This Butterfinger Puppy Chow is everything you want in an easy, no-bake treat—crunchy, chocolatey, peanut buttery, and packed with bits of that unmistakable Butterfinger crunch.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 minutemin
Total Time11 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Butterfinger Puppy Chow Recipe
Servings: 14
Calories: 358kcal
Ingredients
7cupsRice Chex Cereal,or store brand version
1cupsemi sweet chocolate chips
½cupcreamy peanut butter
¼cupsalted butter
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
18fun sizeButterfinger candy bars,15 crushed and 3 roughly chopped for garnish
1 ¼cuppowdered sugar,sifted
Instructions
Add the cereal to an extra large bowl.
In a microwave safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave on high for 1 minute, and stir well until the mixture is completely melted and smooth.
Stir in the vanilla until well combined.
Drizzle the chocolate peanut butter mixture over the cereal. Gently stir to coat the cereal.
Stir in the 15 crushed Butterfinger candy.
For the powdered sugar step, you can sprinkle the powdered sugar over the coated cereal mixture and stir, or you can add the coated cereal to an extra large (2 gallon) ziplock bag and shake. (The ziplock bag is what I went with as it keeps the powdered sugar contained and makes cleaning up much easier)
After the cereal is coated in the powdered sugar, spread out on a baking sheet to dry. Just before serving sprinkle in the 3 chopped fun size candy bars.
Notes
Milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips or even candy melts can be substituted for the semi sweet chocolate chips.
A combination of rice, corn and wheat chex can be used for different textures.
Fun add-ins can be added, such as mini peanut butter cups, Reese’s pieces and Butterfinger balls.