Puppy Chow (aka Muddy Buddies)

This puppy chow recipe is one that will quickly become a favorite — and there’s a (small) fun twist to make it even better!

Puppy Chow. Muddy Buddies. Where do I begin with my love for these?

Actually, if we’re being honest, I have a love-hate relationship with anything with powdered sugar on it.

I love it because, well, it’s powdered sugar.

I hate it because, well, IT GETS EVERYWHERE! EVVVVERYWHERE. Don’t even get me started on the kids eating stuff like this (They don’t. I do it in hiding.). Even making any recipe that involves powdered sugar is bound to end up with a major disaster requiring a lot of cleaning.

But…it’s powdered sugar. So it’s really worth it.

And when it’s paired with crispy cereal, chocolate and peanut butter — well, I’d clean up pounds of the stuff if necessary. This is what snacking is meant to be. Finger licking good. Literally.

I developed this recipe for Food Fanatic as a follow up to my Pumpkin Pie Muddy Buddies — and I gotta say, I think I like this original version even better than it’s seasonal sister.

Okay, I went off the grid a teensy tiny bit if we’re being real. I saw CHOCOLATE Chex cereal at the store and  couldn’t resist adding a little more chocolate goodness to this snack. Not at all necessary, but more chocolate is never, ever, ever a bad thing. Ever.

I made this puppy chow for my son’s 1^st birthday party. I threw him a “Winter ONEderland” party and the puppy chow attended disguised as “little snowflakes.” They fit the part pretty well, don’t you think? I served them up in little snack cups to cut down on the mess a little bit, and they were a huge hit. How could they not be?

Do we need to review? CHOCOLATE. PEANUT BUTTER. POWDERED SUGAR.

I have a box of that Chocolate Chex calling my name right this very minute, actually. And the great part is, this puppy chow is incredibly easy to make.  I melted my chocolate in a small saucepan, but you could easily do this in the microwave as well. Just make sure to melt your chocolate slowly so that you don’t overheat it. I typically melt in 30 second intervals. But for our friends who don’t have microwaves (some people don’t, right?) – it’s easy to do on the stovetop as well. So you melt that chocolate and peanut butter, toss the cereal in it and then throw the whole shebang in a bag full of powdered sugar. Shake-shake-shake and you have puppy chow.

You should probably go ahead and do that right now.

You can head on over to Food Fanatic for the Muddy Buddies recipe  — or you can also grab it here. Enjoy!