Puppy Chow

These are our puppies.


Or should I say, these were our puppies. They aren't very puppy-like anymore.


This is puppy chow.


However, the puppies do not eat the puppy chow. They only wish they could.

Puppy Chow
I'm sure there are a million names for this concoction, but puppy chow has stuck in my family. I ripped the recipe off a Rice Chex box, but my mom has been making this for ages. You don't really need to measure out the ingredients, if only to avoid washing that peanut-butter-covered measuring cup.

9 cups Rice Chex, Corn Chex, or Crispix cereal (or the generic equivalent)
3 Tbls. butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Pour cereal in large bowl and set aside.

In a microwavable medium bowl (glass please, no plastic in the microwave), add butter, chocolate, and PB and microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir until smooth, microwaving a few more seconds if necessary.

Pour chocolate mixture over cereal and carefully stir to coat cereal completely. Pour coated cereal into a large plastic container with a cover or a 2-gallon Ziploc bag; add powdered sugar, close the container or bag, and shake well until coated. Spread on parchment paper to cool. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.