Pumpkin Pie Puppy Chow
I stinking love this stuff. Puppy chow or muddy buddies…whatever YOU call it. I can eat my weight in this stuff. Before I know it, an entire bowl is just gone. I’m like, “Where the heck did all the puppy chow go?!” ……and then my husband is all like “Uhhh — you ate it all!”. Since fall is my most favorite time of year, what better than a yummy Pumpkin Pie Puppy Chow recipe!!! If you’re into seasonal puppy chow recipes, you can also check out our Strawberry Muddy Buddies which is perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Okay, on to this pumpkin pie flavored delicious-ness!! Stop licking your screen, and just go get the stuff and make this. Like now. YES!! Right now!! Make it now, and you can thank me later. The printable recipe is down below, just scroll down. Print it off and stick it back in your recipe box!
Pumpkin Pie Puppy Chow Ingredients:
8 cup Chex Cereal
12 oz Pumpkin Spice Candy Melts or White Candy Melts (Wilton or store brand)
*candy melts melt SO much easier than the chips or blocks
2 cup Powdered Sugar
3 tsp Pumpkin Spice
1 cup Fall Color M&M’s or other Fall favorite candy
DIRECTIONS
Melt candy melts by microwaving 30 seconds then stirring and repeating until melted. Stir in the 3 tsp. of pumpkin spice to the melted candy melts mixture.
Next comes the fun part. Pour cereal into a large mixing bowl or onto a large tray. Pour the melted candy melts over the cereal and using a spatula or spoon, gently fold and combine the mixture into the cereal until it’s thoroughly covered.
Put half of the powdered sugar mixture into 1 gallon size ziploc bag, and the rest in a 2nd gallon size ziploc bag.
Spoon half the cereal mixture into each bag, and shake shake shake shake shake!!! Shake until all of the cereal is coated in white sugary goodness. If there are any pieces that are clumped together, try to separate and then shake some more. Do the same thing with the 2nd bag.
After the cereal is all coated, pour in a single layer onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Allow to dry and then add M&M’s before putting in airtight containers or your serving bowls.
- 8 cup Chex Cereal
- 12 oz Pumpkin Spice or White Candy Melts
- 2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 3 tsp Pumpkin Spice
- 1 cup Fall Color M&M's
- Melt candy melts by microwaving 30 seconds then stirring and repeating until melted.
- Add Pumpkin spice and stir to combine.
- Pour cereal into a large mixing bowl or onto a large tray.
- Pour the pumpkin/candy melt mixture over the cereal and using a spatula or spoon, gently fold and combine the mixture into the cereal until it's thoroughly covered.
- Put half of the powdered sugar mixture into 1 gallon size ziploc bag, and the rest in a 2nd gallon size ziploc bag.
- Spoon half the cereal mixture into each bag, and shake until all of the cereal is coated. If there are any pieces that are clumped together, try to separate and then shake some more. Do the same thing with the 2nd bag.
- After the cereal is all coated, pour in a single layer onto a large baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Allow to dry and then add M&M's before putting in airtight containers or your serving bowls.
If you loved this recipe, then you might enjoy some other fan favorites below!
Reese’s Cup Peanut Butter Bars
Peanut Butter Ball Pops
Pumpkin Spice Muffins (2 ingredient, low fat!!!)
What are your favorite fall desserts?
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The recipe looks great and I’d probably eat all of it too. I’ll have to try this for the holidays where there will be lots of people visiting to help me eat it.
Oh this recipe sounds great. I bet my kids would really enjoy it!
These look really great. I would love to give one of them a try I’m sure my kids would enjoy it.
You are KILLING me! That looks and sounds so amazing! I’m on a dumb diet, so I’m bookmarking this for Thanksgiving when the rules are out the window! YUMMMMM
Hahaha! Sorry Stefanie!! All diets are off for the holidays. Any and all food is fair game!! 😉
My daughter and my husband would love the pumpkin flavor of the puppy chow. I love how easy it is to make a well.
Ooh this sounds fantastic!! I am pinning this!
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This looks amazing. Quick question before I make it though. Are the white chips chocolate or vanilla? Looks like one of the pictures shows a bag of vanilla chips but the recipe states white chocolate. (I’m allergic to chocolate 🙁 that’s why I ask)
Hi Jessica…it’s just the Kroger brand Vanilla Candy Coating. That’s what it’s called. I’m not actually sure if it’s made with white chocolate and vanilla flavored or what. Just double check before you buy if you do have allergies, obviously! Ackkk. I wouldn’t know what I’d do if I were allergic to chocolate. Good luck!!
Help! Mine turned out kind of soggy. Is there a trick to keeping it crunchier? Maybe toasting the cereal first?
Hi Jana! There’s really no trick. You just want to make sure that you leave the puppy chow laying in a single layer on cookie sheet(s) until dried out. If you put them away in an airtight container before they’re dried out good, they will get soggy due to condensation.
what a mess, which part are you suppose to leave out? Before the powdered sugar portion or after? I would add that part to the recipe. Feel bad that I wasted the ingredients for a pile of goo.
Traci, after you’ve finished making the puppy chow you should leave it laying on a cookie sheet or tray to dry out for awhile before putting in an airtight container. So, to answer your question….after the powdered sugar. That’s really the last step is sprinkling the powdered sugar over and tossing the cereal.
Looks like mixing the cereal and pumpkin mixture to coat well would have been a good idea before adding the powdered sugar mix. The powdered sugar mixes in with the pumpkin mix otherwise and doesn’t have that white coated puppy chow mix as pictured above.
I followed the recipe and read the comments. Mine STILL turned out super mushy, even after spreading the mixture out and letting it dry. I love the creativity & fall flavors but this recipe was a fail for me. I couldn’t serve it, it was so soggy and not good.
Mine turned out soggy even after leaving out to dry for an hour. I put it in the container and the longer I left it, the soggier it got. I think that I will stick with the original. I think it is the moisture in the pumpkin that makes it soggy.
Those that are stating their finished product was soggy need to read the recipe. There is NO pumpkin in this recipe. There is however, pumpkin spice. If you added pumpkin it is understandable that yours came out soggy.
Hi Bev! The recipe originally did call for a bit of pumpkin puree. When I made ours, it was for a holiday get together. I made a batch right before the party, and the whole thing was gone within an hour or so. It was really yummy and crunchy. The pumpkin was mixed with the white chocolate. This last time I made it, it didn’t get eaten quite as fast and by the morning – it was soggy. I instantly realized the moisture in the pumpkin was the issue – so I ditched that ingredient from this recipe. Replaced it with pumpkin spice candy melts OR the original white candy melts and I also left the pumpkin spice in the ingredient list. Much MUCH better!! 🙂