Reindeer Snack

There are two versions, a sweet one and a spicy one.

Sweet one.
3 cups popped popcorn
3 cups bugles- regular/original flavor
2 cups pretzel sticks
1 cup Cheerios cereal
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups red and green candy coated chocolate candies

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees
2 Mix popcorn, bugles , pretzels, and cereal in large bow. Mix remaining ingredients separately and drizzle over popcorn mixture. Tossing until evenly coated. Spread in ungreased jelly roll pan , 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 inch
3 Bake uncovered 15 minutes , stirring twice; cool. Store loosely covered at room temperature up to 2 weeks.



SPICY

Everything is the same except use the Nacho cheese flavor bugle snacks and replace the cinnamon with 1 garlic clove very finely chopped ( or 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder)

Special touch:
Make party favors out of this mix- Warp 1 cup portions in holiday themed plastic wrap and tie with green and red ribbon. Personalize packages by attaching small gift tags with a guests name written on each.