Have fun this holiday season by making a big batch of Holiday Puppy Chow! This colorful Christmas treat is easy to make with white chocolate and rice cereal.
Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow? The name is up to you. Try this Peppermint Puppy Chow for your holiday festivities next!
Why this Recipe is Best
The kids will enjoy making this recipe almost as much as they love eating it. This recipe gives Classic Puppy Chow a festive holiday twist!
- White chocolate puppy chow with only 4 ingredients!
- Festive and east no-bake holiday treat
- An easy recipe the kids can make!
Ingredient Notes
- Rice Cereal. Chex squares are the traditional choice, but any rice squares you like will do.
- White Chocolate Chips. I use Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers for this recipe. Vanilla almond bark or your other favorite white melting wafers are a great choice too.
- Powdered sugar. Also called confectioner’s sugar, this extra fine sugar helps the chocolate and food coloring adhere to the rice cereal squares.
- Food coloring. Red and green gel coloring works best for treats with fun seasonal colors!
Tips and Tricks
- Divide the melted white chocolate. Add red food coloring to one half. Stir the green food gel coloring into the other half.
- Best colors for holiday puppy chow. Mix half the cereal into the red white chocolate and the remaining half into the green chocolate. Once coated, toss the two colors of cereal together for best mixture of colors!
- Storing: Store holiday puppy chow in a sealed container at room temperature. Enjoy within 5 days.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, muddy buddies and puppy chow are names for the same deliciously easy treat! This homemade Christmas candies goes by many names, each as sweet and delicious as the next.
This recipe simply outlines my very method for making colorful Christmas puppy chow for the holidays!
Holiday Puppy Chow is a perfect make ahead treat to freeze. Thaw it at room temperature or eat it straight from the freezer for an extra crunchy Christmas snack.
You can use white chocolate chips but the texture on the finished puppy chow won’t be as smooth. I much prefer the consistency and flavor of vanilla or white chocolate melting wafers.
Store puppy chow (muddy buddies) in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
More Holiday Desserts
- Candy Cane Fudge
- Grinch Cookies
- Thumbprint Cookies
- Crock Pot Candy
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- Peppermint Cheesecakes
Holiday Snacks
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Holiday Puppy Chow
Ingredients
- 12 cup rice squares cereal
- 16 ounce white chocolate melted (I use Ghirardelli melting wafers)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- Red and Green gel food coloring
Instructions
- In two large bowls, add 6 cups of the cereal. Set aside.
- In a glass, microwave safe bowl, melt vanilla wafers (or almond bark) according to package directions.
- Pour half into a separate bowl. Add red gel food coloring to one and green gel food coloring to the other. Pour one color over each bowl of cereal, mixing until combined.
- In a large plastic resealable bag, add powdered sugar. Add contents of bowl to bag. Seal and shake until powdered sugar covers all the cereal.
- Store puppy chow in airtight container for up to 5 days. ENJOY!
Notes
- Divide the melted white chocolate. Add red food coloring to one half. Stir the green food gel coloring into the other half.
- Best colors for holiday puppy chow. Mix half the cereal into the red white chocolate and the remaining half into the green chocolate. Once coated, toss the two colors of cereal together for best mixture of colors!
- Storing: Store holiday puppy chow in a sealed container at room temperature. Enjoy within 5 days.
Nutrition
Bring extra cheer to the party with a batch of homemade Holiday Puppy Chow. Everyone loves this easy Christmas candy, especially when it’s red, green and full of festive cheer!
Fudge (any flavor)! Or anything with nuts or chocolate and cherries!
My favorite holiday treat is Red Velvet Cheesecake.
Fresh coconut cake is my favorite dessert or treat whatever you wan to call it. Homemade layers and 7 minute frosting. YUMMY!!! My mouth is watering now.
MY mouth is watering now 🙂
My fave holiday treat is fudge! mmm 🙂
My favorite holiday treat are magic cookie bars. all the ingredients mix together for a magical treat
I don’t eat many sweets but my children love all the goodies I make, especially muddy buddies!
I love all flavors of puppy chow! I can’t wait to try these!
Dove Peppermint Bark
How’s that cleanse going 🙂 I’m starting one tomorrow but mostly just juice today. But puppy chow…couldn’t have this around. Toooooo tempting! Looks so good & addictive! pinned!
Cleanse is going great. Just finished my last drink of day one. It helps being out of town and away from the temptations in my kitchen! Thanks for pinning 🙂
I love puppy chow and eI love Whoopie pies! Yummo!
I like white chocolate bark with peppermint. Also white chocolate cheesecake with peppermint! And peppermint tea – all these only at holidays!
I love all treats! I can’t really pick a favorite. Thank you for sharing this recipe! Can’t wait to try it!
That’s a tough question, but I would have to say that Peanut Blosson Cookies are my favorite!
Gingerbread cookies are my favorite.
Sugar cookies are the best!
What a nice giveaway!! My favorite holiday treat is triple chocolate chunk pecan pie! I can’t eat too much of it, but chocolate and pecans are so good together!
How fun and creative is this puppy chow! Your recipes are never short of amazing! Pinned!
Honestly, the only thing that gets me through the cold weather is the cuteness factor of treats like this one. So adorable! So colorful!
My favorite holiday treat is anything mint and chocolate that I can pop in my mouth in a bite size fashion.
Red velvet cake