Cinco de Mayo is kinda like Valentine’s Day, it’s on the calendar every year no matter what else is going on. And, if I like anything, I enjoy celebrating a good food holiday. I’m sad that our community’s Fiesta Fest got pushed back this spring, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be adding a few of our favorite Mexican foods to the menu and possibly this Chile Lime Snack Mix I developed this past fall for our GuacStar party.
If you missed that, let me just break it down like this. Little Man loves Guacamole and he loves salsa and his Halloween costume this past year was an avocado that I added a fun wig to and a cute t-shirt and called him a GuacStar. We used it as an excuse to have some of our favorite people over.
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It was just a fun night with an easy excuse to get people together. Weren’t those the days! But, seriously just because you can’t get a big group of people together doesn’t mean you can’t do something special with your family. I mean at my house, the meal plan usually has some sort of Mexican food on it each week! And, celebrating fun food holidays was one of the things I looked forward to most about being a wife and mom.
Don’t let an opportunity to make a fun food memory pass you up this next week.
Add the items for a fun and easy dinner to your grocery list. Or, keep it really easy – To-go Tuesday is a thing now and so is Taco Tuesday. And this year May 5 is on a Tuesday. Seems like a lot of duh factors to help you out!
Chile Lime Snack Mix
Ingredients
- 4 cups rice Chex cereal
- 2 cups wheat Chex cereal
- 3 cups pretzel twists
- 3 cups honey nut cereal circles
- 4 large handfuls nacho cheese Bugles
- 2 cups white cheddar cheez-its or goldfish
- 3 cups chili cheese Fritos
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 packet guacamole seasoning (double taco if you can't find)
- 1 packet taco seasoning (or dry ranch mix)
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 2 tablespoons Tajin or Chamoy seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250.
- In a large roasting pan, mix together cereals, pretzels, and Cheese Itz/goldfish.
- In a glass measuring cup, melt butter in the microwave.
- Add seasonings and lime juice to butter.
- Using a fork, stir into butter until mixed and dissolved.
- Pour over cereal mix and stir together with a wodden spoon or spatula
- Add Bugles and Fritos.
- Mix together until everything is coated and combined.
- Cook for 1 hour and 40 minutes, stirring from the corners every 20 minutes.
- Let cool completely before storing.
- Bag individually for treats or store in an airtight container.
- Enjoy by the handful!
Notes
What are some fun ways menu items to celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
- Slow Cooker Tacos
- Sheet Pan Fajitas
- Grilled Carne Asada and corn, make your fajita veggies in a foil pouch
- Picadillo Taco Bowls (use the meat from the slow cooker tacos and add pineapple and serve over rice)
- Homemade Enchiladas
- Taco Ring – the one with crescent rolls!
- Mexican Lasagna or Stacked Enchiladas
- churro crackers
- sopapilla cheesecake
- to-go Nachos from Chuys’ (wouldn’t it be dreamy to have a cup of that jalapeno ranch?!?!)
- buy tamales from the tamale man
- pick up curbside at your favorite taco truck
- cover everything with Restaurant Style Salsa you make at home!
- eat as much Chile Lime Snack Mix as possible
And, whatever you do, don’t forget the Mexican Punch. Its up to you if you make a grown up version, too.
Mexican Punch
Ingredients
- 1 frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 jug/carton mango juice or nectar
- 1 jug/carton pineapple juice
- 1 jug/carton guava juice
- 1 2 Liter bottle Fresca or 7up
- 1/4 -1/2 cup Grenadine
Instructions
- Thaw orange juice concentrate up to 1 hour before party so it is liquid.
- Keep all juices in the refrigerator prior to mixing the drink.
- In a pitcher, drink server, or punch bowl, pour together the orange juice concentrate (no water added), mango, and pineapple juices.
- If you are using guava juice in mold, add those ice cubes at this time, or just pour the guava juice in with the other juices.
- Add Fresca.
- Pour Grenadine over top. (if using a mold, pour it over the shapes to outline them in your juice.) The Grenadine will float to the bottom and make a dark red, layered look in your punch container.
- Serve immediately.
- If you did not freeze the guava juice, serve with ice cubes to keep the drink chilled.
Notes
So, what do you think? What will it be? I’m gonna be making this New Crunchy Taco Ring that I saw in one of those Facebook videos recently. It has taco meat, tons of cheese, and Doritos inside. Why would I not?
If you can’t make the snack mix now, pin it for later!
Check out these Cinco de Mayo and GuacStar Party decorations:
