peppermint puppy chow

Sweet snack mix made with white chocolate and candy canes. Perfect to serve or give away during the holiday season!

Peppermint Crunch Puppy Chow

(135 grams) Rice Chex cereal

(282 grams) white chocolate, finely chopped*

peppermint candy canes (about 8-10 large candy canes)*

(90 grams) confectioners’ sugar

Melt white chocolate. You can use a double boiler or the microwave. If using the microwave, melt in 20 second increments, stopping and stirring after each until completely smooth and melted. Pour melted chocolate over cereal, stirring and folding until the cereal is completely covered. Fold in the crushed candy canes.

Pour the warm chocolate covered cereal/candy canes in a large zipped-top bag or sealable container. Add the confectioners&#8217; sugar. Seal the bag or container and shake until all the cereal is coated with the confectioners&#8217; sugar.

Discard any excess confectioners&#8217; sugar. Store at room temperature up to 1 week or in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, if it lasts that long!

I love the flavors in this mix. However, I agree with the posters who said the powdered sugar caused some adhesion issues. I followed the recipe as stated; however, as soon as we shook the Ziploc bag to coat the mix with powdered sugar, the yummy bits that were previously stuck onto the Chex pieces largely fell off. I tasted the chocolate/candy cane/Chex mixture before the powdered sugar step, and it was quite tasty on its own. (Note: I did deviate from the recipe here and added a couple drops of peppermint oil to the chocolate, which was yummy!) I think next time I make this, I will cut the sugar down to a 1/2 or even 1/4 cup and sift it directly into the bowl of mix, gently folding to cover. This will hopefully allow the pretty candy cane pieces to shine through (the sugar largely obstructed the bits on this first try) and help everything remain intact. Thanks, Sally, for another great concept. It was lots of fun to make with my 4 year old, and we will definitely give it another go in the future!

Here in the UK we don’t have Chex and I’d never heard of puppy chow or muddy buddies, so I call it Elf Food.

I used Quaker Oat Crisp because it looked about right.

Candy canes are expensive here. My friend brought me a bag of Starlight Mints from the US so I used them instead. Another time I’d use a few drops of peppermint flavour and some red and green sprinkles as bashing up the sweets is messy.

The Elf Food was very easy to make and my husband likes it a lot. I made half a recipe and it’s packed into 4 bags for little Christmas presents.

Made this, wow was it so easy, and such a hit, they gobbled it up. Add a little more crushed peppermint for a pop in your mouth flavor.

This is called Puppy Chow by many people. Have some common sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vqCFSiLZ_I

This peppermint crunch puppy chow is a festively sweet, completely irresistible holiday snack mix made from just Chex cereal, white chocolate, candy canes, and confectioner’s sugar. It only takes about 10 minutes to throw together and is the perfect last minute addition to any holiday cookie tray or Christmas gathering!

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