Halloween Party Puppy Chow
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Celebrate Halloween in ‘party’ mode with this yummy, addictive Halloween Party Puppy Chow drenched with chocolate and peanut butter flavors, partied up with a Halloween candy mix, pretzels and peanuts! A delicious sweet and salty Chex snack mix too hard to resist!
Party on Frankenstein! Party on Dracula! Get your monster munch fix here my little monsters, just like with these 20 Spooktacular Halloween Desserts, 10 Halloween Party Desserts & Jello Shots, Awesome Scotcheroo Puppy, Chow Bars, Wicked Good Halloween Brownie Pizza and this Halloween Black Magic Candy Cake!
Looking for an Easy Halloween Party Snack to Make?
O Snap!!! This Halloween party chex mix is your ticket to an easy Halloween party snack and it is way addicting! (You were forewarned, my friend…totally addicting!)
- That’s because the base of the puppy chow mix on the corn Chex consists of peanut butter, butter and chocolate chips, basking in powdered sugar. Umm…that works for me!
- Then we added in some m&m’s, candy corn treats, peanut butter cups, pretzels, peanuts and marshmallows! YUM!!! Sweet and salty delish!
- I’m not a candy corn person, but have you tried the White Chocolate Candy Corn M&M
s? They are amazing! You can add these or any M&M flavors flavors you want, preferably fall or Halloween colors, like the M&M Campfire S’more candy
, the Halloween Ghoul’s M&M Mix
and the Cocoa Crispy M&M’s are just a few! You can also use Reese’s Pieces
for another option!
- Any color or flavor coordinated m&m’s will work in this puppy chow mix! Try different combinations!
This Halloween Puppy Chow recipe would be great for a slumber party or while watching scary movies. Give as a gift or treat the host, set it our for all of your Halloween parties you might be attending or hosting. Let’s party!!
Ingredients You Need for Halloween Puppy Chow
- Corn or Rice Chex Cereal
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- butter
- peanut butter
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
Favorite Puppy Chow Add-Ins
- Brach’s candy corn – Use Brach’s Caramel Macchiato candy corn, regular candy corn or their newest fall festival candy corn or their mini candy pumpkins)
- Fall or Halloween M&Ms – You can add these or any M&M flavors flavors you want, preferably fall or Halloween colors, like the M&M Campfire S’more candy
- Reese’s mini peanut butter cups
- pretzels, any shape you prefer
- salted peanuts
- mini marshmallows
How to Make Halloween ‘Party’ Puppy Chow Mix
- Pour Chex cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter together on high for one minute.
- Stir and return to microwave, microwaving in 30 second increments until melted together and smooth. Stir in vanilla.
- Pour chocolate mixture over the cereal and gently stir to coat. (I used a couple of plastic baggies on my hands to toss the cereal in the mixture so I didn’t crush it.)
- Pour cereal in a large zip lock bag, add in powdered sugar in, seal and shake until evenly coated.
- Spread chex cereal mixture out onto a wax paper or parchment lined baking sheet and let cool completely.
Adding in Your Favorite Puppy Chow Add-Ins
- In a large bowl combine candy corn mixture, M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces, mini Reese’s peanut butter cups, pretzels, peanuts and mini marshmallows and add the cereal mixture in and toss together carefully .
- Store Halloween party chex mix in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks, if it lasts!!
Halloween Party Chex Mix Tips
- When you make puppy chow, muddy buddies or whatever you call them, make sure you coat them entirely with the melted chocolate and peanut butter mixture for the first step.
- We used equal parts of each to get the creamy, chocolate coating on all the nooks and crannies of the Chex cereal.
- If you add too much cereal, then the powdered sugar won’t adhere to the chocolate-peanut butter mixture. Melt some more chocolate and peanut butter if happens to be the case.
- The other thing you want to do is, let them slightly cool and then coat them powdered sugar. If you add the powdered sugar to coat the Chex mix while it’s warm, it will soak up the powdered sugar. Then you’ll have to add more, which is fine, but you’re adding extra sugar.
- When mixing the chex mixture and the powdered sugar together, you can use use ziplock bags and shake the mixture together or find a large bag or large sealed container to gently toss everything around in.
How Long Does Puppy Chow Last?
What’s great about puppy chow is, it can last up to two weeks in a sealed container in the fridge or at room temperature. Can also freeze for up to 3 months in the freezer and eat as you desire frozen or let it come to room temperature.
The party doesn’t start until you have this halloween puppy chow mix in hand! You cannot resist chocolate, peanut butter and candy flavors in these delish snacking Halloween treats! No one can keep their paws out of this Halloween Party Puppy Chow party snack mix!
Easy to throw together and the kids can help! For Christmas holidays, this Santa’s Reindeer Chow is another cereal treat you’ll love!
More Halloween Party Snacks Treats!
- Leftover Candy Cookie Pie
- Red White & Blue Puppy Chow
- OMG Honey Chex Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars – No-Bake – GF
- Halloween Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Ghosts
- Pinnacle Orange Creamsicle Jell-O Shots
- Boo-tterscotch M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
- Candy Corn Double Chocolate Cookies
- Fall Snack Mix
- 30 Peanut Butter & Candy Desserts
Halloween 'Party' Puppy Chow!
Ingredients
Puppy Chow
- 9 cups Corn or Rice Chex Cereal
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Add-ins
- 1 ½ cups candy corn I made my own mix - Caramel Macchiato candy corn,regular candy corn & pumpkins - 1/2 cup of each
- 1 ½ cups White Chocolate Candy Corn M&Ms
- 1 ½ cups Reese's mini peanut butter cups
- 1 ½ cups pretzels any shape you prefer
- 1 cup salted peanuts
- ½ cup mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Pour Chex Cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter together on high for one minute.
- Stir and return to microwave, microwaving in 30 second increments until melted together and smooth. Stir in vanilla.
- Pour mixture over the cereal and gently stir to coat. (I used a couple of plastic baggies on my hands to toss the cereal in the mixture so I didn't crush it.)
- Pour cereal in a large zip lock bag, add in powdered sugar in, seal and shake until evenly coated.
- Spread cereal out on to wax paper and let cool completely.
- In a large bowl combine candy corn mixture, Candy Corn M&Ms, mini Reese’s peanut butter cups, pretzels, peanuts and mini marshmallows and add the cereal mixture in and mix together carefully .
- Store in an air-tight container.
Thanks Balmtomysoul! 🙂 I love puppy chow too! I can’t wait to make some more! Happy weekend back! 🙂
Oh, I love puppy chow. This looks delish!! Love the halloween theme! Happy weekend!
Thank you so much Rachel 🙂
Definitely pinning this! Looks so festive and such a cute easy idea for a party!