Nutella Muddy Buddies
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Nutella Muddy Buddies are the perfect gluten free sweet treat! They’re made with only 6 ingredients in 10 minutes, making this recipe so easy to toss together anytime for a party or snack!
Now the real question is, did you call them muddy buddies or puppy chow as a kid?
I called them muddy buddies, but no matter what you called them, I know I’m not the only one who was totally obsessed with this delicious sweet snack as a kid! It was always a favorite at school holiday parties, birthday parties and just a delicious dessert to have around the house!
As an adult I’ve become totally obsessed with Nutella recipes, from Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups and Nutella Rice Krispie Treats, to Nutella Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls and Nutella Brookies. I love the delicious hazelnut spread, so of course I had to add it to this classic recipe for muddy buddies!
How do you make muddy buddies?
To make this recipe, simply melt the chocolate and butter together, then mix in the Nutella and vanilla extract. Pour it over rice chex cereal, then toss with powdered sugar.
How do you melt Nutella?
You don’t! On the package of Nutella, it specifically says not to melt Nutella. I made that mistake the first time I made these and unfortunately it makes for a clumpy chocolate hazelnut sauce, which makes it hard to coat the rice chex cereal evenly.
Over the years, I’ve perfected these Nutella Muddy Buddies and found that if you simply mix the nutella into the butter and chocolate after they’re melted in the microwave, you get a much smoother nutella chocolate sauce to coat your rice chex cereal.
Even distribution is key here people, we don’t want half of the chex cereal hogging all of the chocolate nutella goodness! 😉
How many calories are in muddy buddies?
This recipe contains 418 calories per cup and makes 9 cups.
More Nutella recipes to try:
- Chewy Nutella Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Creamy Nutella Hummus
- Easy Nutella Cheesecake Bites
- Decadent Nutella Chocolate Gluten Free Skillet Brownie
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Nutella Muddy Buddies
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup nutella hazelnut spread
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 9 cups rice chex cereal
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Add the chocolate chips and butter to a medium mixing bowl. Place in the microwave for 2 minutes.
- Remove from the microwave, stir, then microwave for an additional minute.
- Remove from the microwave and stir in the nutella and vanilla extract.
- Add the rice chex cereal to a large bowl and pour the chocolate nutella mixture on top. Toss to coat.
- Add the powdered sugar to the bowl and toss together until the rice chex cereal is fully covered.
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22 Comments on “Nutella Muddy Buddies”
Hi there! Just made this for the first time with the nutella and just wanted to give a little hint that might be helpful. I did as instructed by melting only the chocolate chips and the butter, and then adding the nutella afterwards, but it still stiffened up. So I threw a couple tablespoons of coconut oil into the mix and it immediately returned to its former liquidy glory. Hope this helps!
Hi Bridgette, thanks for the great tip! I’ll have to try this out next time I make them!
You had me at Nutella! My kids LOVE this!
Wow this looks incredible, kids are going to love it!
This looks so so good!! Thanks for this!
Ummm yum!!
Excited to try these with Nutella!
WOW…my grandkids would love this as a treat on our picnics this summer. Easy to make, and I know they will find it delicious.
Such a genius idea to use Nutella! This is a favorite recipe around my house!
Just came across this page looking for an idea for Nutella muddy buddies. I’d like to point out that on the jar of Nutella it says not to heat it. I mistakenly did this and it takes away the smoothness and makes it clumpy (hence the cereal not getting coated like in the picture). I’d like to suggest melting the chocolate first and then adding the nutella to it. Yummy stuff.
I would like to second this suggestion. I just followed the instructions to microwave the nutella, chocolate, and vanilla extract. The contents of the bowl is now a hard, chocolate-nutella ball. Fortunately, I have more ingredients to make another batch, but I don’t think there’s anyway to salvage the original round of ingredients.
These look cutre, but, alas, nutella has gluten in it.
Hi Heather, thanks for your comment! According to Nutella’s website the product does not contain any gluten. Do you know what gluten product it contains?
Yay! I had heard that nutella has gluten and the store brand nutella I have does have gluten in it (wheat, specifically). I was bummed when I thought I had to give up nutella. 🙂 Thanks. I’ll have to check it out.
Haha Yay! My brother has celiac’s and I talked to him this morning, he said he has eaten it and was fine, so you should be good to go!
I’ve always wondered what kind of a fortune I could make if I could mass-produce these and put them in supermarkets…it’s such a delicious treat and so addictive.
Chex actually makes bags of Muddy Buddies now and sells them at the Supermarket!! It’s not quite the same as homemade, but if you need a quick fix, they do now exist 😉
Darn, there goes my one brilliant money-making scheme…
Hahaha sorry! Maybe we could package my Nutella Buddies together and sell them 🙂
We have a deal, Ms. Bond.
yumm! I’ve never had muddy buddies before – but they look like a must try!!
these look so nourish 🙂
They are a definite must try! But I warn you, they are totally addictive!!