So what do you call them? Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow? I wanna say I usually call them Puppy Chow but I guess they are technically called Muddy Buddies. Whatever you call them is fine with me 🙂 Such a tasty treat and comes together in 15 minutes. Can’t beat that, especially this time of year. We love to keep Muddy Buddies in the freezer. For some reason they taste so good cold. When we go to the beach in the summer this is a treat that always gets made.
I guess peppermint bark flavored muddy buddies has been around for a couple of years but I hadn’t heard of it until recenlty. Some family members were telling me about it so I got a bag at Target and was excited to give it a try. If I am being honest, I was a tad disapointed. I thought the corn flavor (from the corn chex used) was too strong. It was okay, but I thought a homemade version would be better. I was looking at the package and noticed the picture of the peppermint bark on the front. It had a layer of dark chocolate then white chocolate. Isn’t that the kind of peppermint bark you like? A rich deep chocolate flavor to balance out the sweet white chocolate layer? Thats what it was missing. The other half of the bark! I also used rice chex instead of corn chex and I think it made a huge difference. The rice chex allows the peppermint flavor to really shine. My favorite is to eat a piece of each at the same time. It’s addicting so plan to package some up and give away to neighbors and friends!
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Peppermint Bark Muddy Buddies
Ingredients
- FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATE MUDDY BUDDIES:
- 5 cups rice chex cereal
- 12 ounces vanilla flavored almond bark or white melting chocolate
- ½ cup crushed candy canes (1/2 of a 6 ounce box)
- 1 cup powdered (confectioners') sugar
- FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATE MUDDY BUDDIES:
- 5 cups rice chex cereal
- 12 ounces chocolate flavored almond bark or melting chocolate
- ½ cup crushed candy canes (1/2 of a 6 ounce box)
- ½ cup powdered (confectioners') sugar
- ½ cup cocoa powder
Instructions
- FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATE MUDDY BUDDIES:
- In a large bowl, pour 5 cups rice chex cereal. Set aside. In a large zipped top bag add the 1 cup of powdered sugar and set aside.
- Melt the vanilla flavored almond bark according to the package directions. Once it's melted, pour it over the cereal and gently stir until cereal is covered. Add the crushed candy canes and stir until evenly distributed.
- Immediately pour the cereal mixture into the prepared zipped top bag. Gently shake and turn the bag until the cereal is all coated.
- Remove the mixture from the bag and discard leftover powder.
- FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATE MUDDY BUDDIES:
- In a large bowl, add 5 cups rice chex cereal. Set aside. In a large zipped top bag add the ½ cup powdered sugar and ½ cup cocoa powder.
- Melt the chocolate flavored almond bark. Once it's melted, pour it over the cereal and gently stir until cereal is covered. Add the crushed candy canes and stir until evenly distributed.
- Immediately pour the cereal mixture into the prepared zipped top bag. Gently shake and turn the bag until the cereal is all coated.
- Remove the mixture from the bag and discard leftover powder.
- You can mix the two flavors together or serve them side by side.
Notes
NOTES: I got 1 cup of crushed candy canes from one 6 ounce package. I used a food processor to crush the candy canes.
Recipe source: adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction  (white chocolate chex) & Kate in the Kitchen (dark chocolate chex)
Adell! This looks absolutely AMAZING!!! Pinning and dying to make! Thanks for sharing on Saturday Night Fever! I'm so happy you link up every week!
I love the dark and light….and the addition of peppermint? AMAZING!! These look fabulous…..stopping by to PIN!
If you don’t want to crush up candy cane could you add peppermint extract to the melted chocolate?
I believe you could however I have never tried that before. If you try it, let us know how it worked for you!