Root for your Dallas Cowboys during the NFL football season with this Dallas Cowboys Puppy Chow!
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I love puppy chow, also called muddy buddies, for all the different flavors you can use. It brings me back to my childhood! I am also making a collection of NFL and other sport teams.
Because this Dallas Cowboys Puppy Chow is made with candy melts, the final product will be sweeter than a traditional puppy chow.
Just serve it up as an appetizer snack or dessert with any fan gear and decorations you may have!
Now at some point in the process, you are probably going to think at least one of the following (if not all, like I did):
- There is NO WAY that little amount of candy melts will cover all this cereal!
- OH NO the cereal is BREAKING!
- WHY DO THEY ALL LOOK WHITE! I MESSED UP! I CAN’T SEE THE COLOR!
But it’s okay, all of the above are FINE. The candy melts DO cover that much cereal, just keep stirring. The cereal might break a little but that’s okay! Just be gentle.
And the colors DO look pretty white when they come out of the bag. But shaking them in the fine mesh strainer gets rid of all that extra powdered sugar and you will see the color! Have faith!
Candy melts are pretty sweet, but they provide the perfect color for colored puppy chow.
I do not recommend using white chocolate and trying to color it, because white chocolate does not melt very well and it takes a lot of coloring to make bold colors.
If these are too sweet on their own, you could mix them with something salty like little pretzels or peanuts.
You can get royal blue candy melts, black candy melts, and bright white candy melts for the Dallas Cowboys Puppy Chow online.
Regular white has a little yellow tint to it, so bright white is best to use. You can also find candy melts at your local craft store.
Dallas Cowboys Puppy Chow
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups rice Chex cereal divided
- 1/2 cup royal blue candy melts
- .6 ounces black candy melts (Six .1 ounce discs) optional, to make a darker blue and gray (see note)
- 3/4 cup bright white candy melts (separated into 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup for gray and white colored chow respectively)
- 1 cup powdered sugar divided
Instructions
- Place each color of candy melts in separate bowls that are large enough to mix the cereal in for each color (I like to use deep soup bowls). Add the 4 black discs to the blue bowl, and two black discs to the 1/2 cup of white.
- Place 1/3 cup powdered sugar in a quart or gallon sized resealable plastic bag.
- Melt the lightest color (1/4 cup of white) of candy melts in the microwave as per package directions. Stir frequently to encourage melting.
- When fully melted, immediately mix in the Chex mix. (1/2 cup of cereal for white). Gently toss with a spoon to fully coat.
- Immediately transfer the cereal to the plastic bag with the powdered sugar. Seal and shake. Gently massage the bag from the outside to encourage the cereal to separate, but gentle enough so they do not break.
- Pour the bag contents into a sieve (fine mesh strainer) over another bowl. Shake to remove excess sugar.
- Pour the cereal out on a parchment paper or silicone baking mat lined baking sheet to dry. If there are any pieces that were stuck together, you can pull them apart, dunk them into the discarded sugar, and shake again.
- Let the candy melts that was left behind in the bag dry for a few minutes, then you can crinkle up the bag to remove the candy melts and make it ready for the next color.
- Repeat the process with the gray (1/2 cup white with 2 black pieces) candy melts next, using 1 cup of Chex cereal and fresh powdered sugar. Add more black to make a darker gray if desired before tossing with the Chex cereal.
- Repeat the process with the blue (1/2 cup royal blue and 4 black pieces) candy melts next, using 1 cup of Chex cereal and fresh powdered sugar. Use more black if desired to make a darker blue before mixing in the Chex cereal.
- Mix the colors of Chex mix together, or keep separate, and serve. The puppy chow can be stored in a container or bag for up to 2 days.
