With only 4 ingredients and 10 minute prep, these Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies are the perfect Fall treat! This puppy chow mix has the best pumpkin pie spice flavor and yummy snack to serve at Halloween parties.
Easy Pumpkin Spice Puppy Chow
Muddy Buddies is one of those weird named recipes that make you wonder, but one bite of this delicious treat will have you hooked! This candy-coated cereal topped with powdered sugar is so good and addicting. Instead of chocolate and peanut butter like the traditional puppy chow version, these are coated in a delicious pumpkin spice mixture. This gives you a fun new spin on a classic muddy buddy recipe turned into a sweet snack for Fall.
Ingredients Needed
- Pumpkin Spice Morsels – we used Nestle Tollhouse Pumpkin Spice Chips. These are a Fall seasonal item found in most grocery stores.
- Shortening – it’s fine to replace with butter.
- Chex Cereal – I like to use Rice Chex, but feel free to use Corn Chex (or a mix of both).
- Powdered Sugar – used for coating.
How To Make Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies
Place the pumpkin spice morsels in a bowl and microwave for 35 seconds and stir. Reheat it as needed. If it seems stiff, add some shortening to loosen it up.
Stir the cereal in and coat it completely. Next, you will add the powdered sugar to a large ziptop bag and add the candy-coated cereal.
Close the bag and shake well. Empty the cereal on the cookie sheet and let it dry for an hour before you package in another storage container. This will keep the cereal treat crunchy, and the flavors will have time to combine.
How To Store Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies
Because the ingredients of a muddy buddy, also called puppy chow, is made from shelf stable ingredients, it does not need to be refrigerated. Make sure to keep the puppy chow covered well in an airtight container or in a freezer bag. As long as the puppy chow is stored properly, it will typically be good for one week.
As cereal tends to get soggy easily, don’t cover the container of this recipe until it is set and cooled. Condensation in a container can cause your puppy chow recipe to go soft, and that just isn’t any fun.
Tips & Variations
- Mix-ins: Add in the candy corn, white chocolate chips and peanuts for more of a snack mix.
- Cereal: Switch out the Rice Chex Cereal for Cinnamon Chex Cereal for extra spice!
- Change flavors: When it comes to making Chex Muddy Buddies, you can make all kinds of flavors. If you want to make different flavors of muddy buddies, you can try different chip flavors. There are mint chocolate chip, caramel, peanut butter, and many other types of flavors.
Other Pumpkin Spice Recipes
- Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
- No Bake Pumpkin Pie
- Pumpkin Spice Latte
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies (aka Puppy Chow)
Ingredients
- 2 cups Nestle Toll House Pumpkin Spice Morsels
- 1 Tablespoon Shortening or Butter
- 4-5 cups Chex cereal
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Place the pumpkin spice chips in a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl and heat for 35 seconds. Stir and reheat as needed. If your pumpkin spice chips seem stiff, add some shortening to loosen it up.
- Stir in the Chex cereal and coat completely.
- Place the powdered icing sugar in a large zip-top bag and add in the candy-coated cereal.
- Close the bag and shake well to fully coat the cereal with sugar.
- Empty the cereal onto the prepared baking sheet. Let dry for an hour before packaging or serving.
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2 comments on “Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies (aka Puppy Chow)”
Extremely delicious. I loved them. Thinking about giving them to friends at Thanksgiving for a little treat before dinner
So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you Karen!