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St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this tasty St. Patrick’s Day muddy buddies recipe! It’s perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

This post was originally published on February 14th, 2014. Republished with new photos.

Looking for a festive St. Patrick’s Day-themed treat to make with your kids? Why not try making muddy buddies! This recipe is simple to follow and produces a delicious snack that everyone will enjoy. Plus, it’s perfect for any occasion – not just St. Patrick’s Day!

Muddy Buddies are a classic, addictive treat and these St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies are no exception to the rule! Muddy buddies are also known as Puppy Chow.

There is just something so much fun about St. Patrick’s Day and this is a simple festive treat that everyone will love. It is a mix of White and Green Muddy Buddies, Lucky Charms and Green candy-coasted chocolate candies.  Can you think of a snack that says St. Paddy’s day more than this does?

Do you like to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a little bit of green food? If so, then you’ll love this recipe for muddy buddies! It’s an easy crowd-pleaser that will add some festive fun to your celebration.

What is it about Muddy Buddies anyway?  It’s got to be all that delicious chocolate and peanut butter!  I remember gorging on these as a kid whenever they were around, and I’ll let you in on a secret… not much has changed in that respect!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

What are Muddy Buddies (Puppy Chow)?

Muddy buddies are a snack mix made of chex cereal coated in a mixture of chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter, which is then covered in powered sugar.

It is also known as:

  • Monkey munch
  • Muddy munch
  • Reindeer chow
  • Monster munch

Why You Will Love this Muddy Buddy Recipe

  • Easy to make recipe.
  • Festive and cute for St. Paddy’s day!
  • Addictive sweet and salty snack!
  • Perfect party food!
  • Adaptable, you can make this recipe your own with different add-ins
  • Easy to make ahead and freezes well!
  • This recipe doubles well.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

Variations and Mix-in Ideas

I love this muddy buddies recipe as it is, but here are some more ideas for you:

  • Toss green sprinkles in the powdered sugar before coating the muddy buddies.
  • Change the flavouring by using different extracts.
  • Use green candy melts for half of the muddy buddies instead of using green food dye.
  • Use other candies. Green jelly beans are a delicious add-in.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

How to Store Muddy Buddies

Store these in an airtight container or large resealable bag at room temperature for up to two weeks.

Muddy Buddies are easy to make ahead of time, so feel free to put together a big batch and have it ready for when guests arrive.

They also freeze really well!  Just put them into individual baggies or containers, then pop into the freezer for up to 6 months. When you’re ready to enjoy them, take the frozen mixture out of the freezer and let it thaw for a bit at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Portion them into sandwich size baggies so you can easily pop one out whenever you want a treat!

Muddy Buddy Ingredients

About the Ingredients for St. Patrick’s Day Puppy Chow

Cereal – You want to use wheat, corn, or rice Chex cereal for this snack. I usually use rice Chex.

Chocolate chips – You can use candy melts instead of white chocolate chips, but using real chocolate tastes much better.

Peanut butter – Use your favourite smooth and creamy peanut butter. You can also substitute with any other nut or seed butter. You should avoid natural-style peanut butter though as it can be too oily.

Butter – Unsalted or salted butter works here.

Powdered sugar – Icing sugar or confectioners sugar.

Candy – We used peanut M&Ms, but you can swap in any kind of green candy coated chocolate candy.

Marshmallows – You can buy just the lucky charms marshmallows, or buy a box of lucky charms cereal and sort them out yourself. Also feel free to be more generous with the amount used.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

Looking for More St. Patrick’s Day Recipes?

Check out some of my favourite St. Patrick’s day ideas!

These savoury beef & stout hand pies are perfect for St. Patrick’s day. Filled with a rich beef & Guinness filling, they’re sure to satisfy!

These St. Patrick’s day meringue cookies are a gorgeous sweet treat that are sure to bring you good luck!

Rainbow sprinkle cupcakes are a cute and easy treat that are perfect for classroom St. Patrick’s Day parties. Kids are sure to love these bright and colourful cupcakes!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies

Yields: 5 Cups | Prep time: 15 Minutes | Cook time: 1 Minute | Cooling time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 4 1/2 cups Rice Chex® cereal
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup green candy-coated chocolate candies
  • 1/4 cup Lucky Charms Marshmallows

Directions:

Place cereal in a medium sized bowl and set aside.

Chocolate, peanut butter and butter melted together in a bowl.

In a small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on High for one minute and then stir until melted and smooth.

Pour peanut butter mixture over cereal and stir until evenly coated.

Half of the muddy buddies tossed in powdered sugar.

Place half of the cereal mixture in a seal-able food storage bag  and add the powdered sugar.

Shake the bag until well coated then spread the cereal out on a baking sheet and allow to cool for 15 minutes.

Muddy buddies looking off on a sheet pan.

Stir in green food colouring into the other half until you achieve an even bright green colour.  Spread the cereal out onto another baking sheet and allow to cool for 15 minutes.

Everything ready to combine togeher.

In serving bowl, mix both cereal mixtures along with the chocolate and marshmallows.

Store the muddy buddies in an airtight container.

St. Patrick's Day Muddy Buddies
Yield: 5 Cups

St. Patrick's Day Muddy Buddies

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute
Inactive Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 36 minutes

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 cups Rice Chex® cereal
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup green candy-coated chocolate candies
  • 1/4 cup Lucky Charms Marshmallows

Instructions

  1. Put cereal in a medium sized bowl.
  2. In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on High for one minute then stir until melted and smooth.
  3. Pour mixture over cereal and stir until evenly coated.
  4. Place 1/2 of the cereal mixture in a sealable food storage bag and add powdered sugar.
  5. Shake the bag until well coated then spread the cereal out on a baking sheet and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
  6. Stir in green food colouring into the other half until you achieve an even bright green colour. Spread the cereal out onto another baking sheet and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
  7. In serving bowl, mix both cereal mixtures along with the chocolate and marshmallows.
  8. Store in airtight container.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1 grams

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 195Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 164mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 3g

This information is provided as a courtesy and for entertainment purposes only. This information comes from online calculators. Although frugalmomeh.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this tasty St. Patrick's Day muddy buddies recipe! It's perfect for a party or a fun snack to enjoy at home.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Enjoy!

kathy downey

Sunday 13th of March 2016

Made a batch last night omg they are so delicious,i am sending them home with the grandkids today beofre i eat them all lo

kathy downey

Sunday 31st of January 2016

St. Patrick’s Day Muddy Buddies are delicious and its almost that time of year again

kathy downey

Thursday 16th of July 2015

We just made up a whole bunch of this for the kids to take camping

kathy downey

Wednesday 27th of May 2015

What a sweet tasty treat

kathy downey

Monday 16th of March 2015

This stuff is so good.actually its too good I cant stop eating it lol

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