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It is hard for me to pick a favorite candy bar. I love peanut butter cups, but for some reason if given the choice at the check out, I would never pick it. Not sure why. 9 times of out 10 I would pick a Milky Way. The other time would be a Peppermint Patty or maybe a 3 Musketeers. This happens probably 2 times a year, so it is always a great debate for me 🙂 What about you?
I usually only make Puppy Chow around Christmas time. My family eats it like crazy, so I am not sure why I only make it one time a year. I have been seeing all sorts of different flavors of puppy chow recently, so I decided to give it a try. Obviously, I used my favorite candy bar; Milky Way. But, I couldn’t just stop there. I had to amp it up a little, similar to my traditional Puppy Chow recipe.
The clumps are my favorite part. And in a normal recipe I don’t find nearly enough clumps for my liking. So I added caramel bits and more chocolate….can you ever go wrong with extra caramel and chocolate? Yeah, I didn’t think so! The really nice thing about Milky Way Puppy Chow is how quickly it comes together. Melt, pour, shake, cool – you are done in 15 minutes, and you didn’t have to turn on the oven. Win, win on a hot summer day.
Milky Way Puppy Chow
Ingredients
- 8 cups chex cereal
- 1 bag fun-sized Milky Way, , unwrapped
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup caramel baking bits
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Measure chex cereal and spread on a large baking sheet.
- In a saucepan heat Milky Way, butter, caramel bits, and chocolate chips over medium low temperature. Heat until melted, and smooth.
- Pour over the chex cereal, mix until well coated.
- In batches, toss chex mixture and powdered sugar together in a resealable plastic bag. Spread evenly on a clean baking sheet to cool.
- Store in an air tight container.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This looks so good, I am bookmarking this page and trying it.
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I am in the same boat. I couldn’t pick a favorite. But I’m thinking Milky Way could be a clear winner after looking at this puppy chow!!
This looks like a fun recipe! I’m a fan of milky way bars and this is a great way to use them 😉
You can never go wrong with extra caramel and chocolate 🙂 Love all the clumps in this!!!
This is pretty genius! Milky Ways are my favorite candy bar too. I wonder how this would be with milky way dark.
I am sure it would be delicious. I would just use dark chocolate chips instead of the milk chocolate. Let me know how ot turns out, if you try it.
Look at those chewy chunks! YUM!
I don’t think I could choose a favorite candy bar. 🙂 But a favorite puppy chow – this would be near the top of the list. I love milky ways and what a clever way to use them Erin!!
What a fun dessert! I need to check out this puppy chow – never actually made it or had it. It looks like something that I could eat an entire bowl in one sitting. Delish!
Gotta love puppy chow pretty much any way you make it as long as chocolate is involved. If choosing a candy bar it would probably be a snickers then peanut M&M’s even tho they aren’t considered a candy bar.