Thin Mint Puppy Chow

*from yourcupofcake.com

Chocolate Thin Mint:

• 5 cups Rice Chex cereal
• 1 1/2 C. semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
• 12 Thin Mint cookies finely crushed
• 1/4 C. powdered sugar

Green Pieces:

• 5 C. Rice Chex cereal
• 1 1/2 C. minty green Melts or white chocolate chips/melts 
• green food dye to get them green if you use white chips/melts (GEL only, not the liquid)
• 3/4 C. powdered sugar

Extra Thin Mints roughly chopped

• You can just do the chocolate pieces and it will still be awesome or throw in some mint M&M's to get the green color!

Instructions
Chocolate Thin Mint pieces: 

1.Place cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
2.In a small microwave proof bowl, melt chocolate and stir until smooth.
3.Pour the melted chocolate over cereal and gently stir until coated.
4.Add finely crushed cookies and stir again.
5.Add powdered sugar and stir (you can also put the cereal in a plastic bag, put the sugar in and shake, shake, shake!)
6.Dump out onto a cookie sheet to let cool.

Green Pieces: 

1.Place cereal in a lagre bowl and set aside.

2.Melt green Melts/white chocolate, stir until smooth and stir in as much green dye as desired.
3.Pour over cereal and stir until coated.
4.Add powdered sugar and stir. (Or shake in a plastic bag)
5.Dump onto a cookie sheet and let cool.
6.Mix the two colors together and add extra Thin Mints for decoration!