{"id":20291,"date":"2025-11-06T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=20291"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:25:04","slug":"pumpkin-spice-puppy-chow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/pumpkin-spice-puppy-chow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Spice Puppy Chow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/PumpkinSpicePuppyChow.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Spice Puppy Chow\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/pumpkin-spice-puppy-chow\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Pumpkin Spice Puppy Chow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes plus standing \u2022 Serves: 30<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1 <\/span>box (12 ounces) square-shaped oven-toasted corn cereal<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>cups semisweet chocolate chips<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup <strong>Jif\u00ae peanut butter<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup unsalted butter (1 stick), cut into 1\/2-inch pieces<br \/>\n<span>4\t<\/span>cups powdered sugar<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>cups mini pretzels<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup peanut butter candy in a crunchy shell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Line rimmed baking pan with parchment paper; place cereal in large bowl. In medium microwave-safe bowl, heat chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in microwave oven on high 2 minutes or until melted, stirring every 30 seconds; pour over cereal and gently toss to coat.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In separate large bowl, whisk powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice; transfer to 2 large zip-top plastic bags. Add 1\/2 cereal mixture to each bag with powdered sugar mixture; seal bags. Shake bags to coat cereal mixture; transfer coated cereal mixture to prepared pan and sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice. Let puppy chow stand 30 minutes or until hardened.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>In large bowl, toss pretzels, candy and puppy chow. Makes about 15 cups.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1\/2 cup):<br \/>\n282 Calories, 13g Fat (6g Saturated), 8mg Cholesterol, 167mg Sodium,<br \/>\n41g Carbohydrates, 2g Fiber, 27g Sugars, 27g Added Sugars, 4g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tip:<\/span><br \/>\nGift puppy chow in clear cellophane treat bags tied with a festive-colored ribbon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Smart Swaps:<\/span><br \/>\nDark chocolate makes a great swap, cutting sugar while adding antioxidants. Choosing whole-grain cereal also ups the fiber. For the best coating, toss the mixture in smaller batches to avoid clumps.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pumpkin Spice Puppy Chow Prep: 20 minutes plus standing \u2022 Serves: 30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-20291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01_appetizers-snacks","category-recipes","tag-25hol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20322,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20291\/revisions\/20322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}