The Little Brown House

Muddy Buddy's – Gluten Free Snack!

Yep, once again I am sharing a recipe that is not really light on calories..

Remember back when I said I would be sharing more Weight Watchers recipes

because I was going to be trying to eat healthier?

WW Friendly Minestrone

Umm, well that wasn’t me. Yep, that’s right, it was my evil twin…

No, even better, it was actually a dream you had.. in fact you may still be dreaming..

Yes, I just got back from seeing the movie Inception.. which is an amazing movie!!

And no, I did not consume a bucket of Junior Mints, and I resent the implication.

Now stop distracting me so I can get back to the recipe.. geez…

This -  is not a Muddy Buddy.. This is my beautiful granddaughter

Kelsi Lou Who.

No, that is not her real middle name – but we have all called her that from birth.

Anyway, it has come to her parents attention that she may have an allergy to gluten.

So they have taken all gluten out of her diet to see if it makes a difference.

She is understandably not thrilled with this, as it means she doesn’t get to eat

some of the fun things everyone else is eating.

Last week when the family was coming over for a BBQ I decided to make

something special for her that was gluten free – I found these Muddy Buddy’s at

Pioneer Womans’s recipe site, the Tasty Kitchen, and decided to try them.

Here are the ingredients – be sure you get gluten free cereal.

Start by putting 9 cups of Rice Chex into a large mixing bowl

Then, put 1 cup chocolate chips in a microwave safe mixing bowl.

Add to chips

1/2 cups peanut butter ( I used chunky)

and 1/4 cups butter

Microwave on high 1 minute, then take out and stir.

Put back in microwave for another 30 seconds, then mix well and add 2 Tbls. vanilla

Now comes the fun part -

Pour the chocolate mixture into the cereal

Then begin stirring it together.

Then just throw caution to the wind and dive right in with your hands to mix it thoroughly!!

I would definitely wash them first though..but that’s just me…

Now you need some gallon size zip lock bags.

Put about 1/2 of the mixture into one of the bags.

Add 3/4 cups powdered sugar to the bag, and shake to coat the cereal.

Repeat this until all the cereal is coated, I used a new bag for each batch.

Then spread it all out onto waxed paper to dry.

Oh yeah – it looks yummy huh! Well, it is! I put another piece of wax

paper over the top and left it out all night. It was all dry by morning.

I set out a little crock filled with Muddy Buddy’s to have that evening for the BBQ -

for some reason I had to keep re-filling it…

They went over well with everyone – all of the kids loved them and didn’t even

know they were missing gluten.. of course they don’t even know what that is anyway!

The important thing is K-Lou loved it -

In fact, it almost seemed in some strange way to bring her peace……

Well, that’s my story..And the recipe

Thanks for coming by, and for being my Blogging Buddy’s!

You know Pioneer Woman loves her readers more than her luggage..

I will go a step further for you -

I love you more than my chocolate……

Now that, dear buddy’s, is true love..

Muddy Buddy’s

Ingredients

• 9 cups Corn Rice Wheat Chex Cereal
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips
• ½ cups Peanut Butter
• ¼ cups Butter
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla
• 1-½ cup Powdered Sugar

Preparation Instructions

Place cereal in a large bowl and set aside. In a medium microwavable bowl, add chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave on high for 1 minute and stir. Microwave for 30 seconds longer and stir mixture until smooth. Stir in vanilla.

Pour sauce over cereal and stir until evenly coated. Spoon half of the mixture in each 1-gallon re-sealable Ziploc bag. Add 3/4 cup powdered sugar to each bag, and seal. Shake the bag until everything is coated. Spread on waxed/parchment paper to cool. Store in airtight containers in refrigerator

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