Happy March you guys!
I’ll do you guys a favor and skip talking about how it got here so fast, even though it did, and get right to the recipe today. I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I always seem to forget about any holidays in March because there aren’t any major ones. I honestly don’t consider St. Patrick’s Day much of a holiday, but who am I to pass up a chance to make some Irish recipes and minty chocolate treats? Now that, that I can do.
So I’ve made a few versions of this stuff (btw, what do you call it? I’ve heard it “puppy chow”, “muddy buddies”, and “crack mix”) I’m thinking since the original stuff that you can buy is called muddy buddies, that might be the most common, but I also like to call it puppy chow too. Whatever you call it this stuff is addictive.
So earlier this year a family member was in the hospital for a while. I’m pretty terrible in these kinds of situations, especially when there isn’t much I can do. Well, something I did really enjoy was getting to bring food to those staying at the hospital room for company. My mom probably spent the most time there, so when she asked me to pick up some snacks for the room I was so happy to do that.
I know my mom’s taste pretty well too, so I grabbed some salty sweet type stuff and one of the random items that ended up in my cart were Chex mix muddy buddies. I’ve actually never bought them before so I wasn’t sure about them, however my mom said even though they were probably not the healthiest option, she really enjoyed having them at the time.
Anyway, now that, thankfully, the time at hospitals is passed my mom reminded me that I used to make a version of these addictive treats using oatmeal squares cereal instead of Chex, because at the time we were living in Chile where I couldn’t find Chex cereal. She also hinted that she wouldn’t mind if I felt the need to try making them again. 😉
It was really good with the oatmeal cereal, but I must admit there’s just something way more addictive about the lighter crunch of the Chex. It’s nearly dangerous actually. There are so many flavor combinations I thought of when trying to decide on this recipe but with it being March I thought I’d go for this one.
I know I said this the last time that I made these, but wow they’re so easy and fast. Like, this would be the perfect last-minute treat if you find out you’re having company and don’t have time to make up something more complicated. The ingredients are pretty basic as well and they’re actually an accidentally gluten free treat also.
Ingredients
9 cups rice, wheat, or corn Chex cereal *see note
1 cup (180g) mint baking chips
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 teapoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar for coating
2/3 cup (about 120g) semi-sweet dark chocolate
2 teaspoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Melt butter and mint chips in a medium sauce pan slowly over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and salt. Pour cereal into a large bowl and pour mixture over it. Use a large rubber spatula to carefully mix and coat all of the cereal pieces.
- For the powdered sugar coating you can either use ziplock freezer bags and shake with powdered sugar until coated or just pour it on top and toss gently until coated.
- After cereal is coated with powdered sugar, spread it out on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper and melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil in a double boiler over medium heat until smooth. Drizzle it over the coated cereal pieces then allow it all to dry for at least 1 hour.
- Store in an airtight container at room temp.
Notes
If you cannot find Chex cereal this recipe can be made with Quaker oatmeal squares cereal instead. **If you prefer to skip the dye, or simply cannot find mint baking chips you can replace them with regular white chocolate and add 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract.
For more great food ideas, please do not forget to look at my other recent food posts
- Blueberry White Chocolate Almond Oatmeal Cookies
- Homemade 'Nilla Wafers with Banana Pudding
- Carrot & Lentil Salad with Indian Curry Tahini Dressing w/ Vegan Option
- Simple Chocolate Drizzled Blood Orange Cream Tart
- Springtime Vibes Salad+Cilantro Almond Butter Dressing
- Chocolate Dipped Frosting Filled Doughnuts
- Sweet and Spicy Honey Bourbon Chicken
- Strawberries+Cream Fudge Brownie Trifle
- Tropical Bay Breakfast Jars (Vegan)
- Veggies + Lemongrass Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers - FOOD PHOTO SHOOT
ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D750 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST.
And, by the way, to all the minnows out there, my intro post did a huge $0.21. The key to success on Steemit is to be consistent and persistent. Click on the link below for some great tutorials on how you can also succeed on the steem blockchain:
Master Toolkit: Steemit Resource Guide Illustrated by @sndbox
Also, a huge shoutout to @rigaronib for designing my logo!
Do you want to learn more about me? Click here to see a recent @wadepaterson interview with me - 20 questions with @gringalicious
Your mint chocolate filled my mouth with water. I also want to share mint chocolate with you, I hope you never mind. Mint filled inside this chocolate which also taste so yummy.
Very nice treat for St. Patricks day!
thanks so much @cookit
Nice
Damn I'm hungry .. The recipe looks great
Thanks for the pictures .. well done
This looks so tasty! The green mint with chocolate chips must be very good. I hope these made you feel better for your family member in the hospital, and I hope they feel better <3. I never knew you could buy chex mix muddy buddies. Nice photos and great lighting. I like the chocolate sauce dropped on them. Have you ever thought of marketing these and packaging them? I could see them flying off of the shelves! Heck, I would buy it.
DISCLAIMER: dropahead Curation Team does not necessarily share opinions expressed in this article, but find author's effort and/or contribution deserves better reward and visibility.
to maximize your curation rewards!
with SteemConnect
12.5SP, 25SP, 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP
Do the above and we'll have more STEEM POWER to give YOU bigger rewards next time!
News from dropahead: How to give back to the dropahead Project in 15 seconds or less
My favorite blog 😎
thanks so much @rogeer
:3
I like chocolate!!!
that is great to know, thanks for keeping me informed
omg looks so delicious very gud post
thanks, I am glad you liked it
Its my fevourit chocolate. thanks for sharing it is and your photo was aewsome. thats way i resteemed this post.. best of luck @gringalicious
thanks so much for the great commenting @zenifar
This comment has received a 0.06 % upvote from @speedvoter thanks to: @zenifar.
Look delicious I miss to taste it
thanks so much for commenting
my mouth is watering after seeing this foodphotography, I'm a big fan of chocolates 😍
thanks so much for taking the time to comment
really beautifull pictures keep up the good work .
check the post of one friend ;)
https://steemit.com/travel/@elly-fly/pamukkale-s-terraces (again beautiful pictures)
thanks so much for commenting
oo wow i think im in love
nice to know, thanks @janrotas
your welcome
Woah! Mint chocolate! It's my favorite!
well I am glad I was here to provide a favorite, thanks for commenting @jacksongroves
wow nice post
i like to eating chocolate
thanks for sharing it
i am wating your next blog..
upvote and resteem done
That's very sweet @alestercook, thanks!
looks very tasty and delicious food ..greetings and have a nice weekend,extraordinary photography.
thanks, you have a great weekend as well
You are welcome my friend, I have a new post, do not forget to visit ya, let me add the spirit in steemit.
WaOo again with new spicy food wonderful lady
Thanks @farhan12 !
At first I fell in love with photos and then when I made it to recipe i realized that I could actualy eat those since I could make these without wheat. Thank you :)
did it turn out well for you?
♥ looks delicious
thanks and welcome to Steem
wow! looking nice & eating so tested. keep it up..upvote
Woow so nice mall pieces of chocolate I can not see this before
it looks very sweat thanks for sharing
I appreciate it @travellingwomen!
Thanks hope you also visit my blog
God bless you
AJ picked your post @gringalicious for his #TOP5 FOOD POST. Visit AJ's FOOD ROUNDUP to view where your post is ranked.
Put chocolate on anything and that's my favorite then ;)
Omg, you just described my life @tasauver! Haha ;)
Haha I am serious tho ;)
I really like your thinking and the way you see things...
it's a beautiful photo and a good lesson to learn
Thanks @healthymind !
Woowww! Too cute to eat that 😁😊
Thanks @gwenbyyy
i love to eat chocolate.
thats chocolate is yammmi☺i hope thanks for sharing
You're so welcome @sanjida007!
Hey @gringalicious.
I know it can be hard when a family member gets admitted, but Its not really as long as you can eat food like this one ;)
Also, I wanted to ask if you're using natural light for your images?
Yes, I always use natural light. Thanks @backpackingmonk!
as always, beautiful food photography!
As always, I appreciate the support @noboxes!
You do the best my cute friend,,,
The best thing make all the people happy,,,
Your family must proud of you,,, they have the best people,,, i hope someday i can have a people like you,,, :)
Btw,, i want to try this recipe,,, but, the ingredient its not so complete in my country,,, so, i just enjoy in your post today,,, thanks for sahring this,,, succes always for you and yours family,,, :)
Very good @rezack! Thanks!
You are welcme,,, :)
these are so yummy and beautifully photographed!!
So glad you liked it @mamaloves!
You had me at mint. Love those things. Everything looks delicious here:) A great treat idea for St, Paddy's:)
Thanks @prydefoltz!
Great post... Cutie.. M new here hope u earn alot and have good frnds here
Thanks !
Np.. I just want good frnds here... I like to apreciate good content good luck @gringalicious
OMG i like your photos 😍
I'm so flattered @larasayu!
Not only in this post. I like the way you shoot 'em 😀✌️
I have resteem your post
Delicious food is very good friend served in while relaxing, thank you for sharing the recipe ..
Thanks @rafka90
you are welcome, friend
Wow looks delicious, will definitely give this a try for St. Pattys day. Thanks for sharing @journeyfreedom
I'm so glad you liked it @journeyfreedom!
this is something i haven't seen it looks unique and delicious to me wow thanks for sharing it dear :D
Oh, you're very welcome @blazing!
I have never seen anything like what you are presenting here but I am so interested in trying it. I am Thai and as I ma sure you know, our food is very different than this and we do not have many things in the color green except vegetables but as I said earlier I want to give it a try. Is this your own recipe?
Yes, it's my recipe. I love Thai food more than most. Thanks @thaicryptokitty
I am following and will look for other recipes you post. thanks. And glad to hear you love Thai food. I am going to have some right now! Chat soon.
You got a 2.98% upvote from @buildawhale courtesy of @fullofhope!
If you believe this post is spam or abuse, please report it to our Discord #abuse channel.
If you want to support our Curation Digest or our Spam & Abuse prevention efforts, please vote @themarkymark as witness.
they match your gringalicious logo almost perfectly! haha and look delicious... you have such great presentation on your blogs...any plans for dtube in the future?
Yes, I'd love to start doing video. Thanks @alphasteem!
You should. You'll be a star ;-)
You got a 1.68% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @fullofhope!
Want to promote your posts too? Check out the Steem Bot Tracker website for more info. If you would like to support the development of @postpromoter and the bot tracker please vote for @yabapmatt for witness!
your postinagan nice .. i love to eat chocolate layer cookies.
thanks
it was definitely a very tasty recipe which was handy
thanks so much for commenting
support me
Wowww! Looks so Y U M...Y U M... So D E L I C I O U S... :)
You are so Awesome! :)
well, you're awesome for commenting on my post, thanks @amitsharma
I am way into this, I can't wait to try it
so awesome to hear from you @freerunner. I hear that you are under the weather, I hope you get well sooon
Muddy Buddies were my thing before kids! I love the delicate Crunch! And the balance of sweetness and salt. We'll, salt because I added pretzels, but anyway, all of that is a no-no in my house now anyways, but always fun to reminisce about food! Yum!
I bought some ingredients today for some possibilities, stay tuned
Cool! Can't wait to hear more! Let me know if you have any questions. Some of that stuff can be finicky to work with. 😊
Well I really like chocolate. your information makes me think of something that I can not forget. I will wait for your blog that is curious for me to read it
thanks so much for commenting
Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.
fantastic commenting @shahran7, so sorry it took me 4 days to respond
Tasty and very tantalizing, this is a suitable meal on a weekend holiday.
well, what do you know, its the weekend, so take a go at it @amil92. Thanks for commenting