Puppy Chow
A sweet no-bake snack for people: crunchy cereal squares coated in chocolate and peanut butter, then dusted with icing sugar. Also called muddy buddies.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Serves
- 12
- Ingredients
- 6
- Effort
- Easy
Ingredients
- 300g (about 8 cups) Square rice or corn cereal
- 175g Milk or dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup (about 130g) Smooth peanut butter
- 40g Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 200g (about 1 1/2 cups) Icing sugar, sifted
You’ll need: Very large bowl, Microwave-safe bowl, Large plastic bag or lidded container
Method
Put the cereal in a very large bowl. Put the icing sugar in a large clean plastic bag or lidded container.
Place the chocolate, peanut butter and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 1 minute, stir, then heat in 20-second bursts, stirring each time, until melted and smooth. Stir in the vanilla.
Pour the mixture over the cereal and fold gently with a spatula until every piece is coated, taking care not to crush the cereal.
Tip the coated cereal into the bag of icing sugar, seal and shake until evenly coated.
Spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper and leave for 15 minutes to set before serving.
Storage
Keeps in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.