Matcha Puppy Chow
Posted Mar 01, 2018, Updated May 31, 2024
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This white chocolate matcha puppy chow is an easy and fun dessert recipe! Made with only 4 ingredients, its’ a unique spin on on a classic!
This matcha puppy chow is a simple, four-ingredient recipe that makes a great St. Patty’s Day or Christmas treat because of it’s color! It comes together in minutes and is naturally green, thanks to the matcha green tea powder.
Matcha puppy chow has just the right amount of sweet, green tea flavor and natural green color making it a festive treat for any and every green holiday (also try Christmas puppy chow or the best classic puppy chow recipe).
Matcha Puppy Chow: Ingredients & Substitutions
- White chocolate. Bars, chips or discs work well in this recipe. Do not use “white baking chips.” Buy real white chocolate that contains cocoa butter, sugar and vanilla. Read the ingredients and be aware.
- Rice Squares Cereal. I use Chex (or generic equivalent). Crispex also works well.
- Matcha Green Tea Powder. Use your favorite brand. I love this organic variety.
How to Make White Chocolate Matcha Puppy Chow
This recipe is so simple to make, but I thought I’d share a few tips to ensure you have great matcha success!
Begin by mixing the matcha powder and powdered sugar. This ensures that the matcha and powdered sugar are evenly distributed throughout the recipe.
Then, pour the white chocolate over the cereal and stir to coat.
If you’ve made my wildly popular muddy buddies recipe, then you’ll know the method I created to chill the mixture before adding the powdered sugar is a key to success.
If you don’t, the powdered sugar will simply soak into the warm chocolate instead of doing its job of separating and coating the cereal pieces.
Be careful, white chocolate cools of faster than the dark chocolate/peanut butter mixture used in traditional puppy chow, so watch it carefully. If it hardens too much it will be difficult to mix! I recommend using a bowl with a lid so you can shake the cereal and powdered sugar together easily.
When the cereal mixture is chilled but still mix-able, add the powdered sugar and stir to coat. Then chill again and repeat.
Serve
Serve the matcha puppy chow room temperature for best results. You can add a dusting of matcha powder over the top for presentation before serving as well.
Store/Freeze
Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Matcha Puppy Chow Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can double this recipe and make a larger batch.
More rice square cereals are gluten-free, so yes! Just choose a cereal that doesn’t contain gluten.
Up to 1 week at room temperature or 1 month in the freezer.
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Matcha Puppy Chow Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 ounces white chocolate (1 ½ cups)
- 4 cups rice squares cereal
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ – 1 Tablespoon matcha green tea powder*
Instructions
- In a microwave-safe bowl or in a double boiler on the stovetop, melt white chocolate.
- Add ½ of the rice cereal to a large mixing bowl with a lid.
- Pour half of the melted white chocolate over the cereal.
- Pour the remaining cereal and white chocolate into the mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Let cool to room temperature (process can be sped up by chilling the mixture in the refrigerator for 3-5 minutes).
- In a separate bowl, mix together powdered sugar and matcha powder.
- Pour half of the powdered sugar/matcha mixture over the cooled white chocolate/cereal mixture. Cover the bowl with the lid and shake to combine.
- Add more powdered sugar mixture until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Sift a little bit of extra matcha powder on just before serving for a greener look.
Notes
- White chocolate. Bars, chips or discs work well in this recipe. Do not use “white baking chips.” Buy real white chocolate that contains cocoa butter, sugar and vanilla. Read the ingredients and be aware.
- Rice Squares Cereal. I use Chex (or generic equivalent). Crispex also works well.
- Matcha Green Tea Powder. Use your favorite brand. I love this organic variety.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hello! Just wondering what the serving size is for the nutritional information that’s listed?
This is GENIUS Laura! I love that beautiful natural green color – SO festive! Would you believe I’ve still never tried matcha? But I love green tea so I’m sure I’ll LOVE it!
This might be a “duh” question but does Matcha have caffeine in it? If so is it a high content per Tbsp? Im just asking since I would be giving this to my kids, one who is only 2. Thanks!
Hey! Yes Matcha has caffeine in it! To feed to kids I’d definitely stick with 0.5 TBS to start! Which is 1.5 tsp which comes out to be a total of about 90 mg caffeine. Remember it’ll be dispersed throughout this recipe which makes a LOT of servings!