Snickerdoodle Muddy Buddies happened almost by accident. It was a combination of a sale and family visiting. We had family coming to visit. They have small kids, so I wanted to provide a variety of breakfast options. Among the three cereals (I also provided oatmeal, eggs, bacon, and juice…I have a tendency to overdo things), I wanted a kid-friendly option. So I grabbed Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Which was a hit!
But since it was on sale (buy 1, get one free), I decided to grab the second box. Leaving me with a bunch of leftover Cinnamon Toast Crunch. What to do? Well, what I always do. Turn to my favorite quick and easy dessert/snack: muddy buddies! And Snickerdoodle Muddy Buddies were born.
If you’re like me and love muddy buddies, check out the entire page dedicated to it: Puppy Chow (& Bark). If you’re wondering about the bark…two reasons. 1) It’s also quick and easy. 2) Puppies bark. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. (haha).
Snickerdoodle Muddy Buddies
Ingredients
- 20 oz. white chocolate broken into chunks
- 1 Tbsp. shortening
- 10 C. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
- 2 C. powdered sugar divided
- 1/2 C. granulated white sugar divided
- 1 & 1/2 tsp. cinnamon divided
Instructions
- Mise en place. Pour cereal into a very large bowl. Put half of powdered sugar, half of granulated sugar, and half of cinnamon into a gallon Ziploc bag. Seal and toss to mix. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, break up white chocolate. Add shortening. Heat for 30 seconds at 50% power in the microwave. Stir (even if nothing melted). Continue heating at 30 second intervals (50% power), stirring between each heating cycle, until chocolate is melted.
- Pour melted chocolate over cereal. Stir carefully, coating all the cereal.
- Add half of the chocolate-coated cereal to the prepared Ziploc bag. Toss to coat everything, breaking up any chunks. After everything is mixed, spread out to dry.
- Add remaining half of powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon to Ziploc bag. Add remaining half of chocolate-coated cereal. Toss to coat everything, breaking up any chunks. After everything is mixed, spread out to dry.
- Serve.
If you were to package this up for a bake sale or for gifts, how many “servings” would you say this makes
It will make about 10 cups…the cereal is the bulk of it. So, it’s going to depend on servings. I’ve been to cookie exchanges where some people do little 1/4 cups servings…and others where a full cup is more of a serving. So completely up to you!