Muddy Buddy Pine Cones Recipe By Tasty Food

MUDDY BUDDIES

Steps:

• Measure cereal into a large bowl. Set aside. Divide powdered sugar between two ziplock bags, adding 1 cup to each bag.* Set aside.
• In a saucepan add chocolate chips, butter, and peanut butter (and salt, if using unsalted butter) and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until melted and smooth. (Don't over-heat it--just warm it until melted and smooth.)
• Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
• Pour over the prepared cereal in the bowl and stir to coat evenly. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
• Divide coated cereal between the two ziplock bags with powdered sugar, seal the bag and shake to coat the cereal.
• Muddy buddies will stay fresh for up to 1 week stored in an air-tight container at room temperature or can be frozen for up to 2 months.

CHOCOLATE "MUDDY BUDDY" SNOWY PINECONES

Steps:

• Measure cereal into a large bowl; set aside.
• In microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on High about 1 minute; stir. Add a 10-30 seconds as needed until mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar over cereal and toss gently with large spoon or hands until evenly coated.
• Mix peanut butter, Nutella, coconut oil, and powdered sugar in a bowl. I found it easiest to knead with my hands at the end. Add additional powdered sugar if needed to make a firm dough.
• Separate dough into 6 equal parts. I found it helpful to chill the base sections you aren't using in refrigerator while you're working on the other pinecones.
• Form each of the sections of pinecone base into cones with the large part on the bottom. Stick a pretzel stick through the top for a little stability. Sprinkle work area generously with powdered sugar so the pinecone won't stick when you try to move it.
• Beginning at the bottom of the cone, stick cereal (muddy buddy) pieces around the base. Work up the pinecone, sticking cereal pieces into the base, angled so that the cereal points upwards. Keep working upwards and around until you've covered the entire "pinecone" with cereal. I angled my cereal pieces more as I got closer to the top.
• Dust each pinecone with powdered sugar. To eat: remove the cereal pieces from the base (and be sure to grab a little bit of that Nutella and peanut butter dough in each bite!).

RICE KRISPY CONES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, add butter and marshmallow. Microwave for 2 minutes. Stir at 1 minute.
• Add the cereal and stir until the marshmallow evenly coats the cereal.
• Using a ice cream scoop, form treats into balls.
• Take a wafer cone and dip it in melted chocolate and then immediately sprinkle anything you desire.
• Place the rice krispy balls into the cone.
• Enjoy!

MUDDY BUDDY PINE CONES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Make the muddy buddy cereal: In a medium glass bowl, microwave the chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter for 1 minute. Whisk well, then microwave for about 30 seconds longer, or until the mixture is smooth. Stir in the vanilla.
• Add the cereal to a large bowl and pour the melted chocolate over. Stir until evenly coated. Transfer the cereal to a 2-gallon resealable bag, along with the powdered sugar. Seal the bag, then shake until the cereal is well coated.
• Spread the cereal on wax paper and let cool completely, then transfer to an airtight container until ready to use. The muddy buddies will keep for up to 1 month.
• Make the pinecones: In a medium bowl, mix together the peanut butter, chocolate-hazelnut spread, butter, and powdered sugar until smooth and moldable.
• Working 1 at a time, take a pretzel rod half and mold some of the peanut butter mixture around it, forming a cone shape. Insert pieces of the muddy buddy cereal into the cone, starting from the bottom and working up and around the rod to make the pinecone shape. Break the cereal into smaller pieces as you near the top.
• Dust the pine cones with more powdered sugar.
• Enjoy!

SNOWY PINE CONES

Steps:

• Pulse 1 cup grahams in a food processor until fine crumbs form. In a large bowl, beat butter, Nutella, cookie spread and 3 cups confectioners' sugar until smooth; stir in crumbs., Mold 1/4 cup dough around a pretzel rod in a cone shape to within 1 in. of top; place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Starting at the bottom, insert tail ends of Goldfish grahams, flat side up, into dough to resemble a pine cone, trimming tails of fish as needed near the top. Using kitchen scissors, cut off tip of pretzel; place a small amount of dough on top of pretzel. Repeat with remaining dough and pretzels., Dust pine cones with remaining confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

CHEX® MUDDY BUDDIES®

Steps:

• Into large bowl, measure cereal; set aside.
• In 1-quart microwaveable bowl, microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on High 1 minute; stir. Microwave about 30 seconds longer or until mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Pour into 2-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag.
• Add powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

MUDDY BUDDIES I

Steps:

• Measure out the Crispix cereal in a very large bowl (one in which you can toss the cereal to evenly coat with the chocolate/peanut butter mixture).
• Melt the chocolate chips in either a double boiler or the microwave.
• Add the peanut butter; stir well.
• Pour the chocolate/peanut butter mixture over the Crispix cereal.
• Toss the cereal with the chocolate/peanut butter mixture until the cereal is evenly coated.
• Using a gallon size freezer bag, put about 1/3 of the box of confectioners sugar in the bottom.
• Add half the cereal mixture and toss in the bag until evenly coated with confectioner's sugar.
• Add the remainder of the cereal and top with another 1/3 of the box of confectioners sugar.
• Toss until all the cereal is white in color (for the most part); add more confectioners sugar as needed.