It’s Wednesday so you know what that means? Time for another Hump Day Treat recipe to share with all of you. My 27th birthday is this Friday, October 21st (CRAZY!!) so I wanted to share with you one of my favorite guilty pleasure recipes in honor of my birthday. One of my favorite things to make in college was something called puppy chow. NowI know what you all are thinking it sounds like dog food, but it’s honestly amazing and super easy to make. So When I when I stumbled upon this recipe for cupcake puppy chow from getinmybelly.com I knew I had to share it with you all. I personally like to keep my puppy chow in the freezer until I am ready to serve it, but that is entirely up to your personal preference. Here is what you need:
Ingredients:
- 4.5 cups rice chex cereal (I normally use a full box)
- ¼ cup salted butter
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
- 10 oz white chocolate candy melts or pure white chocolate
- 1 tsp almond emulsion or extract
- 1 tsp butter emulsion or extract
- 1 and ½ cups powdered sugar
Directions:
- Pour cereal into a large mixing bowl
- In a medium sized sauce pan on a low heat melt the butter, cream and white chocolate. Stir constantly until all of the white chocolate is melted
- Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the almond extract and butter extract
- Pour the warm white chocolate over cereal and stir well. I have in the past made the mistake thinking I could use my hands but then burned them so be careful
- about 3-4 minutes later no longer than that gently mix in the sprinkles.The last thing you want is for the sprinkles not to adhere to the chocolate but also lose their color
- In a large ziplock bag put some powdered sugar in it then pour half the cereal in the large bag or container. Personally I split the cereal with powdered sugar into two bags and then also pour extra powdered sugar on top.
- Close the bag and shake until the cereal is coated with the powdered sugar
- Place in the freezer until cold
- Take out of the freezer and enjoy!!
Hope you guys love this recipe as much as I do. For a full video of it head to Getinmybelly to watch it!
