Buried Treasure {Sweet and Salty}

Buried Treasure can mean a lot of different things to many people. Some of us bury time capsules for future generations, kids hide trinkets to play ‘pirates and cops/robbers’, dogs hide their favorite bones. In my world (short-sighted that it is), the perfect Buried Treasure captures sweet and salty in every….single….bite! It doesn’t get any better than this snack mix. Hmmmm, I take that back…..it certainly competes with this recipe. I first saw this recipe many moons ago in Southern Living. B and K were little, and I thought it would be perfect for a long car ride to New Hampshire. It was a huge hit, and I have been making it ever since. I tripled this batch last week, and brought it to Hilton Head with us….it almost survived the entire week…..crumbs for all by Thursday.
I have tried many different cinnamon sugar cereal brands, and hands down I prefer Quaker Oatmeal Squares with a touch of brown sugar. It is the big ole’ blue box in the cereal aisle. Kroger’s like to put it on the top shelf with all of the expensive granola. I also cannot leave out the teddy grahams. There is just something so wonderful when you bite into a teddy graham and a goldfish at the same time, and don’t get me started on the m & m’s…….

{Buried Treasure Snack Mix}

Ingredients:

1 pkg(12.5 oz) Mini Goldfish
1 box(14.5 oz) Quaker Oatmeal Squares w/ brown sugar
1 pkg (10oz) Teddy Grahams
1 pkg (15 oz) Mini Pretzels
1 pkg (11.5 oz) Giant Goldfish
1 pkg (21 oz) plain M&M’s

Directions:

* Mix everything together in large bowl or container.
* Store in a sealed container for up to 2 weeks.

Source: adapted from Southern Living