Nutella Muddy Buddies

I know I have been slacker lately and haven't posted, doesn't mean I haven't been baking and making yummy treats though!  I think everyone out there as has Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow or any other name you call the treat that has you coating Chex cereal with chocolate and then tossing it in a bag of powdered sugar.  They are a treat from years ago but I still love them now and who can honestly resist these!  For anyone that loves Nutella, and everyone really should, this is a no-brainer!  Still simple, still amazing, still irresistible. 

You will want to make sure you have a very large bowl and might as well be sporting an apron cause the powdered sugar has a tendency to get everywhere!  I use a whole box of Chex cereal, about 12 cups.  Go ahead and put that in your bowl and then start melting your chocolate and butter.

I wait until the chocolate is all melted before adding the Nutella and then melting it a bit more.  From what I have gathered from making this more than once, Nutella doesn't get all melty and smooth like chocolate does, it almost causes the melted chocolate to seize up a bit, so be prepared to move fast!  Get the chocolate mixture poured over the cereal and get it stirred up so as to get everything coated. 

Once it is all coated, time for the tossing.  I put about a cup of powdered sugar in my gallon ziploc, then put in about half of the cereal mixture and add another cup or so of powdered sugar.  Start tossing it around and add more sugar as needed.

Once that bag full is done, put that into a bowl or container and do the rest.  Now the goal would be to get these to whatever event, party or get together these were designed for and not to just sit and eat all of them!  They are addicting!

Looking at this picture makes me think I can eat just that one little one and be done....but no, the power of these will pull you in!

Nutella Muddy Buddies

12 C. Chex cereal
1 1/4 C. chocolate chips (or melting chocolates)
1/2 C. Nutella
1/4 C. Butter
2 C. Powdered sugar (more as needed)

1. Place cereal in large bowl and set aside.
2. Put chocolate and butter in microwave safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.  Stir and continue to cook at 30 second intervals until chocolate is melted and smooth.
3. Stir in Nutella and microwave for 30 more seconds.  The mixture will be thickened so if need be, put back in microwave for 20 seconds more, just make sure it doesn't overcook. 
4. Pour mixture over the cereal and turn to coat completely. Once coated and there are no longer little pockets of either the chocolate mixture or cereal that doesn't have any chocolate coating spoon into a gallon ziploc bag with powdered sugar.  Toss around until all pieces are coated in the sugar.
5. Keep in an airtight container.