No Thin Mints are actually harmed in making this recipe! However, this Puppy Chow tastes like your favorite Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies!
The last time I posted puppy chow there may have been some confusion about what exactly I meant by “puppy chow.” It’s Muddy Buddies. Puppy Chow. FOR HUMANS. Now, I hope to not receive any nasty emails about how chocolate is bad for dogs. K, thanks. But I did get a chuckle out of your dedication to your hounds. However, if you had read my post about puppy chow it would have been clear that it was for people. Just sayin.
Now, let’s get to THIS puppy chow. Raise your hand if you love Thin Mint cookies? Raise your hand if you can eat a whole sleeve of Thin Mint cookies? Raise your hand if you can eat a whole box of Thin Mints?
Yep, I see a few hands raised! And those are just MY hands. (did any of you actually raise your hands?)
I combined chocolate Candiquik with a 3.5oz Green & Black’s Mint Chocolate bar and melted them together. It was the perfect amount of mint needed in this chocolate combination. I know Nestle also sells dark chocolate and mint morsels. Those would work too! I also added in some mint m&m candies that I found at Target. It gave them such a cute color, perfect for St.Patty’s Day!
Needless to say we devoured this treat quickly in our house. I thought maybe it would last longer than a box of Thin Mint cookies. Nope, we just ate more!! Ha!
Today my BFF Jocelyn from Inside BruCrew Life is also posting a Thin Mint Recipe! We are always on the same wavelength when it comes to desserts! Check out her Thin Mint Fudge Brownies!
Love Puppy Chow? Try this Cherry Vanilla Puppy Chow I made for Valentine’s day. You can use any flavor of gelatin to give your white chocolate a new flavor!
Love Chocolate and Mint together? Yeah, me too! And of course Homemade Peppermint Patties are the perfect chocolate mint candy on the market. Right??? Easy to make too!
Using more Green & Black’s Mint Chocolate I created these Dark Chocolate Mint Crinkle Cookies. They are so rich and fudgy you won’t be able to stop eating them. That’s your warning!!
Let’s not forget Chocolate and Peppermint. It’s not just for Christmas. Especially when you add cheesecake to the mix, like in this Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake Cake!
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Thin Mint Puppy Chow
No Thin Mints are actually harmed in making this recipe! However, this Puppy Chow tastes like your favorite Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies!
Ingredients
- 16oz chocolate Candiquik (or chocolate bark)
- 3.5oz Green & Black's Mint Chocolate Bar
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 10 cup Rice Chex cereal
- 1 bag (8oz) Mint m&m candies
Instructions
- In microwave, melt chocolates together for one minute, stir and continue melting in 30 second intervals until smooth (mine took a total of 2 minutes).
- In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal with melted chocolate. Folding with a large wooden spoon until all cereal is coated.
- In a large, gallon sized ziploc bag, add powdered sugar. Spoon in chocolate cereal mixture. Seal bag and shake until powdered sugar is coating all the cereal completely. Pour onto a large piece of wax paper and allow chocolate to set (about 20 minutes). Combine candies with chex and store in an airtight container. ENJOY!
Stop by some of my favorite blogs sharing Chocolate Mint too:
Thin Mint Fudge Brownies from Inside BruCrew Life
Chocolate Mint Poke Cake from Dorothy at Crazy for Crust
Chocolate Peppermint Patty Cookies from Buns in My Oven
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Hi! Just made this and it was amazing!! Thank you for posting this! I’m GF and haven’t had a thin mint cookie in years in this truly tastes just like them!!!
So glad you enjoyed the recipe 🙂
Thank you for posting this!!! I have been looking for a puppy chow recipe for years!! Made this one year in middle school and loved it!! So many different combinations to make!! Thanks again!!
Enjoy Beth 🙂
I want to try this with Andes Mint chips. I have a peanut allergy so I can’t have most chocolate barks and such. I think I will try it with Corn Chex too because I like them better than rice 🙂 This might be a nice substitute to actual Thin Mints since I also can’t have gluten.
Let me know how it turns out 🙂
My son has a peanut allergy too. We use WOW butter in our house. It tastes almost exactly like PB 🙂
Oh! I have only every known it as puppy chow! Muddy buddies threw me off the first time I’d read it. I am excited to try this version. There’s a chai version out there I need to take a crack at as well. Just need a milk free version of that one. To people asking about shelf life….I have been making it for ever. I don’t know a shelf life. It doesn’t last longer than a few days, tops. Leftovers? HA!
Chai would be lovely!!! Yes mine doesn’t last long either 🙂
What Kind Of Shelf Life Does It Have After These Are Made? Can You Freeze Or store in Bags Room Temp For Months?
Actually..The Muddy Buddy recipe appeared on the back of the Chex box in the early 80’s….the recipe using Crispix was the one they called puppy chow. Either way, they’re both delicious (but I do believe Muddy Buddy’s were first on the scene…lol).
The original puppy chow recipe or muddie buddies recipe calls for kellogs crispix cereal not rice chex. I have been making it for almost 20 years. It is so much better with the crispix. Just sayin.
Hello— Dying to try this— I have Andes Creme de menthe baking chips- anyone used this with just chocolate chips? Can I use those chips and regular chocolate chips?
Thank you!
I haven’t used them yet, but if you try it let me know how it turns out!
I just made this, my store does not carry the chocolate you recommend so I used Andes mint instead and used some peanut butter (I didn’t see the recipe on the bottom so I made it as if it was regular puppy chow but with the mint chocolate instead) came out awesome! Next time I make it I will follow the direction better 🙂 I’m a rookie stay at home mom. Thanks for this.
Love puppy chow and thin mints are my favorite cookies but what is a 3.5 Green and black chocolate bar. I’m trying to picture candy bars and this one is not there can anyone help by telling me what to look for as I have several boxes of chex cereal.
If you click the link above in the recipe, you can see what green&blacks chocolate bars are. I find them in the organic section of my grocery store. You could find a ghirardelli mint bar, or andes mints (3.5oz)
I don’t know how, but this stuff tastes exactly like a thin mint. It’s become my crack! I made my first batch last week and still have some leftover (shocking, I know!), but I nibble a little each time I walk by my kitchen counter. Just threw together another batch for a birthday party tomorrow and plan on making another for my book club meeting. Having recently gone gluten free, this is a treat I can still enjoy, and enjoy it I do! Now, which way to the treadmill?!
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! We love it!!! Thanks for letting me know you tried it, and love it too!
I’ve never heard of puppy chow, but this looks divine! My poor kidlets have been down with that monster cold going around, so I’m running out to get the ingredients for this. We’ll make treats, and then curl up and watch movies together while eating them. Thank you so much!
I never comment but I just made this! It was soooooo good!
So glad you commented and even happier you enjoyed the recipe!!
Oh, how super cute for St. Patty’s day!! You are goooood!
So perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! We would love to have you link it up at our Wednesday Link Party, we are giving away a Le Creuset French Oven!
Oh my goodness, this looks sinful! My husband’s grandma makes all of her grand kids a huge batch of puppy chow every Christmas. I am going to have to try this version. I love mint and chocolate!
Oh Aimee, this looks like heaven in snack form.Such a pity that the UK doesn’t have literally ANY of the ingredients to make thhis. No muddy buddies (only wheat chex-like cereal), no mint M&M’s and no thin mints.
Le sigh. I’ll just stiick to rubbing the computer screen instead! 😆
I could snack on this, whole day. Yikes!!
Been there, done that!! So worth it though 🙂
I love this combination! Thin mints and puppy chow are two of my favorite things. This will keep me going when girl scout cookie season is over.
Exactly! Enjoy Natasha 🙂
Oh my!!!! I’ve been making Puppy Chow for 20 years now! Everyone in my family loves it but me (I don’t like peanut butter). This! Well, Thin Mint Puppy Chow is absolutely for me!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe! I can’t wait to make it!
time for you to enjoy now Sandy!!!
Yes, nowadays I do love thin mints and all chocolate mint combos in general. This also is perfect for St. Paddy’s Day 😉
Thanks Regina. I love mint and chocolate together 🙂
Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering what puppy chow meant also. This is a GREAT idea that can work for many cookie recipes.
Glad I cleared it up! ENJOY.
I remember puppy chow as a kid – but I never thought I’d see a Thin Mint version!! Ahhh!!!!
I aim to please 🙂
I just tried your cherry vanilla version… And it was like crack to me! So I am excited to try this thin mint version! 🙂
So glad you liked the cherry version!!! Makes me want that one again 🙂
Loving this combination so much. Puppy Chow is my weakness!
I have too many weaknesses to share 🙂
I loveee puppy chow but a thin mint version? Holy moly. I usually don’t make puppy chow since I have a huge problem with eating way too much… but this is just calling to me : ) haha I can’t believe people thought it was for their dogs though! How funny!
I know!!! HUMAN food. I have a problem with it too. Fortunately, with my big family, we all devoured it. And then sent the remainder to a party my girls went to!
where do you buy Green and black chocolate bars?
Whole foods… And around here Kroger. But there is a “where to buy” locator on the Green and Black’s website that is linked above.
Thanks Katie 🙂 Other chocolate bars have mint flavor too if you can’t find it!!
I didn’t know puppy chow could get better–but thin mint??? YUM. I could totally eat an entire sleeve (or 4) of thin mints in one sitting. They are daaaangerous in my house, and this would be too!
It’s like everywhere I go girls scouts perpetually ask me to buy their delicious cookies, and I have to duck quickly into the grocery store before buying a gajillion boxes. Because there are never enough in one box (duh) but this puppy chow is like the answer to my prayers! 😀 WOO for Puppy Chow!
I know, fortunately I’m able to duck away at the store because I shop on school day mornings 🙂 But at church and home I can never say no!
This looks beyond dangerous!
Thin Mints for LIFE!!!!
Ahh I love this idea! Thin Mints are by far my favorite Girl Scout cookie, so this puppy chow sounds amazing! Love the pops of green candies in there too. Perfect for St Patty’s day!
You could totally crush up some cokoies, and the “harm” would be worth it!! I’m becoming a chex mix lover over here. Something I had growing up is totally back in style. 🙂
Yeah, actual cookies in the recipe would have made this OVER THE TOP!!! I may have to give it a try next time 🙂
I admit I’ve never had puppy chow before because the name totally freaks me out. But this is so pretty and I love the idea of a thin mint variety!
Don’t let the name freak you out. Just call this recipe “copycat thin mints” ENJOY!!
This sounds like a great combination. We are addicted to puppy chow so I can’t wait to give this one a try!
Nancy, my mind is already racing to the next flavor combo 🙂
Oh my goodness — I’m afraid I would eat this entire batch! I adore thin mints and puppy chow. Can only imagine how wonderful they are together! 🙂
Match made in heaven 🙂
Oh my goodness! Why didn’t I think of this?! Pinned for later! 🙂
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Thanks for pinning Jess. I hope you give the recipe a try!!
How did you ever control yourself around this?? Mmmmmm! I would have done a face plant into the bowl 🙂
Fortunately, my daughters had a party that they had to bring a snack. You can be sure this was sent right away! I did eat my fair share before it left the house!!
Thin Mints are my favorite Girl Scout cookie flavor because I love chocolate and mint together in any way. This looks delicious, and festive!
Thanks Marcie. I’m tied between the Thin Mints and the Samoas. Guess I need to make Samoa Puppy chow!
youre in good company. I can polish off a whole box of thin mint girl scout cookies. This puppy chow looks dangerously good!
Glad I’m not the only one!!! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Did people REALLY not know what Puppy Chow was? Wow…alrighty! 🙂
I love Thin Mints and I love how your P.C. always is so well-coated with sugar, not skimpy…thank you!
At least half a dozen emails, plus facebook comments. Obviously they saw the title and never read the post.
As for the powdered sugar, I use more than most people, but I like it that way! It’s a little messier when you eat it, but I haven’t heard any complaints so far 🙂
Thin mints are taking over the world and I love it! I dont understand how puppy chow can be perceived as anything but human food but whatever. Green and Blacks is my favorite chocolate, a good choice to pour over the Chex. I can only imagine how addicting this Thin Mint Puppy Chow is!
I love Green and Black’s too! It’s such a smooth chocolate!
Love how those green M & M’s stand out. Great combo of flavors here. Wonder if this would last longer than my thin mints??? Doubt it!
Tanya, it would feed more people, but it won’t last longer. 🙂
Okay, I am going to have to make Puppy Chow or Muddy Buddies real soon! Every combination I see on different blogs look so good! I like the addition of the green M&Ms too!
YES! please try it!!
no thin mints were harmed… lol! so funny Aimee. I am in love with puppy chow. As you know. 🙂 And mint and chocolate is such a great combination to throw into the puppy chow mix!
You are the queen of puppy chow Sally!! I love the chocolate and mint combo too 🙂
You had me at Thin Mint…I’ve shared on FB and pinned! Thank you for the idea and sharing the recipe!!
Cindy
crazylou
Thanks for sharing Cindy!! Enjoy the recipe 🙂
LOL, seriously? Too funny. My dog would like this though, and I’d have to keep it FAR away from her, ha!
LOVE this version Aimee. The best!
Well, my dog would love this too. She is quite a food thief. But if I share that too publicly (like I did back in October how she stole my sugar cookies) more hate emails will come my way!
I actually did raise my hands. 🙂 I love thin mints, I love puppy chow…I love THIS!
Haha, thanks for admitting to the hand raising 🙂
I’m cracking up, because I had the SAME reaction from people when I posted my Cake Batter Puppy Chow. “Why would you feed your dogs cake batter?…Why are you posting a dog food recipe?…” I brought some to our dog trainer and it took a good 10 minute explanation that it’s called puppy chow, but it is in no way meant to be given to dogs!
Adding mint to the chocolate sounds fantastic! Must try this soon!
haha, glad I’m not the only one to attract crazies 🙂
Thin mints are definitely my favorite girl scout cookie. I may or may not have an entire box (or two) stashed in the freezer for emergencies. This recipe sounds like it would be right up my alley! And a bonus that I wouldn’t have to touch my secret thin mint stash. 🙂
yeah, leave the cookies out of this! This is for year round enjoyment 🙂
You are genius! These sound absolutely perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Amber. I will let my family know I am a genius too!! I need a good ego boost every once in awhile!
How do people not know what puppy chow is??? Crazy because puppy chow in any flavor is to die! This definitely sounds like a flavor I would love and devour! 🙂 When you first asked to raise your hand for a sleeve of thin mints I was like a sleeve try a whole box but you covered that didn’t you 🙂
So now I know where you stand with eating Thin Mints. A whole box eater too!?! I agree about Puppy chow, all flavors are delish.
OMG I can’t believe people got all worked up lol! Thin mint puppy chow sounds fab!!!
Half a dozen emails plus facebook comments!! Crazy, right??
I understand that negative comments would upset you over something that should be clear, unfortunately some people just aren’t educated to know that chocolate is dangerous to puppies. I’ve always known this kind of delicious snack as People Chow! That might eliminate confusion.
Seriously? People don’t know that? Well, we can all rest easy now that you’ve enlightened us all. Please give people some credit next time.
My hands are raised high with you…those mint cookies are way to addicting. I know I would have the same problem with this puppy chow…no way to stop!!! Although I am wondering where my package is????
I knew your hand would be up 🙂 You package is sitting here held hostage until those brownies are delivered!
Yumm! I came up with a recipe for Thin Mint puppy chow/muddy buddies last year, but I love the idea of using M&Ms in it – love M&Ms..I still haven’t tried the mint ones yet! Definitely going to have to try your version asap!
Oh the mint ones are delicious! I’ll have to check out your version. Did you use actual Thin Mints??
Yes, unfortunately…which is why I’m very excited to try yours 🙂 No Thin Mints have to be wasted. hehe
Yeah, at $4 a box, you don’t want to use the real thing!!! ENJOY!