Valentine’s Day will probably come and go without a lot of fanfare at our house. Later this year, Greg and I will celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary. We have certainly seen many changes throughout those years. No matter what, we have rarely celebrated Valentine’s Day, though. When we were young married, we could barely afford a card. Then when the kids were small, it was mostly about them. Now, greeting cards are so expensive that we skip cards altogether.
I do enjoy making treats, though, and I love a snack mix, sweet or savory. When I saw the recipe for these Strawberry Muddy Buddies, I knew I had to make them, and what better time than Valentine’s Day?
I made these last week for the youth group at church, and everyone seemed to love them. If you are like me and have a box or two of Chex cereal left from Christmas, this is a great time to use it.
Strawberry Muddy Buddies
Ingredients
- 7 cups Rice Chex cereal divided
- 1 cup strawberry cake mix divided
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar divided
- 12 ounces Ghirardelli White Vanilla Flavored Melting Wafers
- 2-3 drops red food coloring
- 1 cup Valentine mix M&M's
- 1 cup Goldfish Grahams Vanilla Cupcake
Instructions
- Divide cake mix and powdered sugar between two, gallon-sized zip top bags, set aside.
- Divide the Chex cereal between 2 large bowls, set aside.
- Place half of the melting wafers in a a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 50% power for 1 minutes. Stir and continue heating at 50% power in 30 second intervals until completely melted and smooth.
- Pour melted chocolate in one bowl of cereal and toss to coat well. Pour the chocolate coated cereal into one of the bags. Seal the bag and shake until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Melt the remaining melting wafers and when melted and smooth stir in 2-3 drops of red food coloring. Pour chocolate over the cereal and toss to coat well. Pour into the other bag. Seal and shake to coat cereal evenly.
- Combine the contents of the two bags in a large bowl. Toss in the M&M's and Goldfish.
- Enjoy!
