Give your puppy chow a chocolate makeover with this chocolate brownie monkey munch version. Only 5 ingredients!
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Monkey Munch or Puppy Chow?
I call it monkey munch, but you may know this snack as puppy chow. No matter what you call it, this recipe makes a great snack!
Traditionally, puppy chow is made by coating Rice Chex cereal with powdered sugar making it appear white. Monkey munch adds chocolate to the recipe giving it a brown appearance.
Chocolate Monkey Munch
This recipe uses a brownie mix to get that rich chocolate flavor, and it couldn’t be easier. There are only five simple ingredients!
It makes a great filling for treat bags, or you can set the whole bowl out at a party and let people graze. Of course, you can just make it for yourself too. I won’t tell.
Tasty Additions
Get creative by adding something salty to this recipe like pretzel sticks and peanuts to create a sweet and salty snack. You can also make it extra chocolate-y with M&M’s.
How about throwing in some Reese’s Pieces for a chocolate and peanut butter combo? Get creative!
Recommended Kitchen Supplies
There’s no baking required to make monkey munch, so this recipe comes together quickly. You will only need a microwave and some basic kitchen supplies.
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Small, Microwave Safe Bowl
- Mixing Spoon
- Microwave
- Gallon Size Ziploc Bag
Ingredients
- Rice Chex cereal
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Salted butter
- Brownie mix
- Powdered sugar
- Waxed Paper
Monkey Munch Tips
There isn’t a lot to this recipe, but I do have a few tips to make it come together as smooth as possible. The hardest part is waiting for it to cool!
Melting Chocolate
The best way to melt chocolate chips is in the microwave. Go slowly by heating for 20 seconds at first. Then stir and microwave again for 10 seconds. Stir and continue until the chocolate is melted.
Mixing Trick
In order to get the chocolate brownie coating and powdered sugar all over every side of every piece of Rice Chex cereal, grab a Ziploc bag. Place them inside and shake, shake, shake! This method is much easier than stirring with a spoon, and it’s fun too.
How to Store Monkey Munch
Store your monkey munch in an air tight container at room temperature. It will stay fresh for about a week.
Chocolate Brownie Monkey Munch
Easy 5 ingredient puppy chow snack turned chocolate.
Ingredients
- 5 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 stick salted butter
- 3/4 cup powdered brownie mix
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Place cereal into a large mixing bowl.
- Place chocolate chips and butter into a small microwave safe bowl.
- Microwave chocolate and butter for 20 seconds and then stir. Continue microwaving for 10 second intervals until the chocolate is completely melted, stirring between each interval.
- Pour melted chocolate over the cereal and stir gently until all pieces are coated.
- Pour powdered brownie mix over cereal and stir gently.
- Place the chocolate & brownie battered cereal mixture into a gallon sized Ziploc bag.
- Add powdered sugar to the bag and seal.
- Shake well until all cereal pieces are coated with powdered sugar.
- Empty mixture onto waxed paper to cool.
More Snack Ideas
Snacks are great to keep hunger at bay between meals. Here are a few more healthy, and not-so-healthy, ideas to beat snack boredom.
This looks so good! I have been craving sweets lately so I love how easy this treat is to make.
This looks so delicious. I’ve never tried a monkey munch recipe, but this sounds so tasty. I can’t wait to try this this weekend. I think the whole family will love this.
yum! that looks like something I’d like to devour to satisfy my sweet tooth!
This looks delicious and so simple to make. My 5 year old really likes to “cook and bake” with me in the kitchen, she would be so proud if she made for her siblings.
I love chocolate!! This looks like an amazing monkey munch, one of my kids favorite treats to make and eat!
This sounds so good! I love a good chocolatey snack to munch on and this sounds yummy! Sounds easy to make too!
This looks so good. I’m often craving chocolate at night now so this would be the perfect snack for me! So good.
This looks absolutely delicious and my husband would love this. It looks easy enough to make also which is good.
My kids would definitely love this. I love the fact that it is only 5 ingredients which definitely makes it easy to make.
Oh yum! Always wondered how to make this 🙂 So simple too!! xoxo
Those look soo good. I can’t wait to make these tomorrow.
Those brownies look so tasty! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Looks really good, I recently make a mix for the kids that they loved. I might have to try this one out on them.
Looks great. I think I could make a gluten free variety. MMMMMmmmmm
What a delicious little snack, great that there’s only 5 ingredients to it too. I have a little boy here who would just love these.