Easter Puppy Chow Mix
Before I met my US friends, I thought Puppy Chow was something you fed to dogs. There’s another version that is safe for human consumption (but not dogs!) and it’s basically cereal coated with melted chocolate, icing sugar and whatever other kinds of ingredients you want to add like candies, peanut butter, etc. It makes a crunchy, sweet treat!
I’ve got an Easter Puppy Chow Mix recipe to share today made with a variety of coloured candy melts . You can add or take out ingredients to make it your own or follow the recipe. Enjoy!
You’ll also like these S’mores Puppy Chow and Leftover Easter Candy Rice Krispies.
Ingredients
- ½ bag pink Wilton Candy Melts
- ½ bag purple Wilton Candy Melts
- ½ bag blue Wilton Candy Melts
- 3 – one for each color candy melt ¼ teaspoon shortening (like Crisco)
- 6 cups Chex Rice Cereal
- 3 cups confectioner sugar more or less depending on your desired result
Instructions
- Divide your Wilton candy melts into three different microwave safe bowls.
- Heat for 45 seconds, then stir, put back into the microwave and heat an additional 30 seconds. Remove and stir, then heat again for 30 seconds.
- Add ¼ teaspoon shortening and stir – this helps liquefy the candy melts and makes it easier to coat the rice cereal without getting too thick and bumpy.
- Repeat this process with each color.
- In a large sized Ziploc bag, pour 2 cups Chex Rice Cereal and coat with one bowl of the melted candy melts. Repeat this process with two more Ziploc bags with the remaining colors. Gently shake the bag, rolling slowly, to completely coat the Rice Cereal with the melted candy melts. Repeat with each color.
- Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper and empty one bag of rice cereal mixture on a cookie sheet. Spread the cereal mixture out as flat as possible.
- Using a sifter, sift confectioner sugar over the top of the rice cereal mixture, evenly coating the entire mixture. Pick up the waxed paper by the edges and gently roll the mixture around so that the confectioner sugar completely coats the warm candy. Repeat this process as much as you need to get the desired coating.
- Place the waxed paper in the fridge for about five minutes to harden. Repeat this process with the remaining two colors of melted Wilton candy melts.
- Note: you can also sprinkle the candy-coated rice cereal with sprinkled or colored sugar before coating in confectioner sugar for extra effect!
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I always thought it was something just fed to dogs too, I have made Chex Mix with M&Ms but never coated the Chex, will have to try it
wayto much sugar for me
Fun way to make Puppy Chow for Easter, we make this for special occasions so will have to try this version out. Thanks for the recipe!
I never heard of Puppy Chow either, but I love the idea! I can see adding some of the Easter-colored chocolate eggs, some jelly beans….! You could also change the colors for different holidays. Thanks for the inspiration!
sounds like a winner to me 🙂
hahaha..i thought it’s some dog treats too. silly me. they really look yummy and love the interesting colors! would really love to try doing it with my sister during our free weekends. thanks for the recipe
What a fun recipe! I will definitely be making this.
My daughter loves puppy chow. We learned about it when she was in middle school, and it became a family fun treat. The colors make it really pretty and festive. A great treat to give at Easter or just for spring. Yummy too!
Yummmm…this looks like a great snack. Not too crazy about the puppy chow name though.
I love this kind of puppy chow! My mom’s boss used to make it for us.