This Slow Cooker Nuts and Bolts Recipe is perfect for when you don’t have the oven available for two or three hours to bake up a bath of nuts and bolts! Now, this recipe is smaller than my usual batch of Nuts and Bolts, but this is also perfect for kids to make as well! My son made himself this very batch in the photos because he wanted to have some as a snack for school. If you are wanting a large batch for a big party, you would have to make a few batches as this is half of my normal batch. That said, my normal batch of Nuts and Bolts is large and in charge! This is perfect for school lunches and snacks for the family during the week.
Spicy, Delicious Slow Cooker Nuts and Bolts Recipe
There has to be a happy medium between the ho-hum recipes out there – man, you should see how little butter some of the other recipes for homemade nuts and bolts use! Sacrilege!- and the store-bought bags. I actually don’t even like the store-bought bags of bits and bites or nuts and bolts. It has to be homemade nuts and bolts or nothing!
Why isn’t this called Chex Mix?
We call this slow cooker Nuts and Bolts because we don’t get all of the different varieties of Chex mix that the original recipe calls for. We get Rice Chex and that’s IT! I’m Canadian so we make Nuts and Bolts, not Chex Mix. We are making Homemade Nuts and Bolts and Canadians use far different cereals than my American friends do. Homemade nuts and bolts are far different here in Canada, as the mix that I grew up with also included Shreddies. We always had Shreddies in our homemade nuts and bolts however I don’t include them because those buggers always cut my mouth. Every time!!
And by we made them, I meant that my son made these slow cooker nuts and bolts.
Which Crockpot should I use to Make Slow Cooker Nuts & Bolts?
For making slow cooker nuts and bolts you are going to need a LARGE crockpot so we recommend a 6-8 quart oval shaped crockpot (slow cooker) such as the one pictured below. While this recipe will certainly work in other styles, this one affords the right amount of space for just the right amount of food. This is a large capacity crockpot at 8 quarts – if you are serious about slow cooking then this baby is affordable, has amazing reviews and is beautiful!
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- Reynolds Slow Cooker Liners (Pack of 8)
- Non-Stick Roasting Rack for Oval 6×9 Crockpots
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Tips for Making Great Slow Cooker Nuts and Bolts
- You have to get rid of moisture, moisture is your enemy when it comes to making nuts and bolts. If your slow cooker doesn’t have a hole in the lid ( and not many do) you are going to have to use paper towel underneath your lid. The paper towel will absorb all of the moisture in the mixture, helping to dry out the pieces from the sauce.
- You have to stir it so that it doesn’t burn. We found that it is more important to remember this than it is when you make nuts and bolts in the oven.
- You can add in some hot sauce for a spicy kick!
- Add in some peanuts as well if you like, we tend to not include them.
Happy slow cooking!
Love,
Mike and Karlynn
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Prep 5 min
Cook 2 hr
Total 2 hr 5 min
Servings
You’ll need
Ingredients
Instructions
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Get out your slow cooker and spray the inside with vegetable cooking spray.
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In a very large bowl, combine the cereals, nuts, crackers and pretzels. In microwave (or on stove) melt butter and mix in spices and Worcestershire. Pour over dry ingredients and stir gently to mix thoroughly.
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Place in the crockpot. Place a paper towel over top of the crockpot and place the lid on top. Cook on high for an hour, then remove the lid and stir and turn it down to low. Stir every 20 minutes or so to prevent burning.
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The mix will be done when you can see that all of the butter mixture has been absorbed and is dry.
Notes
Original Recipe here: Homemade Nuts and Bolts Recipe
Nutrition per serving: 297 calories
- Calories
- 297 kcal
- Carbohydrates
- 29 g
- Protein
- 3 g
- Fat
- 19 g
- Saturated fat
- 11 g
- Cholesterol
- 48 mg
- Sodium
- 848 mg
- Potassium
- 131 mg
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Vitamin A
- 1375 IU
- Vitamin C
- 6 mg
- Calcium
- 89 mg
- Iron
- 7.7 mg
Nutrition is an automatic estimate and will vary with the brands you use.
I changed a few things from past experience…
Added a bit more butter
(extra 3 or 4TBS)
Also added the optional onion powder as well as a 1/4 tsp of chilli powder and started right away on low heat stirring every 20 mins or so to prevent burning
Ok so maybe this is a stupid question, but I am not so good with instructions. In step 3 it says to take the lid off, turn to low and mix every 20 minutes. Do I leave the lid off for the duration of the low temp?
Yes
Have not made this yet but the next family getogether it will be on the menu.
where are the nuts in the nuts and bolts I enjoy it with nuts
I followed the instructions to a “T” & it was awful! I will go back to my oven recipe that is very similar to this.
To each their own but I suspect you didn’t follow the recipe to a T like you mentioned.
Can this recipe be done on a toaster on a conventional oven?