Reindeer Food Recipe (Reindeer Chow)
This reindeer food recipe (also called reindeer chow) is a festive Christmas puppy chow made with cereal, pretzels, chocolate, peanut butter and Christmas candy. It's easy to make with 7 ingredients and is perfect for holiday parties and homemade gifts.
Servings: 24 Servings
Cost: $6
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate
- 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter
- 5 cups Rice Chex Cereal
- 1 ½ cups mini pretzels (broken into pieces)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups red and green M&Ms
- 1 cup mini peanut butter cups
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine rice Chex cereal and pretzel pieces.
- Melt peanut butter and chocolate together, either on the stovetop or in the microwave.
- Pour peanut butter chocolate mixture over cereal/pretzel mixture and stir to combine.
- Chill in the refrigerator until the mixture just barely begins to set up (about 30 minutes).
- Remove the mixture from the refrigerator.
- Add 1 cup of powdered sugar to the chilled cereal mixture. (Note: you can mix in a fresh bowl if you prefer).
- Gently stir until the powdered sugar is evenly distributed, tossing to coat the cereal with powdered sugar.
- Chill the mixture again in the refrigerator until it’s set (about another 30-60 minutes).
- Add more powdered sugar, ¼ cup at a time until the cereal/pretzel mixture is coated.
- Add M&Ms and peanut butter cups and stir to combine.
- Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitutions
- Semisweet chocolate. I recommend using dark or semi-sweet chocolate. In my opinion, milk chocolate makes it too sweet. Since it's being melted, you can use any form such as chips, chopped bars, discs, etc.
- Creamy peanut butter. This reindeer food recipe can be made with any nut or seed butter such as cashew, almond, sunflower seed butter, etc.
- Rice Chex Cereal. Chex is my favorite cereal to use to make this reindeer chow (or a generic equivalent)! However many people love Crispex!
- Mini Pretzels. The pretzels are broken into smaller pieces, so you can use sticks or mini pretzels. I don't recommend thick rods or other large varieties.
- Powdered Sugar. I don't recommend making substitutes for the powdered sugar in this Christmas puppy chow recipe.
- Candy: Feel free to substitute your favorite holiday candy. I love the red and green M&Ms to give it a Christmas flair, and the peanut butter cups for taste!
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 365kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 225mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 146IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 3mg