Where Have I been? Puppy Chow mix?

Recently I have enjoyed the pre made party mix blends as I watch a little football. There are fewer calories than chips in these mixes. The original mix is pretty good I also enjoy the bold variety and lately I have found the cheese ones.

In the last batch I bought at the store the chex mix was in a smaller bag and was a little heavier than the normal big batch.

Tonight I opened them. OMG.. its peanut butter cups flavor combination all over in a chex mix. The label called them Muddy Buddies.

Reading the label, the Chex folks, whom are no longer Ralston Purina, are now part of General Mills  could not use the old fashion name for these sweet snack wonders. They admit that many people were making them at home and calling them "Puppy Chow".

With the chocolate in them they are not appropriate for dogs to eat. So if the world is making this snack where could you find the recipe for this wonder? 

 The ignominious web provides a recipe for Puppy Chow that only people should eat. Here is the one version that I found:

CHEX MIX PUPPY CHOW

Printed from COOKS.COM

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9 cup Chex
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Put cereal in large bowl. Melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.Pour over Chex cereal, put into a large plastic bag with powdered sugar and shake well to coat.
Spread mixture evenly on wax paper and allow to cool.

This might be kind of fun to try.. The homemade version looks pretty wonderful. It can bring some protein (from the peanut butter) into the world of sweet snacks!  You can make them yourself... or just go find them on the grocery shelves as Muddy Budies..

: ) Pat