I absolutely love Muddy Buddies – or Puppy Chow, whatever you prefer to call these tasty, chocolaty and sugary little snacks! I found a ton of gorgeous little Valentine’s Day sprinkles in the $1 Spot at Target last week and decided to get a jump start on my Valentine’s Day goodies and whipped up this super easy Valentine’s Day Muddy Buddies recipe for you!
Well, it was mostly for me, but I thought I’d share it with you!
Almost the same thing, right?
I love making Muddy Buddies because they are SO easy and such a fun treat! If you’re really lazy, you can even pick up a bag of pre-made Muddy Buddies in the potato chip and snack aisle and just much away…but it’s really so easy to make them at home, why not experiment with different flavor combinations?
These are just regular old pink candy melt flavor – so they taste like white chocolate – but you can add a teaspoon of peanut butter, Nutella, etc to your candy melt mixture if you want to get adventurous.
Valentine’s Day Muddy Buddies Recipe
Valentine's Day Muddy Buddies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 bag pink Wilton Candy Melts
- ¼ teaspoon shortening like Crisco
- 6 cups Chex Rice Cereal
- 3 cups confectioner sugar more or less depending on your desired result
- Various pink and red sprinkles
Instructions
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Put your Wilton candy melts into a microwave safe bows.
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Heat for 45 seconds, then stir, put back into the microwave and heat an additional 30 seconds, then stir. If your candy melts aren’t completely melted after stirring, repeat at 20 second intervals until the candy is completely melted.
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Add ¼ teaspoon shortening and stir – this helps liquefy the candy melts and makes it easier to coat the rice cereal without getting too thick and bumpy.
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In a gallon sized Ziploc bag, pour Chex Rice Cereal and the melted candy melts.
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Gently shake the bag, rolling slowly, to completely coat the Rice Cereal with the melted candy melts. Pour in the powdered sugar and shake until the cereal mixture is completely coated.
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper and empty rice cereal mixture on a cookie sheet. Spread the cereal mixture out as flat as possible and break apart – gently – any clumps. Shake the mixture around on the sheet to redistribute the powdered sugar.
I like to bounce a handful at a time in a sifter to remove all of the excess powdered sugar, but it’s not really necessary.
Place the waxed paper in the fridge for about five minutes to harden. Add sprinkles and serve!
Note: you can also sprinkle the candy-coated rice cereal with sprinkled or colored sugar before coating in confectioner sugar for extra effect!
Muddy Buddies are one of my favorite snack recipes too! They are so yummy, and such a cinch to tailor to your preferences or upcoming holiday.
I tried these for the first time earlier this year and was pleasantly surprised about how delicious they were!
This looks so delicious, I was looking for a fun Valentines recipe.
This looks so festive and yummy. Perfect for a Valentine’s Day snack.
I love this stuff! I could the whole bowl, that’s why i don’t make it…
That looks delicious. I m gonna try to make some.
I’m cutting back on sugar, but I love muddy buddies because you can eat just 2-3 a day and it’s not that bad. 🙂
Muddy Buddies are sooooo good! These look great 😀
found this on the Weekly Linky party and posted on my personal Valentine board, plus 3 other group Valentine’s pinterest boards
Just perfect for Valentine’s! Got you from the blog hop train to Greece!
Oh I love the addition of those adorable sprinkles! Thanks for linking up at the Creative Exchange link party!
Perfect for class treats! Thanks for linking up with SNF!
These look so yummy and I love how easy these are to make!
Thanks for linking up to Motivation Monday!
I LOVE muddy buddies! Pinning and Stumbling!
Do you mind if I use this in a Valentine’s Day round-up next month?
Please feel free to use it in your round up! 🙂
This is such a cute Valentine’s idea! If you had a spare moment, I would be delighted if you’d drop this (and anything else you’d like to share) by at the #PureBlogLove DIY and recipe link party! You can find me here: http://picnicnz.blogspot.co.nz/
Adorable! Visiting (and pinning) from the Weekend Re-Treat!
You brought the most delicious treat to our party! Thank you. Pinned and tweeted. We feel honored that you take the time to stop by our party. I hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. We love to party with you! Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls
my family loves Muddy Buddies. l love the added touch of the sprinkles to make it look so festive. I will have to do that next time