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Gingerbread Puppy Chow is the perfect holiday snack with only 5 ingredients!

Gingerbread Puppy Chow

Author Amber Brady
Yields 10 Servings

Ingredients

  • 10 oz (283 g) bag Cinnamon Chips, (I use the Hershey's brand found at Walmart. If you can't find cinnamon chips, white chocolate chips taste great too.)
  • 1 Tbsp shortening
  • 5 cups (150 g) Chex cereal, (I prefer Rice Chex)
  • 1 ½ cups (205.5 g) Gingerbread Cake Mix, cooked* (I used Betty Crocker brand, it's exactly half of the mix in the box, so you can double the recipe if you like.)
  • ¼ cup (30 g) powdered sugar

Instructions

  • *Pre-cook the cake mix. Simply place the dry cake mix on a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for five minutes at 350˚F. Cool completely. (Lift and fold the parchment paper to easily pour the cake mix.)
  • Melt cinnamon chips with shortening in a bowl in the microwave on HALF POWER for 60 seconds. Stir. Repeat until melted. (Mine took 2 minutes.)
  • Put Chex cereal in a large bowl. Pour melted cinnamon chips over the cereal. Fold gently with a spatula until evenly distributed.
  • Combine Gingerbread Cake Mix & powdered sugar in a gallon size ziplock bag. Add cinnamon coated cereal to the bag. Zip shut & shake until everything is covered.
  • Pour contents into a bowl & serve.

Notes

  • NOTE: Flour has naturally occurring bacteria in it and shouldn't be eaten raw. Since cake mix is primarily flour, cook it first for food safety. Do not skip this!