With simple ingredients and minimal time, this Texas Trash Party Mix is a fun appetizer for your gatherings. Everyone loves this simple recipe!

Texas Trash Party Mix in white bowl showing all ingredients and the spices stuck to them.

I love Party Mixes! I really do, I mean you can go out and buy a bag of Chex Mix and dump it in a bowl, but what is the fun in that? Making homemade is my favorite.

This Texas Trash Party Mix is a fun and flavorful appetizer or snack that whoever you serve it to will love. We like to serve it a parties, game days get togethers or just for fun.

It has a mixture of Chex cereal, Cheerios, peanuts and pretzels and is then glazed and baked in a delicious spicy butter mixture, the perfect blend of spices.

I love easy recipes and with this one you really can’t get any easier! Mix everything together and bake and you are good to go! I’m a simple person and this is just my kind of recipe.

Once you make this Texas Trash Party Mix you will want to make it over and over again, not just because it’s easy but because it’s super flavorful as well.

If you’ve been looking for that perfect Party Mix recipe, then you have to make my Texas Trash Party Mix.

Some of my other favorite easy appetizers that we have on our site include: Air Fryer Pigs in a Blanket, Homemade Tortilla Chips and Classic Deviled Eggs.

Texas Trash Party Mix spread out on baking sheet.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

Easy to find ingredients helps this whip up quickly.
You can easily double this recipe to serve a larger crowd.
Family friendly, not too spicy so everyone can enjoy.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST):

Salted butter
Worcestershire sauce
Celery salt
Garlic powder
Paprika
Onion powder
Cheerios
Corn Chex
Wheat Chex
Mini pretzels
Peanuts

Ingredients needed to make Texas Trash Party Mix.

HOW TO MAKE THIS PARTY MIX, STEP BY STEP:

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a small bowl, add the melted butter, worcestershire sauce, celery salt, garlic powder, paprika and onion powder and whisk together. Set aside.
In a large bowl, add all the cereals, pretzels, and peanuts and stir to combine.
Drizzle the butter mixture over the cereal mixture and stir to coat.
Spread the mixture out on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, making sure to stir every 15 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow the mixture to cool on the baking sheet before serving.

Step by step photos on how to make Texas Trash.

WHAT IS TEXAS TRASH?

While I can’t pin down where the name came from, Texas Trash is made up of various cereals, nuts and pretzels among other things.

It is then coated in a butter/spice mixture that is baked at a low temperature to make the spices stick onto the ingredients creating a delicious and obsessive flavor.

WHAT ELSE CAN I ADD TO THIS?

While we like the combination that we use in this recipe other ideas that you can add to this recipe include:

Bugles
Goldfish
Pecans
Rye Chips
Cheez-Its
Oyster Crackers

Those are just a few other ideas that we have added to this Party Mix before and we love all of them, but keep coming back to our normal recipe.

CAN I MAKE THIS IN THE SLOW COOKER?

Yes absolutely! We have made a lot of our party mixes in the slow cooker and this is one of them that you can do to as well.

To slow cook – prepare according to directions and then place in a 6 quart crockpot, cover and cook on low for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes or so so it doesn’t burn.

DO I HAVE TO USE SALTED BUTTER?

While we omit actual salt from this recipe and use other seasonings to add that flavor, the salt does come from the butter.

If you prefer a less “salty” mix, then you can use unsalted butter. If you don’t find it salty enough for your taste, just add some in the mix as you’d like.

White bowl with Texas Trash Party Mix in it on blue linen with some of the mix around bowl.

HOW TO STORE:

We like to keep ours in a large lidded bowl, but you can also store in a ziptop bag and it will keep for about 4-6 weeks.

You can also store in the freezer in freezer friendly bags for about 5-6 months.

To defrost, remove from the freezer onto the countertop until it comes to room temperature, then serve.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

Rice Chex may also be used.
You can use smoked paprika to give it a little more kick.
If you like things spicy, you could add 2 teaspoons of your favorite buffalo sauce.
You can substitute or add other ingredients, see above on some of my ideas.
This recipe can be frozen, see my storing tips above.
This Party Mix can be made in the slow cooker, instructions on how to do that are included above as well.
Easily double this recipe to serve more people or to have on hand for later.

Close up of mix in a white bowl showing all the ingredients with the spice mixture stuck to it.

Want a fun, easy, tasty Party Mix? Then you need to whip up a batch of this Texas Trash Party Mix ASAP, you will fall in love!

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DECEMBER, 2020

Texas Trash Party Mix