Name: Halloween Puppy Chow
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Snacks
Ingredients: 9 cups Chex cereal (Rice Chex cereal or Corn Chex works best!); 1/4 cup butter; 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1/2 cup peanut butter; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (divided); 1 1/2 cups Reese's Pieces; 1 1/2 cups candy corn

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Delicious Halloween Puppy Chow (also known as Halloween Muddy Buddies) is so easy and makes the perfect treat for Halloween parties and movie nights!

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Our Favorite Halloween Treat

If you’ve never had Puppy Chow, it’s time to remedy that! This is one treat everyone loves and doesn’t last long in households or at parties! When you turn it into Halloween Puppy Chow (also known as Halloween Muddy Buddies) it’s even more fun! I mean spooky puppy chow, yes, please!

This chocolate peanut-butter treat with a crunch is so easy to make, and we love making it with our kids! It’s our favorite thing to add to a Halloween movie night, either as a family or for a Halloween movie date night. Also, it’s perfect for parties or Boo Baskets too!

Yield: 12 cups

Halloween Puppy Chow

Delicious Halloween Puppy Chow (also known as Halloween Muddy Buddies) is so easy and makes the perfect treat for Halloween parties and movie nights!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

9 cups Chex cereal (Rice Chex cereal or Corn Chex works best!)
1/4 cup butter
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (divided)
1 1/2 cups Reese's Pieces
1 1/2 cups candy corn

Instructions

Place butter and chocolate chips in a large mixing bowl. Make sure you're using a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute, and stir the mixture.
Add peanut butter and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. The mixture should melt and be smooth. If it's not, do another 30 seconds.
Add vanilla to the chocolate mixture. Add Chex cereal to the bowl and toss gently to mix. Coat as evenly as you can with the chocolate mixture. You can also do this in reverse. It worked great to put your cereal in a large bowl, then pour chocolate mixture over the cereal.
Divide into two gallon freezer bags. Distribute the divided powdered sugar, close, and shake to evenly coat each piece of cereal.
Pour onto parchment paper/waxed paper and let it cool. You can put it in the fridge if you need it to cool quickly.
Add Reese's Pieces and candy corn and serve! You can store any extra in an air-tight container for up to a week.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 517Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 299mgCarbohydrates: 83gFiber: 3gSugar: 59gProtein: 7g

Halloween Muddy Buddies Variations

You can easily mix things up with different Halloween treat add-ons. It’s amazing how one or two additions or substitutions can update your Chex mix flavor in a fun way!

Here are some of our favorite ideas:

Halloween M&Ms
Add candy eyeballs to the mix
Halloween Pretzels/ mini pretzels/ pretzel sticks
Use candy pumpkins instead of or in addition to candy corn
Add some chopped-up Halloween candies/ candy bars to the mix
Mini marshmallows
Crushed Oreos or Trader Joe’s Jo-Jos
Crushed Butterfinger bars
Peanuts (or other nut varieties of your choice)
Peanut Butter Chips
Substitute the Reese’s Pieces for chopped peanut butter cups
Use milk chocolate chips/dark chocolate chips/white chocolate chips to try some varieties and flavor options
Decorate with some Halloween sprinkles

Keep in Mind

Even though this is called puppy chow (or sometimes monkey munch), it’s not for animals. This is a human snack only, so please don’t share with pets or animals!