Puppy Chow

At work I was asked to make some puppy chow for an event. After I confirmed that I would be getting reimbursed for ingredients, I happily agreed to make and deliver it.

There's peanut butter and chocolate, how can you go wrong with that?

Monday night I made 2 batches and last night I made the other 2. The boys were thrilled, they love the stuff. When I told them it was for work, the whining was immediate. I asked them to be patient and asked if they would test it to make sure it was good. They happily agreed. Shocking right?

Sorry about the lack of good pictures, I didn't even think to take some while I was making it.

Semi-sweet chocolate

White chocolate

Ratings:

Mom - A+
Peanut butter + Chocolate = YUM!

R2 -A++++++
I love this stuff!

Hank - A++++++
Yummy in my tummy!

Without further ado, here is the recipe:

Puppy Chow
  
Ingredients

1 12 oz box rice cereal
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup smooth peanut butter
5 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (16 oz. or 1 lb.) powdered sugar (you will probably need less, use a little at a time)

Directions

1. Pour out cereal into large bowl and set aside.
2. In 1-qt. saucepan, heat chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter over low heat, stirring frequently until melted.
3. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
4. Pour mixture slowly over cereal while stirring with a spatula to evenly coat.
5. Pour into a 2-gallon resealable plastic storage bag or grocery bag.
6. Add powdered sugar slowly. Shake until well coated.
7. Spread onto wax paper to cool. Store in airtight container.

Suggestions

• Substitute white chocolate for the semi-sweet chocolate. (I tried it and the chemistry wasn't quite right. I need to play around with it a bit, it ended up being too firm to spread easily. It still tasted great but it doesn't look quite as pretty)