Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe: I am a contributor to Amanda’s Cookin’ and this recipe first appeared there as Easter Muddy Buddies.

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This Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe is 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!

Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe
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Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe

Hi Everyone, Spring is here!

I have a timely Easter and Spring-themed dessert, and snack for you: Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe.

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 just 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.

Ingredients

9 cups rice Chex Cereal
1 cup white chocolate chip morsels (you can substitute the same amount of 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

Kitchen Tools

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

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

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

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?

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Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe

Name: Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 9 cups rice Chex Cereal; 1 cup white chocolate chip morsels, you can substitute the same amount of semi-sweet, dark, or milk chocolate chip morsels, if you prefer; 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter; 1/4 cup unsalted butter; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 cups confectioner's sugar; 2 cups peanut M&Ms, or Easter-themed candy of your choice or Easter-themed candy of your choice or Easter-themed candy of your choice or Easter-themed candy of your choice or Easter-themed candy of your choice; popcorn, optional; pretzels, optional

Yield: 5 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

This Easter Muddy Buddies Recipe is 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!

Ingredients

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, add 9 cups rice Chex cereal, set aside
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.
Remove from heat and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Pour over the rice Chex cereal, using a baking spatula to get all the chocolate mixture out of the saucepan.
Mix the cereal until completely coated.
Add the 2 cups of confectioner's sugar and mix gently until coated.
Add 2 cups of peanut M&Ms and optional ingredients to customize. Serve, package as edible gifts, and enjoy!

Notes

Check out our Stove Top Dutch Oven Popcorn recipe

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1500Total Fat: 70gSaturated Fat: 23gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 40gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 552mgCarbohydrates: 193gFiber: 9gSugar: 82gProtein: 32g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

This recipe was originally published on 4/11/2018
Updated & republished on 3/26/2021, 4/4/2022,

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Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom. She lives in New Jersey by way of New England and New York, with her husband and 3 kids under 8. She loves design, being creative, and spending time with family and friends. She loves checking out local businesses and eats and being apart of the local farm to table community.

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