Puppy Chow

No this is not dog food.  In fact, please do not feed it to your pets.  Puppy Chow, Muddy Buddies, Christmas Crack, this is a sweet treat that goes by many names.  To me, it has always been Puppy Chow.  Since the cookies were a difficult recipe, this one is super easy instead!  Easy to make, easy to eat, hard to share.  Let's get "cooking"!

Start with a large microwave safe bowl.  Yes, microwave.  This is that kind of recipe.  Toss your chocolate chips and peanut butter in the bowl and melt in 30 second increments until smooth.  I have always wanted to try this with Nutella.  I think it would be delicious.

Make sure to like the spatula when all is said and done.

Once your mixture is all melted, dump in 9 cups of original Chex!  One of the regular boxes, not the family size, will work just fine.  You have to be pretty gentle in your mixing.  No one wants crushed Puppy Chow.  No one.

Messy and absolutely delicious.

Once your cereal is coated fairly well you can do the next step in one of two ways.  Take your biggest baking sheet and sprinkle a coating of icing sugar down.  Pour the chocolate peanut butter coated Chex out on top.  Sprinkle more icing sugar on top and then gently toss and mix until fully coated.

The easier way involves having a large, sort of heavy, plastic bag.  Pour the mixture into the bag, add icing sugar, and shake that shit up!  Second way is much easier, quicker, and results in a more even coating.  The reason you need a thicker bag is because at this point the chocolate covered Chex is still warm and using a thin plastic bag has the potential of melting! No one wants that mess all over their kitchen, especially if you might have been doing a little dance while shaking.  No judgement here.

Not enough icing sugar.  

Once your Puppy Chow is all coated and no longer sticky, put it in an air tight container and store until it is all gone!  Oh wait, I forgot a step. Test. Test. Test.  And then maybe test one more time... to be safe.

*drool*

Easiest Christmas recipe for sure!  Here are the rules, just in case you need them.

Ingredients:

- 9 cups Chex cereal
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup chocolate chips, semi-sweet or milk chocolate
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Directions:

In a large microwave safe bowl add your chocolate chips and peanut butter.  Melt in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time until it is a smooth consistency.  Add the Chex and gently mix until all pieces are coated.

Pour mixture in a large bag and add icing sugar.  Shake until fully coated.  If you do not have a bag, you can use a large baking sheet to gently coat with icing sugar.

Enjoy!

Love,

Jen