It’s Super Bowl time. Therefore I’ve devoted three installments of “One Teaspoon From Disaster” to this day.

Because many of us (OK, probably just me) care way more about these snacks than the football game, I’m recommending three lovely yet easy recipes that break away from traditional sporting-event food.

Last up: Orange-Cran Snack Mix. Perfect for the coffee table (where, hopefully, no one is resting their feet. Socks or no socks, don’t prop them up there). This is just as easy as that certain cereal mix that turns up at every large gathering, but about a million times yummier.

The cereal is still there, but the secret goodness is the orange juice, which you need to make sure is fully defrosted before spooning it in. The dried cranberries and almonds are a nice sweet-salty pair. This will disappear fast!

Orange-cran snack mix
Ingredients:
2 C. Quaker Oatmeal cereal squares
2 C. Corn Chex
2 C. mini pretzel twists
1 C. whole unsalted almonds
1/4 C. butter
1/3 C. o.j. concentrate
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 C. dried cranberries
Directions:
Combine cereals, pretzels and almonds in a large bowl. Melt butter and mix in o.j., sugar and spices. Pour over cereal mixture and stir well to coat. Spread in a sprayed 9- x 13-inch pan. Bake at 250 degrees for 50 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. (Seriously.) Stir in cranberries and let cool until mixture is crisp. Store in airtight container.

Sorry no photo, but this one is easy to imagine.