Nutella Puppy Chow is a highly addicting snack mix perfect for holidays, watching the game, road trips, or vacation. Nutella puppy chow is an easy, delicious twist on the best muddy buddies recipe, and doesn’t use peanut butter so all can enjoy!
Although I throughly enjoy eating this Nutella Puppy Chow, that isn’t the real reason I make it.
Puppy Chow provides an anthropological witness, where I get to be entertained by someone’s complete lack of self-control.
My husband, Ryan, is freakishly powerless around this stuff. He can’t physically be in the vicinity without eating it till it’s gone or he’s going to vomit, whichever comes first.
Essentially, he has the willpower of a puppy. Evidently he’s not the only helpless soul out there, which is probably where Puppy Chow got its name.
Doesn’t that make you feel better, honey? 🤗
I made this batch of Nutella Puppy Chow as part of teachers’ Christmas gifts. Therefore, I couldn’t perform my experiment to see if Ryan broke the record for fastest Puppy Chow take down yet.
To make it last until I could put it in gift bags, I had to store it in an incognito tin, with two canisters of granola AND a bag of pears placed on top.
There was no messing around because I wasn’t about to get into a vicious cycle of remaking puppy chow every hour.
How to Make Reindeer Chow or Christmas Muddy Buddies
To make Nutella Puppy Chow into a festive, holiday snack mix substitute red and green M&Ms. Also, add additional decadent treats, such as chocolate covered raisins, peanuts, pretzels, or miniature marshmallows.
Reindeer Chow can also be transformed into a Halloween / fall snack mix by substituting fall colored M&Ms, candy corn, and peanuts.
If giving as Puppy Chow as gifts, pick up small, food-safe gift bags at your local store or check out these cute ones from Amazon.
Other Homemade Food Gifts Ideas:
- Peanut Brittle
- Chocolate Bark
- Homemade Caramel Corn
- Salted Caramel Chocolate Bark
- Homemade Hot Fudge
- Chocolate Granola
- Easy Buckeye Turtles
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Quick Bread
HOW TO MAKE NUTELLA PUPPY CHOW
- Melt butter and Nutella together in the microwave until smooth.
- Pour chocolate mixture over Chex cereal and mix together until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Transfer cereal to a large paper bag. Pour in one cup of powdered sugar, close bag, and shake to combine. Refrigerate for 5 minutes then add additional cup of powered sugar and shake again.
- Add optional ingredients, such as M&Ms, peanuts, and yogurt covered raisins.
Tips / Tricks For Making Puppy Chow
- To make sure the Chex cereal is evenly covered, lay the cereal on a baking sheet and pour chocolate over. Mix with a spoon or plastic-gloved hands.
- Alternatively, place 1/3 cereal in a large bowl and pour 1/3 chocolate over. Stir to combine, then repeat in 2 more additions.
- After the chocolate is evenly mixed with the cereal, let it cool slightly, but don’t allow to completely harden. I throw mine in the fridge for 5 minutes.
- Add the powdered sugar in stages as well. After the puppy chow is cooled slightly, mix with 1 cup powdered sugar. Let puppy chow harden completely and then mix with remaining powdered sugar.
- You can mix the powdered sugar in a large bowl, but I find it easier and quicker to do in a large paper grocery bag. Just make sure to shake over the kitchen sink in case any powdered sugar escapes from the seems!
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Nutella puppy chow recipe is an easy, delicious twist on the best puppy chow recipe, and doesn't use peanut butter so all can enjoy!
- 1 cup Nutella hazelnut spread
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 8 cups rice or corn Chex cereal
- 2 cups powdered sugar, divided
- 1 cup M&Ms (optional)
- 1 cup chocolate covered raisins or yogurt raisins (optional)
- 1 cup peanuts (optional)
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Measure cereal into a very large bowl or on a cookie sheet. Set aside
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Place Nutella and butter in a microwave safe bowl. Heat at 50% power for 2 minutes, or until smooth. Pour melted Nutella over cereal and gently toss with a spoon or plastic-gloved hands until cereal is coated. (SEE RECIPE NOTES FOR METHOD OF MIXING IN BOWL). Refrigerate for 5 minutes to cool, BUT NOT HARDEN.
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Transfer chocolate covered cereal to large paper bag. Pour in 1 cup powdered sugar, roll top of bag down, and shake over sink to save yourself from cleaning escaping powdered sugar dust. Refrigerate again to fully harden, about 15 minutes. Add last cup of powdered sugar and shake again to combine.
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Add optional ingredients, such as M&Ms, covered raisins, and peanuts. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Tips / Tricks For Making Puppy Chow
- To mix cereal with chocolate in a bowl, place 1/3 cereal in a large bowl and pour 1/3 chocolate over. Stir to combine, then repeat in 2 more additions.
- Add the powdered sugar in stages as well. After the puppy chow is cooled slightly, mix with 1 cup powdered sugar. Let puppy chow harden completely and then mix with remaining powdered sugar.
- You can mix the powdered sugar in a large bowl, but I find it easier and quicker to do in a large paper grocery bag. Just make sure to shake over the kitchen sink in case any powdered sugar escapes from the seems!
❊SHOP THE RECIPE❊
Items used to make this recipe:
Large Mixing Bowl Silicone Spoon Baking Sheets
OTHER RECIPES TO LOVE:
Gluten Free Pie Crust
Soft Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Ginger Molasses Cookies
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