Chocolate Covered Strawberry Puppy Chow

Chocolate covered strawberry- the flavor of Valentines day. Now take that and think…PUPPY CHOW! Now if you aren’t familiar with puppy chow, no it isn’t for dogs. It is simply Chex cereal coated in melted chocolate and powdered sugar. Some people may call it muddy buddies but it is all the same thing, and it is DELICIOUS!

I have recently decided that puppy chow is my thing. You can flavor it however you want and it is so simple to make. No baking involved. No time consuming steps. Just melt some chocolate, pour it over the cereal and toss with powdered sugar. Not to mention everyone loves it, especially kids!

Since Valentine’s Day is approaching, and we all need more desserts to serve on Valentine’s Day, I thought what better way to celebrate than with some puppy chow? But how do I fancy it up? How do I make is scream I LOVE YOU! BE MINE! CALL ME!…and then it hit me. Chocolate. Covered. Strawberry. It’s perfect! Regular old chocolate covered strawberries are so played out (although I love them dearly) why not switch it up with something fun and something that will last longer than the berries that are leaking juices and rotting beneath their chocolate in your fridge? Your loved ones would never expect it. Plus, left overs would be an awesome addition to school lunch…just saying!

You know what I love most about this recipe? It’s not the fact that it fully encompasses one of the best flavor combinations. Or that is is just that simple. It’s that it’s a fabulous way to celebrate your kids this Valentine’s Day. We always tend to focus on our significant others around this holiday. Going on fancy dates, buying expensive gifts, writing sentimental cards. While this is all great, maybe this year we can make it about the kids! Make them the puppy chow, they’ll be sure to love you for at least an hour!

Now lets get into the nitty gritty. This recipe calls for freeze dried strawberries and you might be asking yourself…WHERE THE HECK DO I BUY THOSE?! Easy answer- Walmart. I found mine at my local Walmart but I am sure they are available in other stores as well. They are probably more common than you think they are. Of course, if you don’t want to process them or don’t have a food processor or do a lot of things with powdered strawberry, you could always just buy a bag of it already powdered online, although its a bit pricier.

The process for this puppy chow is very straight forward- melt chocolate, pour over cereal, coat in strawberry/powdered sugar, the end. I’m telling you, there is absolutely nothing that is hard about making this except trying not to eat it all in one sitting!

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Puppy Chow

Chex cereal coated in chocolate, powdered sugar, and powdered strawberry to give you that chocolate covered strawberry feel.

Course: Dessert, Snack

Keyword: chocolate, dessert, easy, muddy buddies, puppy chow, strawberry

Ingredients

• 6 cups Chex Cereal divided
• 1 cup White Chocolate Chips
• ½ cup Milk Chocolate Chips
• 1 tsp Coconut Oil
• ¼ cup plus 1 tbsp powdered sugar divided
• 1 1 oz bag freeze dried strawberries finely ground

Instructions

• Empty your bag of freeze dried strawberries¹ into a food processor. Process them until they become a fine powder. It should resemeble powdered sugar and not take very long.
• Dump your powdered strawberry into a large ziplock bag along with the 1 tbsp of powdered sugar. Set aside.
• Measure out 4 cups of Chex cereal and add it to a medium size bowl.
• In a microwave safe bowl, add in your white chocolate chips and the coconut oil. Microwave in intervals until the chocolate is melted.
• Carefully remove the melted chocolate from the microwave and pour on top of the Chex cereal.
• Gently stir the Chex and chocolate until all the cereal is coated. Be careful not to break the cereal.
• Once coated, add the cereal to the bag with the powdered strawberry and sugar. Seal and the bag and shake shake shake! Make sure all your cereal gets a generous coating of the strawberry. Set aside.
• In a separate ziplock bag, add the remaining powdered sugar and set aside.
• Follow the same process as above with the remaining cereal and milk chocolate chips.
• Once the cereal is coated add to the bag with the powdered sugar and shake shake shake.
• Now combine your two bags of chex and give it another shake and there you go! Chocolate covered strawberry puppy chow!

Notes

1. I was able to find freeze dried strawberries at my local Walmart. They are actually more common than you might think. You could also buy the powdered strawberry online if you don’t want to process it.