Your eating WHAT?!?

Bonjour my lovies!
    Like how I got all cultured there?  Christmas is really gearing up all around me so I decided to make my favorite holiday treat Puppy Chow.

Now some of you will know what I'm talking about while others are curling their noses in disgust while the rest of you tilt your head slightly in confusion.  No fears I'm not showing dog food.

Puppy Chow is an amazing concoction of rice chex, chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar.  once finished it does resemble kibble in a way but I assure you it is delightful.  Other names you may know it by are muddy buddies or reindeer chow but it has always and will always be puppy chow. 

The amazingness that is pinterest has several different versions to try; including an intriguing cake batter edition that I must try.  I found a Halloween version that included two batches one with semi sweet chips and one with white chips all mixed with reeses pieces candies.  Well as hectic as fall has been I never got around to making it, so I did red and greened it up for Christmas.

 Original post at Your Cup Of Cake

Halloween Christmas Puppy Chow

Yield: 18 Cups

Ingredients

Peanut Butter White Chocolate Puppy Chow:

9 C. rice cereal squares (Chex)

1 C. white chocolate chips or Melts

1/2 C. peanut butter, creamy

1/4 C. butter

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/2 C. powdered sugar

Peanut Butter Chocolate Puppy Chow:

9 C. rice cereal squares (Chex)

1 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 C. peanut butter, creamy

1/4 C. butter

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/2 C. powdered sugar

1 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, optional

Peanut Butter Candies (Reese's Pieces) Red and Green peanut M&Ms

Directions

1. Prep two cookie sheets by lining them with wax paper for an easy cleanup.

2. Peanut Butter White Chocolate: Measure out rice cereal and place in a large bowl.

3. In a small microwave proof bowl, put chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter.

4. Heat in the microwave and stir until smooth.

5. Stir in vanilla extract and then pour chocolate mixture over cereal. Stir to coat cereal.

6. Place powdered sugar in a ziplock back, dump cereal into bag, seal and shake until coated.

7. Dump cereal onto a cookie sheet, spread out and let cool for 20 minutes.

8. Peanut Butter Chocolate: Follow steps 2-7 but use your semi sweet chocolate chips instead. Also, add cocoa powder to powdered sugar.

9. After all cereal is cooled, mix together and add Peanut Butter Candies M&Ms.