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Puppy Chow Muddy Buddies

Chex cereal coated in melted chocolate and peanut butter, then shaken in powdered sugar. The coating should set before you pack it up.

Prep
10 min
Cook
8 min
Total
18 min
Servings
10
Difficulty
Easy
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Bowl of powdered-sugar-coated chocolate peanut butter cereal snack

Why you’ll love it

  • Low heat keeps the chocolate from turning grainy.
  • A huge bowl is not optional. A small one crushes the cereal.
  • Powdered sugar has to go on while the coating is still tacky.
  • It is a no-bake snack people actually finish.

Ingredients

Servings10

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Put the cereal in a very large bowl.

  2. 2

    Melt the chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Take the pan off the heat as soon as it melts. Stir in the vanilla.

  3. 3

    Pour the chocolate over the cereal. Fold gently until the pieces are coated. Do not crush them.

  4. 4

    Add the powdered sugar to a large bag or a lidded container. Add the cereal and shake until every piece is coated.

  5. 5

    Spread on a sheet pan and cool until the coating is set.

Pro tips

  • If the chocolate looks gritty, it got too hot. Start that step over. Do not try to save scorched chocolate.
  • This has peanut butter. Say so if you are putting it out for a group.
  • Shake in two batches if one bag is overstuffed.

Easy substitutions

peanut butter
sunflower seed butter
semisweet chocolate chips
milk chocolate chips

Storage and reheating

Storage

Keep in an airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days.

Reheating

Do not heat. The coating will melt.

Nutrition

Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.

Calories
320
Protein
4 g
Carbs
42 g
Fat
16 g
Fiber
2 g

Budget friendly · Stovetop

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