Description
Puppy chow chocolate truffles combine classic Midwestern snack mix with rich chocolate confections. Sweet powdered sugar coating and creamy chocolate centers create an irresistible treat you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (240 grams/8.5 oz) powdered sugar
- 2 cups (60 grams/2.1 oz) Rice Chex cereal, crushed into fine crumbs
- 1 ½ cups (255 grams/9 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup (128 grams/4.5 oz) creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup (57 grams/2 oz) unsalted butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Melt Creation: Combine chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter in a microwave-safe bowl, heating in brief intervals and stirring until achieving a luxurious, glossy texture.
- Flavor Infusion: Blend vanilla extract and salt into the molten mixture, ensuring complete and uniform distribution of aromatic elements.
- Chill and Sculpt: Permit the chocolate blend to cool momentarily, then refrigerate for approximately one hour until the consistency transforms into a malleable yet firm state ideal for shaping.
- Truffle Formation: Utilize a small scoop to create consistent portions, gently rolling each segment into compact, perfectly rounded spheres with smooth surfaces.
- Coating Preparation: Construct a delicate coating mixture by thoroughly combining powdered sugar and finely crushed Chex cereal, creating a light, crisp exterior layer.
- Final Transformation: Delicately enrobe each chilled truffle in the sugar-cereal mixture, ensuring complete and elegant coverage, then arrange on a pristine serving platter.
- Preservation: Refrigerate the puppy chow truffles until serving time, maintaining their exquisite texture and ensuring a delightfully cool culinary experience.
Notes
- Chill Precisely: Refrigerate the chocolate mixture for exactly 60 minutes to achieve the perfect consistency for rolling, preventing sticky or too-hard texture.
- Uniform Rolling Technique: Use a small cookie scoop or damp hands to create consistent, equally sized truffle balls, ensuring even coating and professional appearance.
- Temperature Control: Keep truffles chilled before and after coating to maintain structural integrity and prevent melting during the coating process.
- Dietary Adaptation: Swap traditional ingredients with gluten-free Chex cereal, dairy-free chocolate chips, and almond butter for allergy-friendly or vegan versions of the recipe.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg