Zombie Skin Halloween Muddy Buddies Recipe

Hola Amigos! Let me start this post by saying I Hate Zombies! I know they are not real, I know they are popular. but still, hate them with passion, why? because when I was young, many moons ago, the first movie I went to see without my mom or dad (I insisted I was a big girl and I could handle it) was a Zombie Movie!

I was scared out of my seat literally, asked for the phone at the theater reception desk and call my dad for him to pick me up! I didn't want to stay with the rest of the brave kids I went with...I just wanted to go home. And from that point on...I've never Ever seeing a zombie film! Ever...

When the hubs is watching The Walking Dead, I just walk by with hands in my ears, grab what I need and leave the room!
They are the only darn things...other than roaches that would keep me awake all night and make me feel like I was 12 years all all over again!

Needless to say, this particular snack will be the first and last Zombie related of my career as a blogger or heck..Homemaker! I just bought this bag of candy to give out to kids for Halloween and figured..well...why not! Also I wanted to use this delicious Chocolate Strawberry Spread I found at World Market a few days ago.

I've asked my followers on FB yesterday about the color of zombie skin! The majority said it was Ash in color..and believe me I tried to please them with that color but boy! it was tough!
The next best thing was to give my zombie flesh a little bit of radioactive signs of decomposition and that's why it ended up being greenish-black! What do you think.

Honestly I won't stand close enough to a zombie to see what color his/her/it skin is...it might as well be pink for all I care..I would be running like a maniac away as fast as I can!

There you go my friends, that's my zombie story of the season! These are very tasty despite the appearance. I hope you get to enjoy them with No Living Dead Around!, lol Have a beautiful day and remember everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love! (well...I'm not quite sure about real zombie skin, but at least this one is)

Besitos,

Lizy

Zombie Skin Halloween Muddy Buddies Recipe

Ingredients:

3 Cups Special K Vanilla Almond Ceral (looks like skin flakes to me)

3/4 Chocolate Strawberry Spread (Nutella would do just fine)

2 TBSP Honey Margarine (butter is ok too) 

2 TBSP Strawberry Jelly (optional )

1/4 Cup Salted Peanuts

1 1/2 Cups Powder Sugar

1 Bag Gummy Zombie Body Parts

1 Large Zip Lock Bag

Black, Green and Red food colorant (optional)

Directions:

In a big mixing bowl, place your cereal. Set aside.

In a microwave proof container melt your spread of choice, margarine and jelly, in intervals of 30-45 seconds. Once this mix is melted, add a drop or two of your black food coloring. Mix well. Pour this mix on your cereal bowl. Mix gently not to break the flakes. 

Filled up your zip lock bag with the powdered sugar. Add the coated cereal flakes and shake. I added mine in two batches to get a better coverage. 

On a separate small bowl, add your salted peanuts and pour a couple drops of green food colorant on them.

Coat them well and add this mix to your sugar coated cereal flakes and shake again. The colorant will come off of the peanuts but it will spot the sugar coated flakes to give it the zombie radiated skin effect. 

At the end you will be able to see a mix of black and green...to serve and make it even creepier...you could add some drops of red food colorant to suggest blood...yucks!

Before serving, add the gummy zombie body parts. Serve, Devour and Enjoy!

Prep Time 5 minutes                                                                                       Serves 3 Cups

Sharing my Zombie Dander at these Fa-BOO-lous Parties:

My Girlish Whims, Ginger Snap Crafts, Made to be a Momma, A Southern Fairytale, The Shady Porch, Mom's Test Kitchen, Lady Behind the Curtain, Creations by Kara, Ducks'n a Row, Our Table for Seven, Homemade Ginger, Hun What's for Dinner?, Memories by the Mile, Not Just a Housewife, Home Stories A to Z, The Blackberry Vine, With a Blast, The Mandatory Mooch, Cherished Bliss, Sweet Haute, A Pinch of Joy, The Inspiration Network, Housewives of Riverton, Recipe for my Boys, Kitchen Meets Girl, Real Coake Family, SNAP, Consider me Inspired, Creative Geekery, Made in a Day, Saving 4 Six, My Turn (for Us), The Girl Creative, Craftionary, The Best Blog Recipes, Love and Laundry, Home Maid Simple, Tidy Mom, My Romantic Home, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, 504 Main, A Simple Five, Diana Rambles, Practically Functional, Living Better Together, Shaken Together, Just Us Four, The Answer is Chocolate, Becoming Martha, 4 Little Fergusons, Not Your Ordinary Recipes, Today's Creative Blog, Cheerios and Lattes, Six Sisters'Stuff, Made from Pinterest, Call Me PMc, Under the Table and Dreaming, WOM, Frugal Foodie Mama, Carrie This Home, Between Naps on the Porch, The Velvet Moon Baker, Huckleberry Love, PandP Kitchen, The Gunny Sack, Coastal Charm, Tiwgg Studios, Chef in Training, Who Needs a Cape, Homemade Ginger, Sugar Bee Crafts,Cozy Little House, Smart School House
Pint Sized Baker

Maple and Toffee Autumn Muddy Buddies Recipe

Hola Amigos! I know summer is not quite over yet, but the minute September hits, forget it! I'm in fall mood! Thinking about fall menus, Halloween decorations, which I'm already working on , hay rides, cider, doughnuts, you name it! But this year is a little different though,  my little one is going to school and I have a lot of time on my hands to create, cook and craft (you will think) well guess what? the back to school blues are hitting me pretty hard right now and I got nothing! lol...yup.. can't think of one original recipe, one ingenious craft or decorating  tip to offer, so I'm just going to sit still for a few days and munch on these guys: Muddy Buddies, Puppy Chow or Kitty Kaboodles call them what you wish, they are good! I've  never had them before, this was my first batch and won't be the last, that's for sure.

Super easy recipe! They're usually made with Chex Mix which I don't like,  I made mine with my favorite cereal ever, Quaker Oatmeal Squares and since this one here is  my fall batch I used the Golden Maple!

You won't find just regular butter on my Muddy Buddies...but how about cookie butter (aka Biscoff spread) and Maple Syrup! oh yeah, the maple syrup alone screams Fall

I needed some fall colors and what's the best way of bringing color and flavor on, that with Reese's Peanut Butter Pieces! yummm

And just in case you are not getting enough of an Autumn yet feast your taste buds on these little morsels, Butter Toffee Peanuts, Oh My!!!

Finally in addition to the powder sugar bath you give them, I finished mine with Cinnamon Sugar!

There you have it my friends, this is the way I give myself a pity party, lol! I know you've seen dozen of Muddy Buddy recipes but I'm pretty sure you haven't had one quite like this! make yourself a batch and tell me what you think! Thank You for stopping by and remember everything tastes better with a Pinch Of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Maple and Toffee Autumn Muddy Buddies

Ingredients:

2 1/2 Cups Quaker Oatmeal Squares Golden Maple

1/2 Cup Cookie Butter (Biscoff Spread)

1/4 Cup Maple Syrup ( I used butter flavored)

2 TBSP Butter

1 Cup Powdered Sugar

1 Large Zip Lock Bag

3.5 oz Reese's Pieces

4 oz Butter Toffee Peanuts

Directions:

Place your cereal in a large mixing bowl. On a separate microwave proof bowl melt in 45 sec intervals, the cookie butter, maple syrup and butter. Depending on your microwave you might have to do this just once or maybe add a couple more seconds until everything is melted. Careful, the maple syrup gets super hot fast. Mix, Pour this mix over the cereal and mix until every square is coated. I started with a rubber spatula but ended up using my clean hands. 

Put powder sugar inside a Zip Lock bag. Add the cereal and shake to coat every square with powder sugar. You could use 2 bags with powder sugar if you want more coating or if you are making a larger batch.

Once every bite is coated, place the Muddy Buddies in a cookie sheet to cool and dry a little bit. 

Sprinkle some cinnamon sugar. Place in a large serving bowl and mix in the Reese's pieces and toffee peanuts. Mix all together one last time and enjoy

Prep time 5 minutes                          Cooling time 5 minutes                    Serves 2 1/2 Cups

Bringing my Sweet Munchies to these Fabulous Parties:

Twelve O Eight, Under the Table and Dreaming, The Chicken Chick, Lines Across, Huckleberry Love, Crat-O-Maniac, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Say Not Sweet Anne, Flour Me with Love, DIY Home Sweet Home, Alderberry Hill, Boogieboard Cottage, Sew Can Do, This Gal Cooks, Jembellish, A Pinch of Joy, Hun..what's for Dinner?, Adventures of a DIY Mom, The Shady Porch, Lady Behind the Curtain, I Gotta Try That, Table for Seven,Memories by the Mile, Whit a Blast, Not Just a Housewife, All She Cooks, Kitchen Meets Girl, Thank You Honey, Smart School House, Ginger Snap Crafts, The Everyday Home, My Girlish Whims, Cozy Little House, Clean and Scentsible, Shaffer Sisters, White Lights on Wednesday, The 36th Avenue, Fluster Bluster, Handy Man Crafty Woman, This Silly Girl's Life, Polkadots on Parade, 733 Blog, SNAP, What's cooking Love, The Real Housewives of Riverton, The Mandatory Mooch, Real Coake, Made to be a Momma, I Gotta Create, Live Laugh Rowe, Lamberts Lately, Creative Geekery, The Brambleberry Cottage, 52 Mantels, Saving 4 Six, Food Done Light, The Crafty Blogstalker, Considered Me Inspired, Glitz and Gold, Jennifer Rizzo, Simply Dream and Create, House of Hepworths, The Best Blog Recipes, Craftionary, The Girl Creative, Tidy Mom, Cindy's Recipes and Writings, My Turn (for Us), My Sweet Mission, The Pin Junkie, Sparkles and a Stove, Living Better Together, The Jenny Evolution, Happy and Blessed Home, Not Your Ordinary Recipes, Simply Sweet Home, The Answer is Chocolate, Becoming Martha, Simply Designing, Rattlebridge Farm, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, 504 Main, A Simple Five, One Tough Mother, Homa Maid Simple, My Romantic Home, Happy Hour Projects, Liz Marie Blog, Love and Laundry, The Wondering Brain, Sara Howe, Cooking with Curls, Five Days Five Ways, Just us Four, Cheerios and Lattes, What's Cooking with Ruthie, It's Overflowing, Six Sister's Stuff, Too Much Time,Classy Clutter, Sew Licious Home Decor, Twigg Studios, Bowdabra, WCFS, Summer Scraps, Flamingo Toes, Spatulas on Parade, Made from Pinterest, Suburbs Mama, VMG 206, Titi Crafty, Cupcake-n-Bake, Coastal Charm, The Blackberry Vine, Chef in Training, Homemade Ginger, Maid in a Day, Glitter, Glue and Paint, I heart Nap Time, My Mixing Spoons, The Inspiration Network

Other Seasonal Snacks you might enjoy

Green M&M's Coconut Squares