Monday, October 20, 2008

Monkey Munch

My daughter (and son) love this stuff!! She requested we make it this weekend, and since it was her birthday weekend, I said of course!! We saw this on Jon and Kate plus 8 (seriously, my kids LOVE that show!), and it is YUM!

Monkey Munch
9 cups Chex cereal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 c peanut butter
1/4 c butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c powdered sugar (I needed to use more like 2 cups)

Measure the cereal in a large bowl.
Place the chocolate, peanut butter, and butter in a microwavable bowl and cook uncovered on high for 1 minute. Stir, and cook for 30 more seconds. Stir until smooth. Add vanilla. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cereal and stir until well coated.Pour chocolate coated cereal into a 2 gallon ziploc bag.Add powdered sugar: start with 1 1/2 cups, but I needed more. Shake well until coated.Spread monkey munch onto wax paper and let cool. Store in an airtight container.

6 comments:

Melissa said...

Hi Kristen! I stumbled across your blog and I love it! I especially love all your pictures. I'm also a big fan of Jon and Kate plus 8, and I've been wanting to make Monkey Munch since they talked about it on the show. I can't wait!

Kristen Ballard said...

Glad you found me, Melissa! It IS a great show, let me know if you enjoy the snack as much as we have!

jennifer said...

We love love love this stuff!!

Have you seen my post about my pampered chef stoneware? Any suggestions?

Ashley N said...

I love this stuff! My friends and I argue over the name though. I call it Muddy Buddies and they call it Puppy Chow. Now there's a third name :)

Anonymous said...

Hi, Kristen, I can eat my weight in this stuff. And I call it Puppy Chow! No matter what anyone calls it, it's good.

I'm glad to see your cooking blog. It puts a smile on my face to see you young girls cooking! :)

Sonya said...

This looks sooo yummie! Now if I could just find Chex here in the netherlands! lol