Classic Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t go crazy over muddy buddies! Peanut butter, chocolate, cereal, and powdered sugar– what’s not to love?! A FEW THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT MAKING MUDDY BUDDIES: This is just the basic recipe for muddy buddies, the starting point. There is SO MUCH fun you can have with these! Add M&Ms, pretzels, different kinds of cereal (I love adding Reese’s Puffs!), or even switch out the chocolate chips for a different flavor.I think muddy buddies are really phenomenal when chilled. But be warned: all of the powdered sugar will dissolve when you take it out of the fridge due to condensation. So the best route for serving to a crowd or packaging it up is to keep it at room temp.Make sure you use a big bowl! Otherwise you’ll have cereal and powdered sugar flying all over the place.You can either melt the chocolate and peanut butter together over the stove and then pour it over the cereal in the bowl, or you can melt them in the microwave in a large mixing bowl and add the cereal afterwards. I think it’s easier to melt in the microwave, but you can’t go wrong either way.If you choose to microwave the chocolate and peanut butter in the microwave, follow the recipe and only nuke it in 30-second increments. This will prevent burning the chocolate (which is really easy to do if you aren’t paying attention). WHAT’S MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS RECIPE? I love the straight up simplicity of this recipe. Even though there are thousands of variations of muddy buddies out there, you won’t find a single one that is better than this classic combo!! Continue to Content Classic Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow Recipe Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 1 minute Total Time: 11 minutes I don’t know a single person who doesn’t go crazy over muddy buddies! Peanut butter, chocolate, cereal, and powdered sugar– what’s not to love?! Print Ingredients 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup butter 8 cups rice squares cereal (Chex) 1 cup powdered sugar Instructions In a large bowl, microwave the peanut butter, chocolate chips, and butter in 30-second increments. Stir in between each time in the microwave until smooth (I only need 1 minute total for mine).Pour the cereal into the bowl and use a large spatula to gently mix and coat the cereal.Pour the powdered sugar over the cereal and gently stir to coat. Notes Try adding a new cereal or candy to change things up! Nutrition Information: Amount Per Serving: Calories: 227Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gCarbohydrates: 30gSugar: 16gProtein: 4g If you love muddy buddies, don’t miss out on these fun recipes!! Scotcheroo Muddy Buddies (my favorite!) Lemon White Chocolate Muddy Buddies Thin Mint Muddy Buddies Be sure to pin these sweet recipes too! White Chocolate Reese’s Muddy Buddies S’mores Muddy Buddies White Chocolate Churro Chex Mix
You just can’t go wrong with Muddy Buddies! P.S. What are you using as the background/base for your picture?
Oh my gosh– it’s a stroke of genius on Dorothy’s part. She found this wooden plank patterned butcher paper at JoAnn’s. I literally bought mine in California and carried it back through all the planes and airports with me to VA 🙂
Muddy buddies were a staple at youth group retreats when I was in high school. I love seeing all your varieties!
Love this classic recipe! For some reason my family only does it at Christmas, I prefer all year round!!
Okay I just have to share because I know that you would love these little babies as much as I do http://cremedelacrumb.blogspot.com/2013/06/white-butterscotch-buddies.html LOVE muddy buddies, this is my new favorite. #MuddyBuddyADDICT!!! 🙂
There cannot be people out there that don’t like muddy buddies – at least 1 variety. I think my favorite so far are the lemon ones :). Thanks for sharing, love your photos….and your new(er) blog background!! 🙂
These are always so delicious, they’re dangerous to make! And I just saw that they make Vanilla Chex, so there’s another possibility for flavor matching…
We call it “trash” here in North Carolina! But, it’s really good trash! Can’t wait to try the variations you’ve shared. Thank you!
I grew up in NC! We always called it Muddy Buddies– I thought it was so weird when I moved out west for college and people called it “puppy chow!”
