Dear Folks, Over a month ago I figured that if I'd put together a Chex mix late evening snack, that would taste pretty darned good. Eventually I bought a box of Chex cereal, selected a store brand ranch dressing envelope (same ingredients as Hidden Valley, much cheaper price), and a box of store brand small cheese crackers (cheaper than Cheese-its). I ignored the small pretzels inasmuch as my teeth don't like them. When I got home, I put them all together according to the recipe on the Chex box. I take that back, I barely followed the recipe but nonetheless the end result tasted just great to me. Tonight I realized that I was all out of the snack and I had to really wing it on my own. I still had the Chex cereal and the cheese crackers but I didn't have an envelope of ranch dressing. Nonetheless, I had saved the empty envelope and made note of the main flavor ingredients. I came to the conclusion that if I sprinkled just the right amount of garlic and onion powder and dried parsley, that would be close enough for government work. And it was! Now if I could only find a box of store brand Chex! vee