Wholesome Pet Chow (Candy Snack Combine)

This wholesome pet chow (or Muddy Buddies, should you choose) is a scrumptious twist on the unique Chex® recipe, solely this model is made with out the cereal and white powdered sugar. It’s so scrumptious!

What’s in pet chow? In the event you’re not acquainted with the unique recipe, it’s historically made with Chex cereal, peanut butter, melted chocolate chips, and powdered sugar.

It’s quite simple, and it’s additionally very tough to cease consuming it.

Why do they name it pet chow? As I perceive it, this candy snack combine acquired its complicated title as a result of it’s look can resemble pet food. (However please, don’t let your canines eat it– there’s chocolate inside.)

After I lived in Georgia as a child, we referred to as it “Muddy Buddies” which is the title of the recipe on the Chex® cereal field. After I moved to the Midwest, everybody was calling the very same recipe “Pet Chow” as an alternative.

So, I suppose what you name it depends upon the place you reside!

Components You’ll Want

What’s in wholesome pet chow?

• Sliced almonds
• Peanut butter
• Chocolate Chips
• Coconut sugar
• Arrowroot starch

These 5 elements offers you the same snack, however with a doubtlessly decrease glycemic affect in your blood sugar. Sliced almonds substitute the cereal on this recipe, so they may assist maintain you feeling full and glad, with protein and wholesome fat.

The way to Make Pet Chow

1. Soften the chocolate. Begin by melting the chocolate chips. You should utilize a microwave to do that in 30-second intervals, however I choose to make a double boiler by filling a small saucepan with 1-inch of water.

Convey the water to a boil, then place a heat-safe bowl excessive of the pot, overlaying the opening. (The bowl needs to be giant sufficient that it’ll sit on prime of the pan.) Add the chocolate chips to the bowl, and allow them to gently soften, stirring often.

2. Coat the almonds. When the chocolate is melted, stir within the peanut butter.

Place the almonds in a big bowl, and pour the melted chocolate combination excessive. Stir nicely.

3. Toss in powdered sugar. As a substitute of utilizing white sugar, you may make your individual “powdered” coconut sugar within the blender!

Merely add the coconut sugar to a dry blender, and course of it for about 60 seconds, till it’s finely floor.

Place the coconut sugar in a big container with a lid, so that you just’ll have room to shake the almonds round. Pour the chocolate-coated almonds into the container with the coconut sugar and safe the lid.

Shake nicely, to coat the almonds within the powdered coconut sugar.

When the almonds are evenly coated, add in 2 tablespoons of the arrowroot starch. Cowl the container and shake once more, till the almonds are coated.

This provides them the look of powdered sugar, and retains them from sticking collectively, similar to the unique recipe.

I often find yourself shaking in 1 to 2 extra tablespoons of arrowroot starch, till the snack combine seems to be prefer it has a white coating.

As soon as the almonds are coated, they’re able to serve!

Storage Suggestions

This combine will maintain nicely for as much as 5 days at room temperature, so it’s the proper snack to have out for a vacation social gathering, or anytime you need a little bit one thing candy. I retailer it in an hermetic container, and I think about it might maintain nicely for as much as 1 month within the fridge, should you’d prefer it to last more.

(It by no means lasts that lengthy in our home earlier than we eat all of it!) In the event you’d prefer to make an enormous batch to retailer for later, you can additionally freeze this in an hermetic container for as much as 3 months.

Ceaselessly Requested Questions

Can I exploit one other nut? One remark under mentions utilizing sunflower seeds as an alternative of the sliced almonds. The ensuing snack combine is MUCH smaller, however that would work! You would additionally do this with entire pecans or walnuts, should you’d like greater items.

Do I’ve to make use of peanut butter? Peanut butter is used within the unique recipe, however you can use almond butter, cashew butter, or sunflower seed butter, should you choose.

Do I’ve to mix the coconut sugar? Mixing the coconut sugar eliminates its “gritty” texture, so the snack combine may have a greater mouthfeel. In the event you don’t thoughts biting into sugar granules, be at liberty to experiment with skipping that step.

Is there an alternative to arrowroot starch? You possibly can attempt tapioca starch or corn starch as an alternative. I’d begin with simply 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time, since you don’t wish to use any greater than is critical to maintain the snack combine from sticking collectively.

In the event you do this wholesome pet chow recipe, please go away a remark and star ranking under to let me know the way you prefer it!

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Reader Suggestions: Did you get pleasure from Pet Chow (or Muddy Buddies) as a child? Every other recipe requests you’d prefer to see right here subsequent?