I am a huge fan of puppy chow recipes or Muddy Buddies as some people call them. This Birthday Cake Puppy Chow Recipe is perfect for a party. You can serve it in a large bowl, small individual size party bowls (perfect for kids), or you could even bag it up and hand it out as favors for a birthday party. Be sure to check out all easy party planning ideas
Birthday Cake Puppy Chow
Not only is this recipe super yummy it is also is so festive and fun. This puppy chow recipe is also very easy to make. You need just a few ingredients that you will microwave, mix in a bowl and then shake in a Ziploc bag.
Cake Batter Puppy Chow Ingredients
5 Cups rice Chex cereal
1 1/2 Cups white chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons butter
3/4 Cup yellow or white cake mix
1/4 Cup powdered sugar
1 Teaspoon almond extract
1/2 Cup colorful sprinkles
How to Make Cake Batter Muddie Buddies
1. In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat your chocolate chips and butter on 50% power for 1-2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted (do not overheat, as white chocolate burns quickly)
2. Add in your almond extract and mix
3. Add your Chex cereal to a large bowl
4. Pour your white chocolate over your Chex cereal and mix carefully with a spatula
5. Mix in about 3/4 of your sprinkles with your melted white chocolate and mix again
6. Place your powdered sugar and cake mix into a large ziplock bag
7. Scoop your chocolate coated cereal into your bag and shake
8. Serve in a colorful dish and top off with the rest of your sprinkles
The full printable recipe is below.
Birthday Cake Puppy Chow Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 Cups rice Chex cereal
- 1 1/2 Cups white chocolate chips
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 3/4 Cup yellow or white cake mix
- 1/4 Cup powdered sugar
- 1 Teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 Cup colorful sprinkles
Instructions
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat your chocolate chips and butter on 50% power for 1-2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted (do not over heat, as white chocolate burns quickly)
- Add in your almond extract and mix
- Add your Chex cereal to a large bowl
- Pour your white chocolate over your Chex cereal and mix carefully with a spatula
- Mix in about 3/4 of your sprinkles with your melted white chocolate and mix again
- Place your powdered sugar and cake mix into a large ziplock< bag
- Scoop your chocolate coated cereal into your bag and shake
- Serve in a colorful dish and top off with the rest of your sprinkles
CJ Huang | Morsels of Life says
I’d never even thought to make cake batter chex mix! Sounds like a great idea right now, especially since we recently finished off some birthday cake popcorn. 🙂
Dee says
My kids love cake batter anything, so I’ll have to make this for them! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂
Rose Atwater says
Puppy chow is my weakness! Oh my lands, this looks so good! Thanks for linking up with Delicious Dishes Recipe Link Party!
Samantha T says
This look delicious. With Christmas around the corner these would be great to take to holiday parties, especially if you used red and green sprinkles 🙂 I may have to do this myself. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Melissa says
Great idea! I do think these would be yummy for holiday parties.
Pam says
Oh, this looks SO good! I love cake batter flavor so much. Thanks for sharing with us at Thursday Favorite Things.