Name: Muddy Buddies Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 18 min
Ingredients: 9 cups Chex Cereal; 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips; ½ cup peanut butter; ¼ cup margarine; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1½ cups powdered sugar

Muddy Buddies are the ultimate snack food. I don't think I have ever met a person that doesn't like them. They feed a crowd, have the perfect amount of crunch and sweetness, and are so easy to make.

Muddy Buddies are the perfect summer snack! Chocolate, peanut butter and Chex cereal gives it the perfect crunch! You’ll have this recipe on repeat all year long!

We haven’t tried it with any other cereal. The reason we use Chex is because they have little holes in them, and it allows all the goodness to seep in, and it tastes amazing.

Each bite is full of peanut buttery chocolate goodness, and you won’t be sorry you tried them.

If you use a different cereal than Chex in your recipe, let us know how you like it, and what cereal you used, in the comment section below.

Ingredients needed to make Muddy Buddies:

Chex Cereal
Semi sweet chocolate chips or Milk Chocolate Chips
Peanut butter
Margarine
Vanilla
Powdered sugar

How to make Muddy Buddies:

Pour cereal into large bowl; set aside. We use Chex cereal for our Muddy Buddies.

In 1-quart, microwave-safe bowl combine chocolate chips, peanut butter and margarine.

I used milk chocolate chips, but you could also use dark, semi-sweet, and I have even tried white chocolate and that was delicious as well.

The original recipe calls for semi sweet chocolate, and today I am using milk.

Butter, Peanut Butter and Chocolate chips in a glass measuring cup

Microwave for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until smooth, stirring after every 30 seconds.

This may sound repetitive, but stirring allows the chocolate to spread evenly, so it is all melted evenly.

Stir in vanilla, to the melted chocolate mixture. Pour chocolate sauce slowly over cereal, stirring to coat evenly.

Mixing chocolate sauce into a bowl of chex cereal

Step 5: Pour Chex cereal into large plastic bag. You could also stir the two mixtures in a bowl, however, your spoon may break the cereal pieces, and they taste best when they are whole. They are also easier to eat.

I use a gallon storage bag to do this step, but you could try a bowl. I also like using a plastic gallon freezer bag because the powdered sugar doesn’t get everywhere when you shake it.

Step 6: Add powdered sugar and secure; shake to coat well.

Make sure that bag is zipped tight. You don’t want powdered sugar flying everywhere. I know this first hand, it is not fun to clean up.

Coating Chex Mix with powdered sugar in a ziploc bag

Step 7: Spread mixture on waxed paper to cool.

I don’t always do this step. Sometimes, like if we go boating, I try to keep the mess at a minimum by keeping it all in the ziplock bag, that I shook it in.

You could also transfer it straight into a bowl for serving, if you don’t want to spread it out on wax paper to cool.

Make it gluten free:

Did you know this recipe can be gluten free? You can use gluten free chex mix to make this recipe. You could also use butterscotch chips, or dairy free chips if you are allergic to dairy.

This really is the perfect snack for everyone.

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Serves: 10