Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies Recipe (2024)

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Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies combine the flavors of crushed Oreo cookies, Chex cereal, white chocolate, milk chocolate all dusted in powdered sugar for a chocolaty people puppy chow snack mix.

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Allergy-friendly, peanut-free snack mix perfect for giving as ahomemade food gift.
Cookies and cream flavors with the crunch of chex cereal is addictively delicious.
A delicious holiday snack mix to have when friends and family comes over.

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Rice Cereal squares– Rice Chex, corn Chex or Crispix cereal. Or any combination of the three.
Oreos - regular oreos are good. No need to get the double stuff ones. save the double stuff Oreos for oreo truffles.
White Chocolate Chips -
Chocolate Chips - Milk chocolate or white chocolate chips
Powdered Sugar - learn about the different types of sugars used in baking in my baking definitions post.

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Divide Chex cereal into two large bowls (2 ½ cups in each).
Place 1 cup powdered icing sugar in a gallon-sized ziptopbag and set aside.
Scrape Oreo filling out of cookies and save for later in the recipe.
Pulse Oreo cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs remain.
Dump the Oreo crumbs in a second gallon-sized bag and add ½ cup powdered sugar. Seal and shake to combine.
Melt the white chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and melt for 25 seconds. Stir and reheat as needed. Add Oreo filling from step 3 to the melted white chocolate and stir until completely combined.
Pour white chocolate mixture over the first bowl of the Chex cereal and stir to coat.
Scoop the Chex cerealinto the bag with the (plain) powdered icing sugar, then seal and shake to coat the cereal completely with the powdered sugar.
Heat the chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and melt for 25 seconds. Stir and reheat as needed.
Pour melted chocolate chips over the second bowl of Chex cerealand stir to coat.
Scoop the Chex cerealinto the bag with the Oreo crumb and powdered sugar mixture, then seal and shake to coat the cereal completely.
Spread the two candy and powdered sugar-coated cereal mixtures onto a cookie sheet in a single layer and allow the chocolate to set completely for approximately 30 minutes.
Stir the two cereal mixtures together before storing or serving. Optionally, garnish with mini OREO cookies.

How do you store puppy chow?

I store my muddy buddies in either a gallon-sized zip-top bag or another air-tight container. It is important to keep humidity and moisture away from the snack mix. Moisture will dissolve the powdered sugar making the treat sticky.

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Muddy Buddies - Cookies and Cream

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Cookies and Cream Muddy Buddies combine the flavors of crushed Oreo cookies, Chex cereal, white chocolate, milk chocolate all dusted in powdered sugar for a chocolaty people puppy chow snack mix.

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Ingredients

▢ 5 cups Chex cereal
▢ 8 OREOs
▢ ¾ cups White Chocolate Chips
▢ ¾ cups Chocolate Chips
▢ 1 ½ cup Powdered Sugar

Instructions

Divide Chex cereal into two large bowls (2 ½ cups in each).
5 cups Chex cereal
Place 1 cup powdered icing sugar in a gallon-sized ziptopbag and set aside.
1 ½ cup Powdered Sugar
Scrape Oreo filling out of cookies and save for later in the recipe.
8 OREOs
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Pulse Oreo cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs remain.
Dump the Oreo crumbs in a second gallon-sized bag and add ½ cup powdered sugar. Seal and shake to combine.
8 OREOs, 1 ½ cup Powdered Sugar
Melt the white chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and melt for 25 seconds. Stir and reheat as needed. Add Oreo filling from step 3 to the melted white chocolate and stir until completely combined.
¾ cups White Chocolate Chips
Pour white chocolate mixture over the first bowl of the Chex cereal and stir to coat.
Scoop the Chex cerealinto the bag with the (plain) powdered icing sugar, then seal and shake to coat the cereal completely with the powdered icing sugar.
Heat the chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and melt for 25 seconds. Stir and reheat as needed.
¾ cups Chocolate Chips
Pour melted chocolate chips over the second bowl of Chex cerealand stir to coat.
Scoop the Chex cerealinto the bag with the Oreo crumb and powdered sugar mixture, then seal and shake to coat the cereal completely.
Spread the two candy and powdered sugar-coated cereal mixtures onto a cookie sheet in a single layer and allow the chocolate to set completely for approximately 30 minutes.
Stir the two cereal mixtures together before storing or serving. Optionally, garnish with mini OREO cookies.

Notes

How do you store puppy chow?

I store my muddy buddies in either a gallon-sized zip top bag or another air-tight container. It is important to keep humidity and moisture away from the snack mix. Moisture will dissolve the powdered sugar making the treat sticky.

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