Peppermint Puppy Chow
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This Peppermint Puppy Chow is a great example of an easy, no bake treat for the holiday season! This easy muddy recipe doesn’t take long to prepare but still have lots of steps for young children. All you need is just 10 minutes to make this fun Christmas puppy chow while having a lot of fun with your kids in the kitchen!
Puppy Chow Ingredients
To make this peppermint puppy chow recipe, a.k.a muddy buddies, you’ll need the following simple ingredients:
- Rice Chex cereal: If you don’t have Rice Chex, you can use substitute Corn Chex
- milk chocolate chips: you can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips or your favorite chocolate chip flavor
- vegetable oil
- candy canes: either mini or standard size
- powdered sugar
- peppermint milk chocolate coated candies: We used White Peppermint M&M candies. If you can’t find them you can also use a standard M&Ms in holiday colors.
If you have leftover mini candy canes and chocolate, consider making these chocolate dipped candy canes. They are a great addition to your cocoa or to hand out as a handmade gift idea.
Making Peppermint Puppy Chow with Kids
Puppy chow is a super easy snack that is easy for young kids to help make. For this recipe, I like to let Wes go to town with a rolling pin and ziploc bag to crush the candy canes. He loves this step. Just make sure they roll or push down to crush instead of using the rolling pin like a hammer. Don’t want to add marks your counter or cause any injuries!
We used melted milk chocolate chips but you can use any preferred chocolate. We like Ghiradelli best for the flavor and easy melting.
If you have a younger mini chef, you may want to handle the stirring part yourself to avoid crushing the cereal. It is important to be gentle.
Wesley loved gently shaking the bag to mix all the ingredients together.
This is a very portable and easy snack.
To add some color to our puppy chow and continue the flavor, I included some peppermint M&M candies.
The kids loved it. Use this peppermint puppy chow for a simple snack or dessert. It is also perfect for serving a crowd or homemade holiday gifts, much like Christmas crack with club crackers, puff corn, homemade turtle candy or candy cane reindeer!
Peppermint Puppy Chow
This peppermint puppy chow is an easy, no-bake Christmas snack or homemade holiday gift! Easy to make with kids, this puppy chow recipe is sure to be a hit with all ages!
Ingredients
- 6 cups Rice Chex
- 1 and 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup crushed candy canes approximately 28 mini candy canes
- 1 and 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup peppermint milk chocolate coated candies
Instructions
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Melt chocolate chocolate chips and oil in microwave starting with a 30 seconds Then melt in 15 second increments, stirring in between and just until fully melted.
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Add cereal to extra large bowl.
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Pour melted chocolate over cereal and gently fold chocolate in until cereal is covered.
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Gently stir in crushed candy canes.
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Add powdered sugar into a gallon sized zipper bag.
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Add the chocolate covered cereal.
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Seal and gently shake until all the cereal is coated with the powdered mixture.
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Discard excess powdered sugar.
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Add peppermint candies.
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Store at room temperature.
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I love Puppy Chow! This mint version sounds really good. I will have to give it a try.
Peppermint is a favorite in our house. We love Puppy Chow – oh I must try this!
I love this Peppermint Puppy chow recipe and think it is so delicious! I want to make this recipe with the kids for the Holidays. Thanks for sharing.
Looks so yummy and festive.
We love the original Puppy Chow. The addition of peppermint sounds so good!