spread mixture in baking sheet and bake, stirring and turning mixture over every 10 minutes, for a total of 40 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack (it will crisp as it cools), then break into pieces.
notes, tortilla chips, cheddar fish, corn nuts, butter, barbecue sauce, worcestershire sauce, sugar, paprika, chili powder, garlic, baking sheet
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/scary-barbecue-snack-mix-51137450 (may not work)