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What makes Puppy Chow even better? Holiday Puppy Chow Mix! What makes it Holiday? Well M&M’s of course!
Ingredients Needed:
- 9 cups of Chex (any kind)
- 1 bag of chocolate chips (11.5 oz.)
- 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup of peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- Large Paper bag
- M&M’s (any variety)
Start by measuring out the cereal and place it in a large brown paper bag (grocery store bag). In a medium, microwave safe bowl, add chocolate chips, peanut butter, butter and vanilla extract. Begin by heating on high for 1 minute. Take out and stir. Repeat in 30 second increments until the mixture is melted and smooth.
This is the fun part. Dump in the brown paper bag that contains the cereal. Go ahead, I promise, it will be OK! 
We made it this way in Girl Scouts and I will never make it another way. Super easy clean up! Dump in the chocolate mixture and shake it! Shake, shake, shake!
Next open the bag and add the powdered sugar. Shake it again. My boys LOVED shaking it!
Next lay out on a sheet pan to cool. Toss the paper bag! Told you easy clean up!
Once cool, add the M&M’s. I chose regular plain M&M’s and also the PRETZEL kind! YUM! Only add these after the mixture is cool because otherwise the candy shells bleed all over the warm powdered sugar. I like it to look pretty. When I add it to my serving bowl, I gently mix in the M&M’s by hand.
Enjoy!
Oh and please do not send me hate mail if you happen to eat half the mixture as it cools and then the other half after the M&M’s are added resulting in needing to make another batch and/or completely trashing your diet! That is my official disclosure on this recipe!
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Just stopped over to visit, I saw you at Wendy, Her-ballistic website. She’s pretty special person. You seen to be hanging in pretty good for your 25 days. Great recipes and projects. Now following you because you have a nice blog, and your Wendy’s friend.
Hi Cathy! Welcome! Wendy is pretty awesome I sure do agree! Thanks for following along and the nice comment!
I wish I had known that paper bag trick before, I have always wanted to make some sort of chex mix. Now I have to find a paper bag big enough!
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Yummmy! I love puppy chow! And what a great idea to add some festive colors! I’d love for you to share this with my readers for our Fun Stuff Fridays linky party. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2011/12/fun-stuff-fridays-3.html
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This looks amazing! I love puppy chow and the Christmas colors make it so festive! Will definitely be making this for a Christmas Eve snack :). I’m your newest follower…enjoying all your fabulous posts! Would be s grateful if you stopped b ours too.
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