Tim and Change Will Surely Show

So last night a couple of us were watching Ohio State in the semi-final of the NIT. I don’t remember how it got brought up, but we started talking about Muddy Buddies. Gabe had never heard of such a creation ( I first called it Mud Buddies, which sounds way worse, but once I explained what it was he still hadn’t heard of it). I told his girlfriend Jenny over IM that she must make him a batch sometime, and was shocked to find out she had no idea what I was talking about. I later told Kate how amazed I was that neither one of them knew what Muddy Buddies were. Her reply? “What are Muddy Buddies”. The engagement was off right then. Kidding!

I have decided I cannot be the author of a blog with readers that do not know the deliciousness of the second best cereal turned into dessert treat (Rice Crispy Treats are first of course). And so that is the purpose of this post. To proclaim and explain the amazingness of Muddy Buddies.

Muddy Buddies are a Chex Cereal based snack.  Muddy Buddies is the official “Chex” term, but they are also known as Puppy Chow or White Trash.  I’m sure the internet is full of different ammounts of ingredients and variations, but it all consists of the same basic elements.  Cereal, covered in a peaunt butter/chocolate mixture coated in powdered sugar.  They are fairly simple to make, and are one of the earliest things I can remember helping my mom “bake” when I was a kid.  Here is a link to the official receipe, but feel free to just have at it an try your own.  I’ve seen some  directions that use Crispix or Honeycomb as the cereal ingredient.  The fun part as a kid is getting to shake the bag in order to coat all the little pieces with powdered sugar.

In my experience Muddy Buddies were usually made during the winter, I guess to represent snow covered goodies.  But they’re delicious any time of the year, any time of the day.  Good luck waiting for them to fully cool before digging in.  And if you just place them in a bowl and leave them out, you’ll be amazed how quickly they disappear.

So there you have it.  Go out and create a batch so that the next time some cool dude asks you how amazing do you think Muddy Buddies are, you’ll have an answer for him.