Pumpkin Puppy Chow
 
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Ingredients
  • ½ cup/ 115 grams butter
  • 12 oz/ 340 grams chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate, but you could use semi sweet too)
  • ½ cup /115 grams pumpkin puree
  • 1 13.5oz box / about 9 cups/about 1 500 gram box of square rice cereal like Chex or Shreddies
  • 2½ - 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 large resealable plastic food bag (about 1 gallon size or larger)
  • *Alternatively you could use 2½ teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice instead of the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves.
Instructions
  1. Melt the butter and chocolate in a medium sized saucepan over low heat. Stir regularly until the mixture is smooth.
  2. Add the pumpkin puree and continue heating. Stir constantly until it is smooth. Remove the pan from the heat.
  3. Put the cereal in a very large bowl or tub. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cereal. Stir until everything is coated.
  4. Transfer the chocolate coated cereal to the plastic bag. Pour 2½ cups of the powdered sugar into the bag. Close the bag and shake until the powder evenly coats the cereal. If you feel like the cereal isn't sufficiently coated then add the last ½ cup of powdered sugar.
  5. Pour into a serving bowl and share with friends.
Recipe by Cooking is Messy at https://www.cookingismessy.com/2015/09/24/pumpkin-puppy-chow/