If you need a quick and easy dessert that is sure to impress every crowd, you need this White Chocolate Peppermint Puppy Chow Recipe with Pretzels! It comes together in less than 30 minutes and is the perfect snacking dessert for parties, watching holiday movies, and even driving around looking at Christmas lights!
Whenever the holiday season rolls around, I head straight to my local grocery store to grab a bag of this pretzel white chocolate snack mix! It’s thin pretzels coated in white chocolate with peppermint pieces! Sounds so simple, but it’s my absolute favorite! I could easily polish off a bag in one sitting!
This White Chocolate Peppermint Puppy Chow is a play off of that snack mix but maybe even better! It’s the perfect snack mix to enjoy with your family this holiday season! Feel free to experiment with whatever flavors and mix-ins you like!
And if you’re looking for other easy holiday snacks, try out these Peppermint Cracker Candies!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This recipe is a 5-ingredient wonder that’s perfect for snacking on while looking at Christmas lights, watching movies, and bringing to your next holiday party!
Chex Puppy Chow
What even is puppy chow!? Puppy chow is a delicious dessert that’s perfect for road trips, big parties, movie nights, you name it! It’s a super dessert combining chocolate, cereal and powdered sugar as it’s base. From there, you can add candies, peanut butter, nuts, pretzels, chips, you name it!
This recipe typically uses a corn chex cereal, but you can change this depending on your dietary needs!
Chocolate Recipes
For this White Chocolate Peppermint Puppy Chow, I had to use white chocolate (otherwise, the name would be totally misleading)! I love the combination of white chocolate and peppermint together!
However, with puppy chow, you can use whatever chocolate you like best! Because of all the sweetness with the peppermint pieces and powdered sugar, I recommend using a semi-sweet or dark chocolate!
Ingredients
- Chex Cereal
- White Chocolate Chips
- Pretzels roughly chopped
- Peppermint Pieces
- Powdered Sugar
See recipe below for all the details!
Step-By-Step Instructions
- Step 1: In a large bowl, add cereal and crushed pretzel pieces.
- Step 2: Then, pour into a bag.
- Step 3: Add melted white chocolate and shake together. Then add in powdered sugar.
- Step 4: Mix everything together and then pour in peppermint pieces.
Hint: Make sure you seal the bag tightly!! You don’t want powdered sugar going everywhere!
Variations and Substitutions
There is nothing better than a big bowl of puppy chow for serving at parties! You can customize this White Chocolate Peppermint Puppy Chow in so many ways!
- Dark Chocolate – sub out the white chocolate for dark chocolate and add a drop of mint extract to the chocolate!
- Extra Crunch – add chopped peanuts to the mixture for even more delicious crunch!
- Mint Candy – mint candy is everywhere this time of year! Feel free to find your favorites and add those in too!
If you like mint and chocolate together, try out these Peppermint Mocha Cupcakes!
Equipment
Gallon Bag – This recipe uses a gallon sized bag to mix everything together! We love a recipe with a minimal mess and this recipe is perfect for that! If you don’t want to use a plastic bag, or don’t have one on hand, I recommend using something that you can close to help shake everything together!
Glass Bowls – I love using a glass bowl for melting my chocolate! This works great if you’re using the microwave to melt your chocolate or a double boiler! You can shop the glass bowls I use here!
Top tip
The best way to make this recipe is using a large gallon sized bag! It makes it so easy to toss everything in and shake it around! This recipe is perfect for getting the kids involved!
Storage
- Room Temperature – store in an airtight container for about 1 week!
- Fridge – store in an airtight container for about 3-4 days, however you might lose some of the flakiness!
FAQ
Yes! Any kind of chocolate works best here! I personally enjoy white chocolate the best with this recipe!
This is really up to you, you can use candy canes, peppermint bark pieces or any other minty candy! In the baking aisle, they have peppermint pieces that are slightly softer that I really like in this recipe!
Cheers!
-Holly Michelle
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White Chocolate Peppermint Puppy Chow Recipe with Pretzels
Equipment
- Gallon-sized Bag
Ingredients
- 5 cups Chex Cereal
- 2 cups White Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Pretzels roughly chopped
- 1 cup Peppermint Pieces
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- In a large gallon sized bag, add in the Chex cereal and roughly chopped pretzel pieces.5 cups Chex Cereal, 1 cup Pretzels
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate in 30-second increments. Stirring each time, until fully melted.2 cups White Chocolate Chips
- Pour the melted white chocolate over the cereal and pretzels. Seal the bag and massage around so every piece is coated in the white chocolate.
- Then, open the bag and pour in powdered sugar. Seal bag (very securely) then shake to get the powdered sugar over all the white chococolate.1 cup Powdered Sugar
- Add in peppermint pieces and any other mix-ins you like!1 cup Peppermint Pieces
- Pour into a large bowl and enjoy!