Puppy Chow Candy Clusters
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If you love Puppy Chow (or Muddy Buddies), then you will love these Puppy Chow Candy Clusters. I use organic chocolate cereal with the classic Puppy Chow ingredients: chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar for an organic spin on this nostalgic treat!
If you love making easy candy recipes, then check out some of my other favorites like my Dark Chocolate Coconut Squares, Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Cashew Clusters, or my Honey Sesame Dark Chocolate Bark.
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What is Puppy Chow?
Puppy chow is a magical mixture of crunchy cereal, chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar. Traditionally, the cereal used is Chex cereal. You melt the chocolate and peanut butter, coat the cereal, and then chill it briefly. Last you coat it with powdered sugar as you break up the clusters.
This easy recipe was popular for me growing up in the Midwest. Though, my mom never made it, my friends mom's did frequently. Some people may also call this treat Muddy Buddies.
I've transformed the classic into two bite clusters using organic cereal for a completely organic upgrade to this nostalgic treat! If you haven't heard about this snack before, then you are in for a real treat! This is insanely addicting (don't say I didn't warn you) and incredibly easy to make!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Nostalgic: You will love these Puppy Chow Candy Clusters! If you are a fan of traditional Puppy Chow, then this candy version is one you will absolutely love.
More Chocolate: I use Nature’s Path Coco Chimps instead of the classic Chex cereal for these Puppy Chow Candy Clusters. I love the crunch this cereal has and the addition of a little more chocolate.
Chocolate + PB: I use dark chocolate and peanut butter to coat the Puppy Chow Candy Clusters. I just use a spoon to drop little clusters onto parchment paper. After they’ve cooled, I dust them with powdered sugar for a delicious no bake treat.
Ingredients
- Cereal: I use Nature's Path Organic Coco Chimps.
- Chocolate: I use organic mini dark chocolate chips, for ease. You can also use regular semi sweet chocolate chips or a chocolate bar, but be sure to chop up the bar for melting if you're using that.
- Peanut Butter: I use organic creamy peanut butter. You don't want to use chunky for this recipe.
- Powdered Sugar: I use organic powdered sugar for the topping.
Tools Needed
- Scale: You'll need a digital food scale for weighing out chocolate and peanut butter.
- Heatproof Mixing Bowl: Make sure use a heatproof mixing bowl.
- Baking Sheet: You'll need 2 half sheet pans if making clusters, just one if you're making bark and breaking it up.
- Parchment Paper: I use parchment paper so these do not stick, I highly recommend using it!
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Add the cereal to a large bowl.
Step 2
In a separate heat proof bowl, add the dark chocolate chips and the peanut butter. Melt the chocolate and peanut butter together. You can do this using a double boiler or in the microwave, doing 30 second intervals, stirring between each one so not to burn the chocolate.
Step 3
Add the melted chocolate and peanut butter to the cereal and stir to coat the cereal completely.
Step 4
Using a large soup spoon, spoon clusters of chocolate cereal onto the prepared baking sheets. You should have about 30 clusters. Alternatively, you can just spread out the entire mixture onto the baking sheet and spread it out evenly into a bark and then break it into clusters!
Option 1: Clusters
Option 2: Bark
Step 5
Place the baking sheets in the fridge or freezer to harden the chocolate. Sift powdered sugar over the tops of the candies. Store in the fridge.
FAQ's
Yes! You can use a more traditional chex cereal or even something different if you like! This would be good with almost any kind of plain cereal or even honey cereal.
This is best stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
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Puppy Chow Candy Clusters
Ingredients
- 5 cups Nature’s Path Coco Chimps
- 255 grams mini dark chocolate chips
- 113 grams peanut butter
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Add the cereal to a large bowl.
- In a separate heat proof bowl, add the dark chocolate chips and the peanut butter. Melt the chocolate and peanut butter together. You can do this using a double boiler or in the microwave, doing 30 second intervals, stirring between each one so not to burn the chocolate.
- Add the melted chocolate and peanut butter to the cereal and stir to coat the cereal completely.
- Using a large soup spoon, spoon clusters of chocolate cereal onto the prepared baking sheets. You should have about 30 clusters. Alternatively, you can just spread out the entire mixture onto the baking sheet and spread it out evenly into a bark and then break it into clusters!
- Place the baking sheets in the fridge or freezer to harden the chocolate.
- Sift powdered sugar over the tops of the candies. Store in the fridge.
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