The Punchy Homemade Chex Mix I Bring to All My Holiday Parties Works

Name: The Punchy Homemade Chex Mix I Bring to All My Holiday Parties Works
Ingredients: 4 cups Corn Chex or similar corn cereal (about 5 ounces; 145g); 4 cups Rice Chex or similar rice cereal (5 1/2 ounces; 155g); 4 cups Wheat Chex or similar wheat cereal (about 9 1/4 ounces; 260g); 1 1/2 cups roasted unsalted peanuts (7 1/2 ounces; 213g); 4 tablespoons (20g) Sichuan peppercorns (see notes); 1 1/2 tablespoons (7g) cumin seeds; 1 tablespoon (6g) fennel seeds; 2 star anise; Seeds of 2 cardamom pods or 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 1/2 tablespoons (22g) dark brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume; 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (4 ounces; 113g); 1/4 cup chili crisp (1 1/2 ounces; 44g), such as Lao Gan Ma (see notes); 2 cups pretzels (3 ounces; 86g), see notes