This past weekend I hosted a cookie exchange/chex mix party with a few of my momma pals and we were sans children if you can believe it! Okay, well I had one child. Ellie hung out with us ladies as she is nursing and was needing a little boob that day. It was the perfect get together as we had good conversation, lots and lots of cookies, bars, and other yummy desserts to plate up and a few fun Chex cereals recipes for fun party finger food!!
One of the cereal recipes I made was for Chex Lemon Buddies, it’s sorta like Puppy Chow {or I guess they renamed it Muddy Buddies although my family always called it Puppy Chow} but instead of peanut butter and milk chocolate chips it has lemon juice and white chocolate chips. Honestly…it was so good! Sweet and refreshing kinda like a lemon bar but with a quarter of the work…me likey! One of my momma friends even thought this would be the perfect Teacher gift if you gifted it in a pretty container!!
Here is the recipe in case you want to make this for one of your holiday get-togethers!!
Chex Lemon Buddies
Recipe Type: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 9 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 1 1/4 cup white vanilla baking chips
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 4 tsp grated lemon peel
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Measure cereal into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- In a microwaveable bowl, microwave chips, butter, lemon peel and juice uncovered on high for 1 minute; stir.
- Microwave about 30 more seconds or until mixture can be stirred smooth.
- Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.
- Pour into a 2-gallon resealable food storage plastic bag.
- Add powdered sugar, seal bag and shake until all the cereal is well-coated.
This is all you need, seriously no lie!
It only takes 15 minutes to make…heaven for a momma!
Grate up your lemon first!! I only used about 1 teaspoon of grated lemon peel and it still tasted nice and lemon-y! I will freely admit that I am lazy when it comes to grating things. Even owning a micro-planer doesn’t make it fun for me, ahh well. And just so ya know, next time I’ll probably skip this step completely like I usually tend to do in recipes that call for lemon peel, orange peel, lime peel, you get the gist.
Then melt up your chips, butter, lemon peel and lemon juice.
Pour over your dry cereal and stir until well-coated…
Then add your cereal to a large ziploc bag with 2 cups of powdered sugar. Give it to your kids to shake while they sing Jingle Bells using all the wrong words…thank you husband!
I always put my Puppy Chow in the fridge so that is what I did with this too. I think it gives it the perfect chill. YUM!
Lookin’ Good!! Drooooool 🙂
And in other news, lookie who turned 5 months this weekend!!
Aack, she’ll be eating baby food in another month or so! We’ve even started to notice that she is eyeing all of our food when we eat…already! I’m so not looking forward to changing THOSE diapers, eeew!
I love this kid!
Happy Tuesday All!
Oh yum! What a refreshing change to puppy chow (we call it that too). Eloise is SO cute! and ha ha about those diapers. 🙂
I have to try this for the holidays! Thanks for posting. And what a cutie!
#1. WOW to Eloise’s eyes in that photo. Stunning!
#2. Another yummy chex recipe if you need one for next year:
http://funasyoumakeit.blogspot.com/2010/12/tasty-tradition-white-chocolate-chex.html
I featured your Christmas cookies today over at Sassy Sites! Come by and check it out! xoxo
http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2010/12/incredible-christmas-cookie-party.html
Well, I made this today and I can say it was a very bad idea to make it more than an hour before other people were coming over… I suspect there may still be a bite or two for my guests… maybe. Thanks for sharing!!! I didn’t have a lemon so I just used my lemon emulsant and it works great too. =)
This looks awesome. Thank you. I LOVE lemon so this is totally getting made very soon.
I just made these and they’re SO GOOD. There might not be enough to give away. ha.
This looks awesome! I’m featuring it on my blog!
Lemon Buddies are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!
Made it and it BARELY made it into the fridge.
My nurse coworkers who work the night shift (12 hours) are going to love this as our MIDNIGHT snack.
THANK YOU!!!!!
I’m new to your blog, and now I’m hooked! My husband is allergic to chocolate so this is the perfect alternative for us! LOVE!
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Oh my goodness…I just want to say I made this 5 minutes ago after eying the recipe for a couple months. I about DIED when I tasted it & realized it is like the “puppy chow” clone of Girl Scout Lemonades cookies, which are my favorite cookie in the whole wide world.
I. AM. HOOKED.
Oh. My. Goodness. THANK YOU!!!!! I’m gfree and unfortunately love lemon bars. Randomly found this recipe on Pintrest and tried it out this morning… It’s fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Be forewarned, this mix needs to FULLY DRY before being stored in the ziploc bag. My friend and I unfortunately made this for a road trip, and the next morning it was all soggy 🙁 It was absolutely AMAZING when it was freshly made though!
Does storing it in the fridge right away, “dry” it out enough? Im going to try making it before work for a potluck later that night.
ps. just found your blog and LOVE IT
Thanks for posting this, my daughter is allergic to cocoa, so this is great!!!!
A friend just posted a recipe of yours on FB, cant wait to try some of these awesome recipes.
Im about to try it with wheat chex because thats what I have. Has anyone tried with with something other than rice chex? all the comments made me really excited to try this!
I went ahead and used the wheat Chex, its pretty good but I think I would have gotten a lighter flavor/texture if I used the rice Chex. But with that lemony topping you could use anything! Mine didnt turn out with the pretty white look but its delic. Think I’ll make it for our Halloween party! Thanks for the great recipe
Yum! Thank you so much for this idea! I love lemon and they are so delicious! (Your baby is precious!)
found this via Pinterest and just made it 5 min. ago. AMAZING! my family loves lemon bars, and this is like those, only it takes less time and has more crunch! this is going in gift baskets for Christmas, for sure!
Made this to give as Christmas gifts and it got soggy and chewy. Bummer.
Just made these – YUM, thank you!! My daughter did most of it (she’s 9). 🙂
just found this on pinterest and can’t wait to make it. I’m wondering how long this will keep if I make ahead. 3-5 days?
I would guess 3-5 days max just like most baked goods, although when I make it ours is usually gone in a day so I can’t really stand behind the expiration date too much! ;-
I wonder if you can use almond bark for the vanilla chips…
My 2 year old son has a dairy allergy so he and I have both gone dairy free, any good substitute for the butter? would coconut oil work just the same or vegan butter?? This looks just delicious!!!
In the midst of making this right now. Super excited. We also called it Puppy Chow.
We have always called it Puppy Chow too! Our recipe is with Crispex cereal and not chex. It tastes less… cereal-y and more dessert-y that way :P. 8C Crispex, 1 C creamy pb, 1 C chocolate chips, 1/2 C margarine, 2 C powdered sugar 🙂 I’m SO going to try this lemon version! Thank you!!
I just left that puppy chow comment w/o an email so I’ll give you my email this time 🙂 (though no need to post this comment haha). Brenda – mjbjellis@gmail.com.
I love your blog. Love your recipes. Love the pictures of your little ones. Thanks so much for all the great information.
Is there a way to do print-friendly rather than print everything on here? Many thanks!
Can’t wait to make this for my lemon-crazed teacher 🙂 (Maybe that will give me some lemon points haha)
Hi Brittany! Could you just copy and paste into a word or pages document? That way you will only get the info you want!
This is so yummy! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Just made this for a tailgate treat before the baseball game. Can’t begin to describe how good it is!!!!
Hi! I am so happy that I found your blog today! I’ve been looking for healthier snacks for my family lately and you have quite a few that I can’t wait to try. My son loves those lemonaid Girl Scout Cookies so I’m hoping this will be a hit with him too. Best thing for me is that this is Gluten free! Yay! ammprather at gmail dot com
This looks so delicious! I am saving this recipe to make some time soon!
Helen
Blue Eyed Beauty Blog
My husband loves all things lemon so when I saw this recipe, I had to make it. He loves it so much that he poured some into a bowl this morning, added some milk and ate it like cereal! Needless to say, we both absolutely adore this treat and will be making it again and again and again! Thank you!