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Easter Muddy Buddies

March 27, 2018 By Sara Maniez (WE EARN COMMISSION FROM PURCHASES MADE VIA PRODUCT LINKS IN OUR POSTS)

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Easter Muddy Buddies are a sweet and salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies. Make this fun Chex mix snack for your next Easter recipe or Springtime gathering!

Easter Muddy Buddies are a sweet and salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies.

Easter Muddy Buddies

Hi Everyone,

Spring is upon us! I have a timely Easter and Spring-themed dessert, snack for you: Easter Muddy Buddies. There are so many opportunities to make these this Spring, for example, teacher’s gifts, edible thank you gifts, family and church gatherings. Who wouldn’t want a cellophane bag of these goodies?

You can customize them with your favorite Easter-themed candy, my personal favorite is pastel peanut M&Ms. I like them with this recipe because the peanut center goes well with the smooth peanut butter. The combination of peanut butter and chocolate is a dream! You get the sweet-salty combo that makes you want to reach for more.

Speaking of chocolate, this recipe uses white chocolate. I chose white chocolate because it makes for a nice, pretty backdrop for those pastel candies and the combination of white chocolate and peanut butter is really good. I recommend trying to get the best quality white chocolate you can find. You can substitute the white chocolate for the same amount of milk, semi-sweet or dark chocolate if you prefer.

Easter Muddy Buddies/Easter Puppy Chow recipe

Ingredients for Easter Muddy Buddies

  • 9 cups Rice Chex Cereal
  • 1 cup white chocolate chip morsels (you can substitute the same amount semi-sweet, dark or milk chocolate chip morsels if you prefer)
  • 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 2 cups peanut M&Ms or Easter-themed candy of your choice
  • optional customization: you can add popcorn or pretzels as well

Delicious white chocolate and peanut butter create this fun and colorful Easter Muddy Buddy recipe!

Kitchen Tools for Easter Muddy Buddies

  • measuring spoons and cups
  • wooden spoon for stirring chocolate-peanut butter mixture
  • medium saucepan
  • extra large mixing bowls
  • baking spatula


Easter Muddy Buddies

This recipe can be made completely on the stove top which makes it easy to come together.

Easter Muddy Buddies are super easy to make.

If you are looking for more Muddy Buddy-style recipes, I also have Nutella Muddy Buddies and Pumpkin Spice Muddy Buddies.

Easter Muddy Buddy recipe

I grew up calling this type of recipe “muddy buddies” but I know some people call it “puppy chow” as well – what do you call it?

Fun pastel colored M&M's make this easter muddy buddy recipe extra special.

I know you will love this Easter Muddy Buddies recipe. If you missed our Bunny Butt Cupcakes or Easter Crack be sure to check them out!

Sara Maniez

Serving Size: 1/2 cup

Easter Muddy Buddies

Easter Muddy Buddies are a sweet and salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies. Try this delicious snack at your next Easter or Springtime gathering!

5 minPrep Time

5 minCook Time

10 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 9 cups rice Chex Cereal
  • 1 cup white chocolate chip morsels (you can substitute the same amount semi sweet, dark or milk chocolate chip morsels, if you prefer)
  • 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 2 cups peanut M&Ms or Easter-themed candy of your choice
  • optional customizations: you can add popcorn or pretzels as well

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, add 9 cups rice Chex cereal, set aside
  2. In a medium saucepan, over low heat, melt the unsalted butter, peanut butter, and white chocolate chip morsels. Stir with a spoon until smooth, melted and combined.
  3. Remove from heat and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Pour over the rice Chex cereal, using a baking spatula to get all the chocolate mixture out of the saucepan.
  4. Mix the cereal until completely coated.
  5. Add the 2 cups confectioner's sugar and mix gently until coated.
  6. Add 2 cups peanut M&Ms and optional ingredients to customize. Serve, package as edible gifts and enjoy!
Cuisine: American | Recipe Type: snack, dessert
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Easter Muddy Buddies are a sweet and salty dessert snack with cereal coated in white chocolate and peanut butter, customized with your favorite Easter-themed candies. Try this fun chex mix snack at your next Easter or Springtime gathering!
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Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom.She lives in NJ with her husband, toddler daughter and two dogs.She loves design, being creative and spending time with family and friends.She enjoys and shares baking, vegan, traditional & family recipes as well as DIY, lifestyle, organization and design ideas.
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Filed Under: Candy Recipes, Quick & Easy Desserts Tagged With: chex mix, easter dessert, easter recipe, muddy buddies, puppy chow, white chooclate

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