Alton Brown's Trash

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 3 1/2 cups cheerios toasted oat cereal
• 3 cups rice chex
• 3 cups corn chex
• 16 ounces m&m's plain chocolate candy
• 2 1/2 cups salted mixed nuts
• 2 cups small pretzels
• 2 (11 ounce) packages chocolate chips (ghirardelli brand preferred)

Recipe

• 1 dump the cereals, m&ms, nuts & pretzels in a large bowl.
• 2 melt the chocolate in the microwave or in a double boiler. melt very slowly, stirring occasionally, being careful not to burn the chocolate.
• 3 dump melted chocolate over the rest of the ingredients and fold over and over until you have well-coated hunks and chunks.
• 4 spread the whole mess out on parchment paper and set in a cool place until it sets up, then break it into pieces.
• 5 store in zip-top bags or air-tight containers.