Monday, March 18, 2013

MUDDY BUDDIES


MUDDY BUDDIES
McCleve cookbook (2nd edition) pg. 170

Trick Or Treat Muddy Buddy Mix

We all really liked this.  Perfect treat while we were carving pumpkins.
  • 9 cups Corn or Rice Chex Cereal
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups candy corn
  • 1 1/2 cups Reese’s Pieces
  • 2 cups mini marshmallows
  • 2 cups pretzels (minis, regular, sticks or squares)
Instructions
  1. 1. Pour the Chex Cereal into a large bowl and set aside.
  2. 2. In a microwave safe bowl melt chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter together on high for one minute. Stir and return to microwave, microwaving in 30 second increments until melted together and smooth. Stir in vanilla.
  3. 3. Pour chocolate-peanut butter mixture over the cereal and gently stir to coat.
  4. 4. Place cereal in a large zip lock bag, pour powdered sugar in, seal and shake until evenly coated.
  5. 5. Spread cereal out on to wax paper and let cool completely.
  6. 6. In a large bowl combine cereal, candy corn, Reese’s Pieces, marshmallows and pretzels. Store in an air-tight container or Ziploc bag.
  7. Enjoy!


Cake Batter Buddies
http://taste-tester-investor.blogspot.com/2012/07/our-first-ever-recipe-swap.html - University Village recipe swap that I didn't attend.

These are so yummy!  In the following ways I liked them better than Muddy Buddies: easier to make, not as messy or not as sweet
5 cups rice chex cereal
10 oz (5 squares) vanilla flavored almond bark
1 tsp vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups cake mix (any kind will do) - next time I would do only 1 cup
1/2 cup powdered sugar - next time I would do 1/4 cup

Melt almond bark according to package directions, adding vegetable shortening to thin. Pour the cereal into a large bowl and drizzle the melted almond bark over the cereal. Mix gently with a large spoon or spatula. Dump the cake mix and powdered sugar onto the cereal and mix gently with spoon until all the cereal is evenly coated.


Cookies and Cream Puppy Chow
ingredients

"Cream" Puppy Chow:

5 C. rice chex cereal

1 C. white chocolate melts (or chocolate chips)
8 Oreos finely crushed
1/2 C. powdered sugar
"Cookies" Puppy Chow:
5 C. rice chex cereal
1 C. milk chocolate melts (or chocolate chips)
8 Oreos finely crushed
1/2 C. powdered sugar
Extra chopped Oreos

directions

1. "Cream" Puppy Chow: Measure out rice chex cereal and place in a large bowl.

2. Measure out powdered sugar and crushed Oreos and place in a large plastic bag or in a large tupperware with a lid (You'll need to shake the bag/tupperware later).

3. Melt white chocolate and stir until smooth.
4. Pour melted chocolate over rice cereal and stir until coated.
5. Transfer chocolate coated rice cereal into your plastic bag with sugar/cookies. Shake, shake shake until coasted.
6. Dump onto a cookie sheet to cool.
7. Repeat steps 1-7 using "Cookies" Puppy Chow ingredients.
8. Once cooled, mix the "Cookies" and "Cream" Puppy Chow together and fold in extra chopped Oreos.

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