Chocolate Strawberry Puppy Chow

Looking for a treat? If so dive in to this strawberry puppy chow recipe. This is a Chex cereal that is coated in white chocolate and freeze dried strawberry dust. Then the other portion is coated in milk chocolate. A tasty chocolate and strawberry puppy chow!

If you are a lover of strawberry desserts, you will enjoy this no bake treat. It is so simple to make, and offers a tasty strawberry and chocolate flavor.

Some might call this a strawberry muddy buddies. We grew up calling it a peoples puppy chow, but you can call it what you want.

This Strawberry Puppy Chow Recipe Is…

• Made with 7 ingredients
• A no bake dessert
• Made with freeze dried strawberries
• Half white chocolate the other half milk chocolate
• Quick and Easy
• A fun Valentine Puppy Chow Mix

What is Puppy Chow

Puppy chow aka muddy buddies is a human snack mix. It is a Chex cereal that is coated in a chocolate base, and dusted with a powdered sugar coating.

Puppy chow got its name as it resembled puppy chow you would feed your dog.

Ingredients You Will Need

Here is what you need for this easy puppy chow recipe.

• Chex Cereal
• Powdered Sugar
• Candy Melts – Red Color
• Chocolate Chips
• Cocoa Powder
• Freeze Dried Strawberries
• Coconut Oil (optional)

How to Make

Full directions on how to make strawberry chex mix is in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a visual walk-through.

Step One: Start by taking to Ziploc gallon bags and doing split the powdered sugar between both bags.

Step Two: Blend up the freeze dried strawberries to make a dust. Add the strawberry powder to one bag and the cocoa powder to the other bag. Seal and shake each bag.

Step Three: Now you will divide the Chex cereal into two bowls. Then start with melting your candy melts as directed. Then pour the red candy melts over a bowl of Chex. Stir to coat.

Step Four: Pour the coated cereal into the strawberry powdered sugar and shake coating all the cereal. Once coated pour the strawberry cereal onto a cookie sheet.

Step Five: Next you will melt your chocolate chips, then mix with cereal, and coat the cereal the same in the powdered sugar with cocoa powder.

Step Six: Once both Chex puppy chow mixes are dry, mix the two together for a tasty strawberry snack mix.

Variations To Recipe

Here are a few variations you can make to this pink puppy chow.

Strawberry Shortcake Puppy Chow – Instead of doing the cocoa powder, leave the powdered sugar in one bag plain. Then swap the milk chocolate with a white chocolate. This can give you more of a strawberry shortcake flavor.

White Chocolate – Instead of red candy melts you could do a white chocolate. It will not be as vibrant pink but you will still have a flavor.

Coconut Oil – Go right ahead and melt up some coconut oil with the chocolate to help thin it out and also allow the chocolate to set up faster.

Storing

You can store your puppy chow at room temperature for around 1-2 weeks. Just store in an airtight container or Ziploc gallon bag.

It will store well, just make sure it is fully dried before putting in a container. Otherwise it can build condensation a bit and spoil the mixture quicker.

Practical notes

Common questions when making this puppy chow recipe with Chex cereal.

Is it called puppy chow or Muddy Buddies?

Muddy buddies, puppy chow, monkey munch, doggy bag and even reindeer chow are all the same thing. These are names known for this no bake treat that depending on where you live it can be called a different name.

Can you freeze puppy chow mix?

Go right ahead and freeze any puppy chow you don’t plan to eat right away. Just place in a sealed container or Ziploc freezer bag. Try to remove air from bag. Then freeze for 2-3 months. When ready to eat thaw on the counter at room temperature.

Best way to grind up freeze dried strawberries?

Using a food processor or coffee grinder is a great way to grind up the berries. Or you can buy u003ca href=u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer nofollowu0022u003efreeze dried strawberry powder u003c/au003eso you can skip the process of grinding if need be.

Does this recipe double well?

Double or even triple the recipe if you want. Just make sure to use large enough bowls to mix up and shake up the ingredients!

Puppy Chow Recipe Variations

• Classic Puppy Chow
• Lemon Puppy Chow
• Puppy Chow Truffle Balls
• Butterbeer Muddy Buddies
• Brownie Puppy Chow

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Ingredients

Makes 10 servings

• 1 ounce Freeze Dried Strawberries, blended to a powder
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3 1/2 cups Chex cereal
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup red candy melts
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil, optional

Equipment

• Food Prep Bag Holders
• Judee’s Freeze Dried Strawberry Powder 6 oz – Vegan, Kosher, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free & Nut-Free – Perfect for Baking, Smoothies, Shakes, and Mixed Drinks

Method

1. Start by placing 1/2 cup of powdered sugar in one gallon sized bag. Do another bag for the other 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
2. With a food processor or coffee grinder place your strawberries in and mix until it forms a fine powder. Pour the strawberry powder in one of the bags. Mix to combine.
3. In the other bag of powdered sugar add the cocoa powder. Mix to combine.
4. Now in a clean bowl add half the Chex cereal, and then pour the remaining Chex in a second bowl.
5. Next, take your red candy melts and melt in a bowl until fully melted. Once it is melted, pour it over one bowl of cereal.
6. Stir well to coat and then pour the coated cereal into the strawberry powdered sugar. Shake well to coat the entire cereal in powdered sugar.
7. Pour the cereal onto a baking sheet.
8. Then you will melt down the milk chocolate chips just as you did the candy melts. Stir into the cereal, pour into the cocoa powdered sugar and coat well.
9. Pour mixture into the baking sheet and allow it to set up as well. Once both flavors of the puppy chow are cooled and set, mix together and enjoy.
10. A tasty chocolate and strawberry puppy chow mix.

Kitchen notes

Powdered Sugar

– If you find your powdered sugar is clumping you can run it through a sifter to help remove lumps. Storing – Store your puppy chow in a bowl or sealed bag for 1-2 weeks. Freezing – You can freeze this strawberry chocolate puppy chow for 2-3 months. Do a container or sealed bag. If you use a bag try to remove as much air out of the bag as you can.