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Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow for #SundaySupper

Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow

Summer is such a great time of year. Kids are out of school, everyone heads to the beach/pool, and in general it feels like the overall mood in life becomes more relaxed. I remember being so excited about the summer months when I was a kid – it meant we would head up to my grandparents’ cottage in Michigan…it meant I’d be running through the sprinkler in the backyard…and it meant I’d be enjoying some of my favorite warm weather dishes! One sweet little treat that I always enjoyed was puppy chow…so today I decided to feel a bit of nostalgia and bring it back, but this time creating a toasted coconut puppy chow to enjoy!

Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow

If you haven’t experienced puppy chow, perhaps you have been living under a rock? It also goes by the name of “muddy buddies” – is that a regional name, perhaps? Like soda vs. pop….there is puppy chow vs. muddy buddies? I digress. Not only did I love eating puppy chow as a child, making it was almost equally as fun. My mom would always allow me to help, and I would ALWAYS want to be the one who got to take the brown paper bag outside to shake shake shake shake shake!!!!

Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow

I mean, you really can’t go wrong when it comes to the ingredients in these little bites of goodness. Puppy chow…at it’s base level, includes a checkerboard style cereal (usually Chex or Crispix in my case), melted chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar. It’s so simple, it’s so easy to make…and the only unfortunate thing about it is that it has the tendency to disappear at a rapid speed. Even today I can’t trust myself around an open container of puppy chow…before too long I’ll consume the entire batch without realizing it. It’s SO addicting.

Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow

Now, as great as puppy chow is on its own, how about kicking it up a notch with one of my all time favorite sweets – toasted coconut (which I have to admit is funny now because as a child I wouldn’t have touched coconut with a ten foot pole)! Oh, how I love toasted coconut. Do yourself a favor and toast up the entire bag when you’re making this toasted coconut puppy chow recipe – that “extra” third of the bag that is leftover is perfect to use in other kitchen endeavors (or to just eat plain). You can sprinkle some on top of your fresh fruit, on top of pancakes, on ice cream…should I continue????

Anyway, the combination of the puppy chow with the toasted coconut is basically heavenly in my book. It brings me back to childhood – being a kid at heart is always a good thing, right?

Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow

Toasted Coconut Puppy Chow
 
The nostalgic treat of puppy chow is taken up a notch with the addition of toasted coconut!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 10 ounces shredded coconut, (angel flake, sweetened)
  • 9 cups checkerboard cereal (Crispix or Chex)
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • ½ cup natural peanut butter
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Place the shredded coconut in a single layer on a large cookie sheet. Place in the oven and bake 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally until golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside to fully cool.
  3. Place the checkerboard cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
  4. Heat a double boiler on the stove top. Add the chocolate chips, peanut butter, andbutter into the bowl - stir until fully melted and combined, and then stir in the vanilla. Alternately, you can melt these ingredients in a microwave safe bowl.
  5. When the chocolate and peanut butter mixture is melted and smooth, pour over the top of the cereal and begin stirring to coat and combine. As you stir, add in the toasted coconut to also coat.
  6. Pour the cereal mixture into a clean brown paper grocery bag (or other large container) and add the powdered sugar. Fully seal the bag/container and take the bag outside to shake until the cereal pieces are fully coated in powdered sugar. Set aside to cool (option to spread the pieces on parchment or waxed paper to ensure the pieces do not stick). ENJOY!

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