Cute + Yummy Easter Muddy Buddies
These are a quick and easy snack perfect for celebrating the spring season. Easter muddy buddies take just 15 minutes to make and are great for a last-minute party or a fun activity with the kids.
I love frosted animal cookies and I bet you do too. This is why I recommend buying extras, eating them on the way home from the store, and then using the rest to make this recipe. By the way, this is a super versatile base recipe. You can easily mix it up for any holiday. But those pretty pastel cookies are just right for spring.
Ingredients and Tools You’ll Need
Of course, this is a super simple recipe and any substitutions you’d like to make for the mix-ins are totally fine. Customize it to your taste.
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- 9 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter (Sunflower seed butter can be a good alternative for those with nut allergies)
- ¼ cup butter
- 1¾ cups powdered sugar
- 2 cups Easter M&Ms or mini Cadbury Eggs
- 2 cups frosted animal crackers
- A 2-gallon zip-top bag gives you plenty of room to shake everything without making a mess.
How to Make Easter Muddy Buddies
Measure. Grab a really big bowl and pour in your cereal. Just set it aside for now.
Make coating. In a microwave-safe bowl, toss in your chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter. Microwave for about 90 seconds, but stop halfway to give it a good stir.
Don’t overheat the chocolate mixture. Melt it slowly, stirring halfway through, and stop when it’s just melted. Once it’s all melty and smooth, pour it all over your cereal and mix it up until every piece is coated.
Add sugar. Take a super big plastic bag (you’ll want at least a 2-gallon size here) and add your powdered sugar. Dump in all that chocolate-coated cereal and shake, shake, shake until everything is covered.
Spread it out on some waxed paper to cool down.
Combine. Now for the fun part! Toss in those animal crackers and candy pieces with your coated cereal and give it another good shake. Wait until the coated cereal has completely cooled before adding the M&Ms and animal crackers to prevent color bleeding and soggy crackers. Work in batches if needed. If you don’t have a massive bowl, coat half the cereal at a time. You’ll get more even results than if you try to cram it all in a too-small bowl.
Serve it up in a nice clean bowl or just eat it straight from the bag.
What to Serve with Easter Muddy Buddies
Serve in paper cups at the kids’ table with these Easter dinner recipes or in small bags in Easter baskets.
- Make a spring dessert table and add coconut lemon cupcakes for the adults
- Everyone loves Prosecco sangria at springtime parties (except you know, don’t give it to the kids!)
- So instead, make them homemade lemonade and put it in mason jars with paper straws
Make It Your Own
There are so many simple ways to make this treat your own.
- S’mores: Use Golden Grahams cereal as your base, then add mini marshmallows and chocolate chunks
- Valentine’s Day Muddy Buddies: lots of pink, red and white
- Cookies & Cream: Mix in crushed Oreos and white chocolate chips
- Coconut: Add toasted coconut flakes and white chocolate chips
- Sweet & Salty: Toss in some broken pretzels, a handful of popcorn, and a light sprinkle of sea salt
Printable Recipe
Easter Muddy Buddies
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- large plastic bag
Ingredients
- 9 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup butter
- 1¾ cups powdered sugar
- 2 cups Easter M&Ms or mini Cadbury Eggs
- 2 cups frosted animal crackers
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Instructions
- Measure. Measure cereal into a very large bowl and set it aside.
- Make coating. In a microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter for 90 seconds, stirring halfway through. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring well until evenly coated.
- Add sugar. Measure powdered sugar into a very large (2 gallon or larger) plastic bag, add coated cereal, and shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool.
- Combine. Add animal crackers and candy to coated cereal and shake again. Serve in a clean bowl or directly out of the bag.
Notes
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By Katie Shaw
Katie shares simple, reliable recipes from her home in Virginia, where she lives with her husband, three daughters, a chocolate lab, and over thirty chickens.