Thin Mint Puppy Chow
Ingredients
Chocolate Thin Mint:
- 5 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 1 1/2 C. semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
- 12 Thin Mint cookies finely crushed
- 1/4 C. powdered sugar
Green Pieces:
- 5 C. Rice Chex cereal
- 1 1/2 C. Minty green Melts from WIlton OR white chocolate chips (or melts) (or you can use the green melts)
- green food dye to get them green optional (GEL only, not the liquid)
- 3/4 C. powdered sugar
Extra Thin Mints roughly chopped
- NOTE: You can only do the chocolate pieces and it will still be awesome maybe through in some mint M&M's to get the green color!
Instructions
- 1. Chocolate Thin Mint pieces: Place cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
- 2. In a small microwave proof bowl, melt chocolate and stir until smooth.
- 3. Pour the melted chocolate over cereal and gently stir until coated.
- 4. Add finely crushed cookies and stir again.
- 5. Add powdered sugar and stir (you can also put the cereal in a plastic bag, put the sugar in and shake, shake, shake!.)
- 6. Dump out onto a cookie sheet to let cool.
- 7. Green Pieces: Place cereal in a lagre bowl and set aside.
- 8. Melt green Melts/white chocolate, stir until smooth and stir in as much green dye as desired.
- 9. Pour over cereal and stir until coated.
- 10. Add powdered sugar and stir.
- 11. Dump onto a cookie sheet and let cool.
- 12. Mix the two colors together and add extra Thin Mints for decoration!