Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch

Ingredients

• 8 cups Chocolate Chex® cereal
• 0.75 cups packed brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 0.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.25 cups vanilla baking chips

Instructions

1. 1

   Place cereal in a large microwave-safe bowl; set aside. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.

2. 2

   In a 2-cup microwave-safe measuring cup, microwave brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth.

3. 3

   Stir baking soda into sugar mixture, stirring until dissolved. Pour over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Microwave coated cereal on High 3 minutes, stirring every minute.

4. 4

   Spread cereal mixture over the prepared cookie sheet. Cool 10 minutes. Break into bite-sized pieces.

5. 5

   In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave vanilla baking chips uncovered on High about 1 minute 30 seconds or until chips can be stirred smooth (bowl will be hot).

6. 6

   Drizzle melted baking chips over snack. Refrigerate until set, 10 minutes or longer. Store in a tightly covered container.