Homemade Gardetto's Snack Mix Recipe (Copycat Recipe) (2024)

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By: Becky Hardin

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Gardettos are my weakness for salty spicy snack mix. This recipe for Homemade Gardetto’s is a fun and easy way to make a delicious snack mix for your family! We love the flavor and that you can control all of the ingredients to make it just like your family loves it. This copycat Gardettos Recipe is perfect for tailgating, family BBQs, or holiday parties. No need to buy it when you can make it at home!

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How to Make Homemade Gardettos

This Gardettos Recipe can get me through any tough day. In college I was OBSESSED with Gardetto’s. I would stay up late procrastinatingand popping this snack mix like candy. I probably could have learned a bit about everything in moderation, but they were just SO darn good! I never dreamed that I could make it in large batches at home so easily.

So often I look back and wish I would have started cooking earlier, but then I probably wouldn’t have this blog all about learning to cook. We already have a favorite Chex Mix recipe on the blog (Mom’s famous for it!) but now we have these Homemade Gardetto’s as an option as well. So flavorful, delicious, and easy! The spicy and salty combination makes this snack mix recipe all I need in life!

Move over Chex Mix, there’s a new favorite snack mix recipe in town!

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Copycat Gardettos Recipe

We adapted this recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, Cravings by Chrissy Tiegen. Not only is Chrissy an amazing model and the funniest person on Twitter, she’s also an incredible cook. She compiled some of her favorite approachable and creative recipes into her cookbook and I love it SO much. So many fun and tasty options. These Homemade Gardetto’s stuck out to me as one I wanted to try right away and they took me back to college with the first bite.

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Tips and tricks for making Gardettos at home

You know those dark brown little chips in Gardettos? They’re just little spiced pieces of dried rye bread. We made a couple tweaks like using Gardetto’s toast pieces in the recipe instead of toasting our own bread.

If you’d like to make your own, you can use small wheat slices, cut them into fourths, and toast them before throwing them into the mix. An awesome option for sure! We just opted for the easiest path possible to making this recipe exactly like the original.

If you make an amazing snack mix recipe at home, you need some good co*cktails to wash it down with. We recommend our Skinny Margarita, Summer Shandy, Champagne Sangria, or Party Punch if you’re serving a crowd. Game Day here we come!

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I hope this recipe brings you joy and calms your snack cravings! Hopefully it makes its way to your Super Bowl party, Christmas table, Summer BBQs, long road trips, and beyond.

If you’re looking for more homemade snack mix recipes be sure to check out our Butter Toffee Pretzels,Easy Candied Walnuts,Garlic Parmesan Pasta Chips, and HomemadeChex Mix Recipe. Enjoy!

See the recipe card below for details on How to Make Gardettos. Enjoy!

Recipe

Homemade Gardetto’s

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Author: Becky Hardin | The Cookie Rookie

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Cook: 45 minutes minutes

Total: 50 minutes minutes

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Gardettos are my weakness for salty spicy snack mix. This recipe for HOMEMADE GARDETTO'S is a fun and easy way to make a delicious snack mix for your family! We love the flavor and that you can control all of the ingredients to make it just like your family loves it.

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Ingredients

  • 6 cups Chex cereal rice and corn work well
  • 3 ounces Grissini Torinesi Thin Breadsticks broken into 2-inch pieces (1 package)
  • 2 cups Itty Bitty Minis Pretzels
  • ½ cup butter (1 stick)
  • 1 ounce ranch seasoning store-bought or homemade
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon hot sauce
  • ½ teaspoon seasoning salt
  • tablespoons garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 cups Gardetto Special Request Garlic Rye Chips

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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 300°F. Since this recipe requires two baking sheets, set one oven rack to upper middle and one to lower middle.

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal, breadsticks, and pretzels.

    6 cups Chex cereal, 3 ounces Grissini Torinesi Thin Breadsticks, 2 cups Itty Bitty Minis Pretzels

  • In a small saucepan, over medium heat, combine butter, dry ranch dip, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, seasoning salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. Whisk well and cook until butter melts. Remove from heat.

    ½ cup butter, 1 ounce ranch seasoning, ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon hot sauce, ½ teaspoon seasoning salt, 1½ tablespoons garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

  • Stir well and pour butter mixture over the cereal mixture. Stir until all dry ingredients are thoroughly coated.

  • Spread half of the cereal mixture, in an even layer, onto a baking sheet. Pour the remaining half over the second baking sheet.

  • Place baking sheets in the 300°F oven and bake for a total of 30 minutes. After 15 minutes, add half the Gardetto Rye Chips to each tray and stir.

    2 cups Gardetto Special Request Garlic Rye Chips

  • Rotate the baking sheets, top-to-bottom and front-to-back. Bake another 15 minutes. If the cereal isn't crispy, bake another 5-15 minutes.

  • Pour the baked mix onto a clean dishcloth to cool.

  • Store in an airtight container.

  • Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information

Calories: 448kcal (22%) Carbohydrates: 72g (24%) Protein: 10g (20%) Fat: 15g (23%) Saturated Fat: 6g (38%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 0.3g Cholesterol: 20mg (7%) Sodium: 1216mg (53%) Potassium: 206mg (6%) Fiber: 6g (25%) Sugar: 7g (8%) Vitamin A: 573IU (11%) Vitamin C: 6mg (7%) Calcium: 79mg (8%) Iron: 12mg (67%)

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AROUND THE WEB: Looking for more great homemade snack mixes? Check out these favorites. Ranch Snack Mix, Parmesan Garlic Mix, and Sweet and Salty Trail Mix.

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FAQs

What is in the Gardetto's snack mix? ›

An irresistible mix of crunchy breadsticks, salted pretzels and double roasted rye chips, topped off with Gardetto's family recipe seasoning. Our signature snack mix as it was meant to be enjoyed.

What are the brown chips in gardetto mix? ›

The original blend of crunchy breadsticks, salted pretzels and roasted rye chips, seasoned with Gardetto's secret family recipe. Made to bring people together, our Original Recipe is perfect for sharing with family and friends.

How are gardettos made? ›

In 1932 the Gardetto family bakery made a snack mix out of breadstick trimmings. Throw in some snack bits and blend of special seasoning, and you've got the boldly flavored snack mix we know today. There's more than just the original recipe. Try all the great snack mixes in the Gardetto's lineup.

Is Gardetto's snack mix healthy? ›

While Gardetto's snack mix can be enjoyed as a delicious snack, it's important to consume it in moderation. The mix provides a decent amount of carbs, protein, and fiber, but it also contains sodium. It's always best to incorporate it into a well-balanced diet and mindful snacking habits.

What are the ingredients in Gardetto's Italian recipe? ›

Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Vegetable Oil (soybean, high oleic soybean, canola, and/or high oleic canola oil), Salt.

Is Gardetto's better than Chex Mix? ›

They are both enjoyable mixes, it just depends on the person. Even though I much preferred the initial flavor of the Gardettos, I didn't like how quickly that flavor tapered off compared to the Chex Mix. The Chex is a little more consistent, whereas the Gardettos don't waste any time.

What is the brown bread in Gardettos? ›

As you can see from the scientific study above, the best Gardetto's are the little brown discs, officially known as "rye chips" but called by various regional nicknames.

Are Gardettos fried or baked? ›

In 1981, she created a crowd favorite using breadstick ends marinated in oil, garlic and Worcestershire sauce then baked in her kitchen oven. The mix was dubbed “Gardetto's Snak-Ens” and quickly became a bestseller in the bakery.

What did they take out of Gardettos? ›

Originally Answered: Why does Gardettos call it the "original recepe" when they took out the bread piece with the seseme seeds on top? Its bugged me a few years now. It was the best piece. I'm not sure why they would call it the original recipe if they took out the bread piece with the sesame seeds.

What flavors are discontinued at Gardetto's? ›

Discontinued varieties include Sour Cream and Onion and Ranch flavored mixes, both of which replaced the rye toast crackers with spiral cut cracker bits.

Why are they called Gardettos? ›

In 1932, many years before the Gardetto name was synonymous with the snack mix that boasts an “irresistible big, bold taste” and graces store shelves throughout the country, it was the name of a bakery in Milwaukee. In 1938, owners Baptiste and Diane Gardetto moved their Italian bakery to Bay View.

Is Gardetto's Original recipe snack mix vegan? ›

This product contains 1 ingredient that is not vegan and 9 ingredients that may not be vegan.

What is the most unhealthy snack? ›

  • Bad Snack 1: Chips. Potato chips might seem like a quick fix for your hunger, but they provide little nutritional value, Culbertson says. ...
  • Bad Snack 2: Crackers. “Crackers do not stave off hunger well,” Culbertson says. ...
  • Bad Snack 3: Granola or cereal bar. ...
  • Bad Snack 4: Pretzels. ...
  • Bad Snack 5: 100-calorie cookie snack packs.
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Do gardettos have MSG? ›

Contains 2% or less of: Yeast, Monosodium Glutamate, Maltodextrin, Dried Worcestershire Sauce (vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spice, tamarind, natural flavor), Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Fumaric Acid, Spice, Sodium Diacetate, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Caramel ...

What flavors are discontinued for Gardettos? ›

Discontinued varieties include Sour Cream and Onion and Ranch flavored mixes, both of which replaced the rye toast crackers with spiral cut cracker bits.

What are the parts of Gardettos? ›

The zesty snack mix, made with crunch breadsticks, pretzels, and rye chips, based on an authentic family recipe. Gardetto's™ is available in bulk for foodservice or prepackaged options for convenience stores.

What are Gardettos rye chips made of? ›

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), RYE FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL.

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