This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. (I’m traveling this week so I’m re-sharing one of my favorite recipes + photos of Scarlette “helping” me in the kitchen. Hint: she’s not actually being helpful.)
Puppy Chow was one of the first desserts I ever learned to make, ironically when I was a Girl Scout. I love to make a Thin Mints version of it and if you have Thin Mints, do this rat nao.
(That is how we say “right now” in southern.)
But what is a girl supposed to do when it’s the middle of summer and she’s gone through her entire stash of Girl Scout cookies, even the frozen ones? Grab some of the limited edition Nestle Crunch Bars in Girl Scout Cookie flavors, that’s what.
I quit the Girl Scouts pretty soon after I discovered that I liked boys and did NOT like camping in the woods. I figured my time was better spent creating elaborate collages of Jonathan Taylor Thomas photos that I had cut out of my various Teen Beat magazines. This was what I like to call “poor judgement” since I’m terribly undomestic and also don’t know how to tie any fancy knots.
That didn’t stifle my love of Girl Scout cookies though. In fact, it’s quite possible that I love Girl Scout cookies more now than I did when I actually fit into a Brownie uniform. I bought so many boxes this year that it’s completely shameful that there are none left. So when these new Nestle Crunch bars in Girl Scout Cookie flavors were brought to my attention I was like “Holla!” Then I took pictures of them:
And then I decided to make some Thin Mint Puppy Chow. Here is how that went:
First, I went to Walmart and bought some ingredients. (You can see me shopping for them here.)
Puppy chow is pretty simple. You just need rice cereal, chocolate chips, peanut butter and confectioners sugar. Thin Mints are optional but totally recommended.
Crush up your thin mint cookies until they are a very fine consistancy. Or if you’re using the Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Cookie bars, crush those up. I used two bars and really liked the flavor but if you prefer a stronger mint taste, use three.
Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of peanut butter together on the stove. Be sure to do this on low and stir constantly because burnt chocolate smells worse than burnt hair. Ask me how I even know this.
Add the crushed up thin mints to the melted chocolate mix and stir.
Next, reach for the box of rice cereal only to find your toddler has just done this:
Spend the next few minutes reminding your child to pick up the cereal they poured on the floor and not to eat it. Try not to think about how long it’s been since you mopped said floor due to the aforementioned lack of domestic skills.
Measure out 6-8 cups of rice cereal (just feel it out as you go) and mix into the chocolate. This step involves lots of stirring. Your arms will look amazing when you are finished and you can be all “WHAT NOW JILLIAN MICHAELS?!”
Pour 1&1/2 cups of powdered sugar into a ziplock bag and then dump the chocolate/cereal mix in.
Hand the bag to your toddler and instruct her to shake it like a polaroid picture.
Remember that your toddler is incredibly stubborn and prone to ignoring your directions from behind the camera unless you are bribing her with marshmallows.
Shake the bag yourself while she eats cereal off the floor and then take pretty pictures of your thin mint puppy chow because you’re a blogger and that’s your actual job.
Reward yourself with a few handfuls of puppy chow while you sweep and mop your kitchen floors.
This is why no one has ever asked me to author a cookbook, y’all.
