Becca Beans: Muddy Buddies

Rain Rain.... Go Away! All the rain today ruined a rare opportunity to spend a day off enjoying the beautiful fall foliage. Instead.. we took a trip to IKEA. (More on the wonderful food at IKEA in another post, seriously.. have you all tried the Swedish meatballs???)
I was trying to think of something VERY quick that I could whip up and thought.. Muddy Buddies!! I first ran across this recipe several years ago watching, believe it or not, John and Kate Plus 8! Now to redeem myself, this WAS several years ago. At the time Kate was still a somewhat normal housewife, trying to run a house without nannies, personal assistants, and a Million Dollar Salary from TLC. I watched her making this recipe with her little gang, they had a blast and they gobbled up the end result with huge smiles and giggles.
This recipe should come with a black box warning... if they have that kind of thing for food and nutrition labels. It contains all things wonderful.. peanut butter, chocolate, butter, and GLOBS of sugar. I think it would be best served to your children before a trip to visit the grandparents. On a serious note, if your child's school allows you to bring snacks that contain peanut butter, single servings placed in clear decorative goodie bags and tied with orange curly ribbon look wonderful. Or better yet pour a ice cold glass of milk, pop in a movie... and don't worry about the scale in the morning....
I believe this recipe is gluten free..

Muddy Buddies

9 cups of Corn Chex Cereal
1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar

1. Place 9 cups of cereal into a very large bowl and set aside

2. Add butter, chocolate chips, and peanut butter into microwave proof bowl, cook 1 minute on high uncovered. Stir and continue to microwave in 15 second intervals until smooth, creamy, and well combined

3. Add 1 tsp of vanilla to chocolate mixture stir well.

4. Pour chocolate over cereal and combine until all cereal is coated well.

5. Divide cereal mixture evenly between 2 gallon size zip lock bags. Add 3/4 cup of powdered sugar into each bag, seal then shake vigorously until cereal is entirely coated in sugar.