Monday, December 6, 2010

Muddy Buddies

It’s official. I’m the worst food blogger ever. It’s been what, five months since I’ve posted something? That’s unforgivable. But at least I have a reason… or an excuse rather. This semester has been crazy as far as school work is concerned But I promise I’ll get better about posting!!

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Anyway, I’ve got a great really easy recipe that anyone can do. And believe me, I mean anyone. They’re called muddy buddies, and they’re delicious. Their name isn’t the most appealing, but that’s clearly just so that people that don’t know what they are stay away so that you can have more for yourself! Muddy buddies are basically just chex cereal that you toss with melted chocolate, peanut butter and butter and then coat in powdered sugar. They’re completely amazing. I must have eaten at least half of the recipe by myself, and my friends were more than willing to have some as well.

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Here’s the recipe:

9 Cups of Rice Chex – I chose to use rice chex because their texture is light and fluffy, which makes a big difference for me

1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips

½ Cup Peanut Butter

¼ Cup Butter

1 ¾ Cup Powdered Sugar

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Step 1: Measure 9 cups of the chex and place them in a large bowl

Step 2: Measure the chocolate, peanut butter and butter and place in a medium sized microwave safe bowl.

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Step 3: Microwave the chocolate, peanut butter and butter for about one minute on high. If you’d rather melt them over a stove top you can. If they aren’t melted after the one minute, stir them and place back into the microwave at 10 second intervals.

Step 4: Pour the melted ingredients in with the cereal and mix them together thoroughly. This step is kind of annoying, but you need to make sure that every piece is coated so that the powdered sugar can stick to them.

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Step 5: When the melted ingredients and the chex are mixed completely put them into two separate one gallon freezer bags and pour half of the powdered sugar into each bag. If you pour too much don’t worry about it, once the muddy buddies are completely coated the sugar will just stick to the bag.

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Step 6: Pour the muddy buddies out onto a piece of parchment paper and let them cool completely. Once they’re cooled you should put them in an airtight container so that they don’t get stale.

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That’s it! They’re easy, delicious and definitely a crowd pleaser! Enjoy!!