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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!

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

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!

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

We used melted milk chocolate chips but you can use any preferred chocolate. We like Ghiradelli best for the flavor and easy melting.

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

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.

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

Wesley loved gently shaking the bag to mix all the ingredients together.

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

This is a very portable and easy snack.

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

To add some color to our puppy chow and continue the flavor, I included some peppermint M&M candies.

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.

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 crackerspuff corn, homemade turtle candy or candy cane reindeer!

This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.
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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!

Course Snack/Dessert
Keyword candy canes, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas dessert, Christmas snacks, homemade holiday gift, Kid friendly, M&Ms, muddy buddies, no bake dessert, party snacks, peppermint, puppy chow
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 6 cups
Author Emilie at FindingZest.com

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

  1. 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.
  2. Add cereal to extra large bowl.
  3. Pour melted chocolate over cereal and gently fold chocolate in until cereal is covered.
  4. Gently stir in crushed candy canes.
  5. Add powdered sugar into a gallon sized zipper bag.
  6. Add the chocolate covered cereal.
  7. Seal and gently shake until all the cereal is coated with the powdered mixture.
  8. Discard excess powdered sugar.
  9. Add peppermint candies.
  10. Store at room temperature.

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This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts.
This easy Peppermint Puppy Chow is a perfect holiday treat and great for feeding a crowd and homemade gifts. Serve this for a delicious no-bake Christmas dessert or snack!

5 Comments

  1. 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.

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