Due to some, shall we say.....adventures in the kitchen yesterday, Tuesday's Twist and Weird Recipe Wednesday are switching places this week. Unless you would prefer to have cake batter erupting out of a loaf pan and oozing down the sides as it bakes? Yeah, me neither. That was fun.
And since time flies when you're having fun, today is already Weird Recipe Wednesday. Are you ready for another sweet-savory combination? Two of the last magazines I've read have featured recipes pairing chocolate with chipotle. One recipe was for brownies and the other for chocolate crinkle cookies. Both tasty I'm sure, but I'm trying (sort of??) to not post bars or cookies every single day in December. I've been looking for a good excuse to make puppy chow. Oh look, I found it, let's go.
Puppy chow is one of those go-to, easy-to-make treats that everyone loves. Yet I rarely make it; probably because it's so messy, and addicting. Crunchy cereal enrobed in chocolate and peanut butter then sealed with a melt-in-your-mouth dusting of powdered sugar. I can handle that kind of messy much better than overflowing streams of cake batter.
Chocolate-Chipotle Puppy Chow
Ingredients:
5 cups corn-and-rice cereal hexagons or squares
1/2 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp ground chipotle chile pepper
1/2 tsp coconut oil
3/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions:
* Place cereal in a large bowl with a tight-fitting lid; set aside.
* In a microwave-safe bowl combine chocolate chips, peanut butter, chipotle and coconut oil. Microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until smooth and melted. Pour over cereal and still well until all pieces are evenly coated.
* Add powdered sugar and tightly seal lid of bowl. Shake until cereal pieces are coated with powdered sugar. Let cool; store in airtight container.
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