Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies Recipe

Vegan Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies recipe is a perfectly healthy twist on an all-time favorite snack. An easy recipe to pull together with zero guilt! {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan}

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Have you ever heard of Amy from Amy’s Healthy Baking? Well, in case you haven’t (unlikely), to put it simply, she is an amazing person. I had the absolute pleasure to meet her last year at the first Pinch of Yum Photography Workshop.

You know those people who you immediately connect with? Well, that’s Amy. She’s a fellow nerd, Type A personality understand-er, and one of the most positive individuals on all fronts. We also have full-fledged rambling Snapchat conversations on a daily basis.

She’s my kind of person.

Who would’ve thunk I’d find a real, genuine friend at a workshop? So crazy.

I feel very fortunate to be able to call her my friend. Not only is she an amazing person, she is an extremely talented photographer and entrepreneur.

This delicious Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies recipe is from her Healthier Chocolate Treats Cookbook.

And let me tell you, there are so many delicious recipes in this cookbook, now available in digital format as well!

So let’s talk about this muddy buddy recipe. One word: Epic.

First we need a big ol’ bowl of rice pocket cereal.

Then we pour this phenomenal chocolate sauce onto the cereal. Made with almond milk, corn starch and chocolate, this sauce thickens to a thin chocolate pudding. It’s like magic. Delicious magic.

I was raised with puppy chow and last year I made a healthier low-sugar version of puppy chow. Puppy chow involves peanut butter though, which leaves out the people with peanut allergies!

This Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies recipe is something amazing that everyone can enjoy!

(The dark chocolate and cinnamon combination is also spot on.)

The best part of muddy buddies are the clusters!!

Those massive, delicious chunks of chocolate, powdered sugar, and rice pockets is what I live for. It’s the perfect chocolate to cereal ratio.

As a kid, we would fight over these delicious clusters. Down to the last crumb at the bottom of the bag.

It was and still is my go-to summer road trip snack.

I’ll just let you bask in that Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddy clusters beauty for a second.

Many of her recipes have gluten-free substitutions. There is a designated substitutions index for each recipe in the back of the book to convert many of the recipes to gluten-free and/or dairy-free.

Amy thought of everything with this book. No surprise there, though. Type A personalities unite!

Now, let’s go enjoy these Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies.

They will not disappoint and will be friendly on our waistlines. #Success

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Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies Recipe

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Gluten-free, dairy free, vegan

American

Vegan Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Muddy Buddies recipe is a perfectly healthy twist on an all-time favorite snack. An easy recipe to pull together with zero guilt! {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan}

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Yield: 10

Prep Time:15 min

Cook Time:45 min

Total Time:60 min

Ingredients:

• 6 cups rice pocket cereal
• 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips, melted
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and lightly coat a 9"x13" baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. Add cereal to a large bowl.
• 3. In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and 2 Tablespoons of almond milk until a slurry forms. Add the remaining milk to a small pot, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until it begins to simmer. Reduce the heat to low.
• 4. While stirring constantly, slowly pour in the cornstarch slurry in a thin stream. Continue to stir for 1 more minute or until the mixture begins to thicken.
• 5. Remove the pot from the heat, and add the melted dark chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is mostly incorporated. Return the pot to the burner over low heat, and continue stirring for another 2 minutes or until it reaches the consistency of thin pudding.
• 6. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cereal, and gently toss with a spatula until the cereal is coated. Transfer the cereal to the prepared pan, and baked at 350 F for a total of 45-50 minutes, stirring after the first 15 minutes.
• 7. After 30 minutes of baking have elapsed, let the cereal cool for 3 minutes before breaking apart any clumps. Continue baking for another 15-20 minutes, or until the cereal is crunchy.
• 8. While the cereal mixture bakes, add the powdered sugar and cinnamon to large zip-topped bag. After the cereal has finished baking and has cooled for 5 minutes, pour it into the bag with the powdered sugar.
• 9. Seal the top, and shake until all of the cereal is coated.
• 10. Leave the top of the bag open while the cereal cools.

Author: Linnie

Recipe, images, and text © Veggie Balance

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