This Healthier Puppy Chow is made with delicious peanut butter, sugar and chocolate chips but also with a few added nutritious ingredients.
It’s been some time since I’ve posted a sweets type of recipe here on Chocolate Slopes. That’s mainly due to the fact that I haven’t been experimenting with too many different desserts.
And around the holidays, there are so many tried and true recipes that I love making, it doesn’t leave much room for new recipes.
However, this recipe came about because I had a few extra boxes of store-brand oatmeal squares. My family decided they no longer enjoyed the store brand.
We are big fans of Quaker Oatmeal Squares – thankfully I can find them on sale oftentimes at Target.
I have really been working on keeping my grocery bills as low as possible. So this typically results in purchasing store-bought items the majority of the time.
But, I will buy name brand items when they are on clearance or if there is a specific item that we prefer that’s name brand.
Or as an example, I want whole grain hamburger buns or hot dog buns and I have a hard time finding store-brand whole grain products. So I end up purchasing brands like Aunt Millie’s – which I love.
Thankfully, this recipe worked out great. I’ve been wanting to make some sort of “puppy chow” mix so I thought why not try it with our Oatmeal Squares box.
It also adds a bit more fiber from the cereal and some healthy fats from the peanut butter and nuts.
If you’re looking for another variation of puppy chow, check out this S’Mores Puppy Chow, it contains one of my kids favorite ingredients…Nutella!
Ingredients Needed for This Healthier Puppy Chow Recipe
- box Oatmeal Squares cereal
- creamy peanut butter
- chocolate chips
- Spanish peanuts
- powdered sugar
Additional Holiday Cookie Favorites From Chocolate Slopes
My favorite (and my family’s favorites) include these Chinese New Year Cookies,
No Bake Peanut Butter Corn Flake cookies,
and Grandma’s Russian Tea Cakes.
And my kids love these Spiral Christmas Sugar Cookies. Although they take a bit more time to prep compared to our other holiday favorites.
Storage
These keep pretty well for several days. I like to put them in a plastic container and keep them on my counter or cabinet – so they aren’t in sight all day long.
Hope you have a wonderful holiday season while enjoying delicious treats, some relaxation and time with friends and family!
Healthier Puppy Chow
Ingredients
- 1 (14.5 oz) box Oatmeal Squares cereal
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup Spanish peanuts
- 2-2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Combine peanut butter and chocolate chips in a microwave bowl. Heat in microwave on high for 30 seconds, stir, then repeat until it's completed melted.
- In a large bowl combine the cereal and nuts. Pour melted peanut butter and chocoalte over the cereal and nuts and stir until cereal and nuts are well coated.
- Add the powdered sugar into a large ziplock bag. Pour 1 cup of cereal/nuts mixture into the bag and mix until well coated. Continue adding 1 cup of cereal/nuts at a time until all of the cereal mix is coated.
- Keep in a sealed container and enjoy within 3 days.
