Puppy Chow
This is the best recipe for Puppy Chow! Crunchy Chex Mix gets coated with creamy peanut butter, melty chocolate, and a complete dusting of powdered sugar to create an easy treat that is doggone good!
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Puppy Chow Chex Mix Recipe
Let me start by clarifying: this is NOT a treat that is meant for dogs. Puppy Chow is the hallmark of sweet and crunchy snacks! Chocolate and Peanut butter meld together in a scrumptious coating for Chex Mix, which is then dusted with powdered sugar. Depending on where you’re from, you may know this sweet treat by its other common name, ‘Muddy Buddies.’
Here are my best tips for making easy Puppy Chow in a matter of minutes:
- Make sure you don’t overheat your chocolate/peanut butter/butter mixture! This will keep the chocolate from burning and becoming clumpy.
- Before you begin, prep a parchment-lined baking sheet and a bag filled with powdered sugar so you can move quickly.
- Place your powdered sugar in a ziplock bag and dump the chocolate/peanut butter coated Chex into it to prevent mess and breakage of Chex Mix.
Ingredients
This recipe for puppy chow calls for just 5 simple ingredients! And honestly, you might have all of them in your pantry already.
- Rice Chex cereal – I know some people like to use Cheerios in this. I am not one of those people; I recommend sticking to Chex (either rice or corn!)
- Powdered sugar
- milk chocolate chips – Just use your favorite brand of chocolate chips here. I like Ghirardelli!
- Creamy peanut butter – Make sure to use regular peanut butter. The all-natural, low sugar variety will not taste as good.
- Butter – I always use salted butter, but you can definitely use unsalted butter instead.
How to Make Puppy Chow Recipe
- Measure out the Chex cereal into a large bowl. Set aside.
- Measure out the powdered sugar into a large gallon-sized zip top bag. Set aside.
- In a medium microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave for a total of 1 minute, stirring at the 30 second mark. Stir until smooth.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl with the cereal. Stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Add the coated cereal to the baggie with the powdered sugar. Zip the top tightly and shake until the cereal mixture is completely covered with the powdered sugar.
- Pour the cereal onto a large cookie sheet and break up any large clumps. Allow the puppy chow chex mix to dry.
- Enjoy! This will stay fresh in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
Easy Puppy Chow Recipe Substitutions
One of the best parts of this snack is how versatile it can be. If you have an allergy, switch out peanut butter for other nut butters or even Cookie Butter (like I do in my Cookie Butter Puppy Chow). You can also swap Milk Chocolate for dark, or use Life Cereal instead of Chex. You really cannot go wrong!
Puppy Chow FAQs
Yes! Just like the words ‘Soda’ and ‘Pop’, what you call this classic treat depends on where you live.
After you’ve coated the cereal mixture in powdered sugar, let it cool completely on the baking sheet! This is imperative in keeping it nice and crunchy!
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Puppy Chow
Ingredients
- 6 cups rice chex cereal
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Measure out the Chex cereal into a large bowl. Set aside.
- Measure out the powdered sugar into a large gallon sized zip top bag. Set aside.
- In a medium microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave for a total of 1 minute, stirring at the 30 second mark. Stir until smooth.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl with the cereal. Stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Add the covered cereal to the baggie with the powdered sugar. Zip the top tightly and shake until the cereal is completely covered with the powdered sugar.
- Pour the cereal onto a large cookie sheet to dry.Will stay fresh in an air tight container for 3-4 days.
