Honey Ramen Snack Mix

A fun twist on a snack mix that will evoke surprise from whoever you give it to!

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A sauce of honey, butter, and brown sugar coats crunchy toasted ramen, almonds, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries to make my niece’s favorite snack mix. This also makes fun gifts for your friends!

 Is it healthy? As healthy as crunch and munch or other snack mixes. Is it good? Oh my, yes.

I add a wee bit of salt but you could easily double it if you wanted a sweet and salty treat rather than just sweet. Honey, butter, brown sugar snack mix. Merciful but this stuff is good – And an awfully fun gift.

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You’ll need: three packages of ramen*, Dried Cranberries, Sliced Almonds, Brown Sugar, Butter, Vanilla, Honey, Cinnamon, Kosher Salt, and White Chocolate Chips (optional).

*For the Ramen, be sure and get the square packages because they don’t have the seasoning incorporated into them but in a packet inside the package instead. Based on this, you can get any flavor you want because we’re not going to use the flavor packet anyway.

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The full recipe is at the bottom of this post in a printable recipe card

1. To start with place butter, honey, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a microwave safe bowl or sauce pot and heat until just warm enough to dissolve the brown sugar. Stir well.

2. Break up uncooked Ramen into bite sized pieces. Throw away the seasoning packets or save for another use.

3. Add Ramen, almonds, and dried cranberries to sauce and stir really well to coat.

4. Pour onto a lightly greased rimmed baking sheet and place in a 325 oven for thirty minutes, stirring ramen well every ten minutes.
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When you remove it from the oven stir it a final time and allow it to rest until fully cool.  Then, break it up and Stir in white chocolate chips. Store in an airtight container for up to one week, or freeze in zipper seal bags for up to six months for gift giving.

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Enjoy your delicious snack mix!

I started out making this just to see the expression on people’s faces when they heard what it was – but now I have to keep making it because of demand!

Honey Ramen Snack Mix

A sauce of honey, butter, and brown sugar coats crunchy toasted ramen, almonds, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries make this fun snack mix.
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: ramen
Servings: 4 About 7-8 cups
Calories: 160.9kcal
Author: Christy Jordan

Ingredients

  • 3 square packages of Ramen*
  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 cup sliced almonds or nuts of your choice
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, place butter, honey, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon. Microwave just until butter is melted. Stir together until well combined.
  • Break apart each package of ramen, discarding the seasoning packet or saving it for another use. Pour broken ramen, sliced almonds, and dried cranberries into honey and butter mixture. Stir until entire mixture is coated.
  • Pour onto lightly greased baking sheet and place in a 325° oven for thirty minutes, stirring after every ten minutes.
  • Once the thirty minutes is up, remove from oven and allow to rest for five minutes before stirring a final time. Allow to cool completely and then stir in the white chocolate chips. Store in an airtight container at room temp for up to a week or in freezer sealed bags in the freezer for several months.

Notes

*Make sure you get the Ramen that has a flavor packet separate from the noodles.

Nutrition

Calories: 160.9kcal
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45 Comments

  1. I just made a summer version of this with dried wild blueberries, almond sliced, and a dash of both almond extract and apple pie spice to the recipe above. I made this for a Iron Chef style ramen competition at work and it photographed beautifully too! I wish we weren’t all stuck working at home so they could taste the deliciousness.

    Blueberry Ramen Crunch for the win! Thank you for the inspiration!

  2. We are having an Asian theme lunch for our youth retreat. Fried rice, egg rolls, fortune cookies and this snack mix for 40 high schoolers. I can’t wait for them to try it. Right now I have ingredients for 4 batches. Think that’s enough?

  3. Do the ramen noodles soften up some from the honey and butter, or do they stay hard and crunchy? hgd

  4. 5 stars
    The Cranberry Festival is going on here this weekend, we have ancient Cranberry Bogs dating from the Ice Age, next year I’m making this snack and having it at the festival. There are usually around 12K visitors. I’m hoping a few baking friends help out. We will make some nut free and add broken pretzel sticks instead.

  5. Such a great little snack. I tried it with diced, dried apricot, butterscotch chips and walnuts. cause that’s what I had. Yummy. I used a spice packet from the chicken ramen to make egg drop soup and it was good.

  6. Christy, I made this over the weekend, and it sure didn’t last long. I’m having my side of the family over this Saturday for Thanksgiving dinner, and I plan on making another batch to snack on. Love it!

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