Reindeer Chow recipe

close up of reindeer chow in a large glass bowl.

Course: candy, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 2

Chilling time: 14

Total Time: 26

Servings: servings

Calories: 489cal

Author: Ashley Fehr

Deck the halls with this festive Reindeer Chow! It's made with crunchy Chex cereal, pretzels, and peanuts, all coated in a creamy white chocolate and peanut butter coating and tossed in powdered sugar. Made in 30 minutes or less for a festive sweet treat!

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Ingredients

9 cups Chex Cereal (1 regular box – 350 grams or 12oz)
1-2 cups mini pretzels
1 cup salted peanuts
1¼ cups chopped white chocolate (166g)
1 cup smooth peanut butter
¼ cup salted butter
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup Christmas M&Ms
1 cup mini peanut butter cups

Instructions

Pour Chex cereal, pretzels and peanuts into a large mixing bowl.
In a medium microwave-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate, peanut butter, butter and salt. Use a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30-second intervals, stirring each time.
Pour chocolate mixture over the Chex cereal. Stir gently with a spatula to evenly coat the cereal.
Once the cereal is well coated sprinkle 1 cup powdered sugar on top and stir to mix well. Place in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to firm up somewhat, then add remaining 1 cup powdered sugar and stir to coat.
If needed, add a little more until the cereal is completely covered.
Stir in M&Ms and peanut butter cups.

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Notes

Ingredients and Substitutions:

This recipe is easily customizable!

Chex: you can swap for another hard cereal, but ideally one without added flavors or sugar.
Chocolate: you can use any kind of chocolate here
Butter: you can use hard dairy-free margarine in place of butter to make this dairy-free (also swapping out your chocolate)
Mix ins: you can swap the pretzels, peanuts, peanut butter cups and M&Ms for other nuts and candies you enjoy, or leave them out.

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