4th of July Puppy Chow
This red, white and blue puppy chow is the perfect no-bake 4th of July dessert. It uses simple ingredients, and it's ready in about 30 minutes.
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 270kcal
Ingredients
- 6 cups square rice cereal
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup red and white chocolate candies We picked out the red and blue m&ms.
Instructions
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter. In a microwave safe bowl, one that's large enough to fit 6 cups of cereal in a later step, pour in the 1 cup of chocolate chips and the 1 cup of peanut butter.
- Melt. Place bowl in microwave, and cook for 30 seconds, and stir. Cook for another 30 seconds, and stir. If the chocolate has not melted yet, keep cooking in 30-second intervals, stirring after each time, until melted. Do NOT overcook or chocolate will burn and not melt well.
- Add cereal. Next, pour in the 6 cups of cereal in to the melted chocolate mixture and stir gently, without breaking the cereal, to fully coat the cereal.
- Add powdered sugar. Next, pour 2 cups of powdered sugar over the cereal mixture and gently stir again, making sure not to break the small pieces of cereal.
- Spread on the sheet. Pour the cereal mixture on top of the parchment paper-covered baking sheet, and gently spread it out to allow it to cool and dry completely. (You may also want to sprinkle extra powdered sugar on top at this step, but it's not required.)
- Add candies. When the cereal mixture has cooled and dried, this is a great time to add the 1 cup of red and blue M&M's. Stir and serve or store for later.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 172mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 204IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 4mg
