I wanted to find a healthier snack with lower calories. My obsession with muddy buddies is no secret, (here, here, here, here, or here) so I was so excited to find this recipe with half of the calories. I still need my muddy buddy fix while I am watching what I eat and I was able to have an entire serving for 100 calories!! Regular muddy buddies have 365 calories in a cup! Yikes! These are a great snack to curb your chocolate craving and the ingredients are so much better for you! I almost think these are better than the regular ones. These are my new favorite snack!
Ingredients:
2 cups Fiber One Honey Squares
2 Tbsp I can't believe its not butter
2 Tbsp Creamy All Natural Peanut Butter
1 Package Fat Free Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding
2 Squares Sugar Free Chocolate Almond Bark
2 Tbsp Powdered sugar (optional)
1. Melt the butter, Natural Creamy Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Almond Bark in saucepan on low heat being careful not to overcook.
2. After melted, pour mixture over the Fiber One Honey Squares
3. Let the mixture cool for about 20 minutes.
4. After the mixture has hardened pour it into a large ziplock bag, and add the box of pudding mix and shake gently. (This is where I add the extra 2 Tbsp of powdered sugar to the bag)
Recipe from: Watch Me Do
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I'll have to give this a try. It's awesome that you reduced the calories so much!
ReplyDeleteJust wondering if anyone's experimented with this recipe and substituted PB2 (powdered peanut butter) instead of the all natural or lower fat/sugar pb? Anyone?
DeleteI was wondering the same thing about the PB2...it's worth a try.
DeleteThese look great!! Could go for this while watching my movie.
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That sounds very tasty!
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Love this! (We call it Puppy Chow where I come from) Weird, huh? SO gonna try this!
ReplyDeleteI think the Puppy Chow name exists because Chex Mix used to be a Ralston Purina brand. The same brand that owned/owns Purina Puppy Chow. I think is primarily a Midwestern treat. Never heard of it before moving to Iowa.
DeleteI was going to try this today, but when I got to the grocery store, I could not find "chocolate almond bark" (nor do I know what it is, but it wasn't in the baking aisle). Was going to use chocolate chips and a bit of almond extract to substitute. But, then, they didn't have the FiberOne cereal either. I hate when I get all excited to try something from Pinterest and then I can't find the stuff I need. Erg! I will just look at the picture and drool, I guess.
ReplyDeleteDang I do hate when that happens! Where do you live? I was able to find all of the ingredients at my local Walmart. I have also seen chocolate almond bark and the fiber one at my local Lowes grocery store. They should be pretty common items at the store. You could try a different grocery. I did find the chocolate almond bark next to the vanilla almond bark on the baking isle.
DeleteAlso you could use regular chocolate to make this with the I can't believe it's not butter and use the fiber one squares. It is still reducing the calories significantly. :-)
DeleteGood to see you. Thanks for linking these yum, yums up! Sarah
ReplyDeleteI love this! It sounds almost too good to be true... :) Pinned!
ReplyDeleteHow many servings does this make?
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DeleteIt makes 4 servings. :)
DeleteYes! One of my favorite recipes with half the calories! :) Thanks
ReplyDeleteOMG stop it. Cannot stand it! Yum!!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great & I love the low-calorie aspect!! I'm always on the hunt for something to satisfy my sweet tooth without killing my diet!! Plus it would be a good snack to share with the kiddos! I would love for you to share this at Mom's Test Meal Mondays!
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I've had something similar to this although, I don't think it was a skinny version! This looks great. Thanks for sharing on Marvelous Mondays! :)
ReplyDeleteI tried to recreate this and could not get any less than 743 calories, 31 grams of fat, and 29 grams of fiber for the full recipe using the ingredients listed above (including the sugar). The only difference that I can think is that you have a very low calorie peanut butter. Could you possibly provide the nutritional information?
ReplyDeleteThats interesting because I have the same ingredients here and I added them up to be 588 calories. That is also not using reduced fat chocolate which would bring down the calories to equal about 100 cals per serving. I just find recipes and make them for fun so I don't have the nutritional ingredients but I have provided the original site that I got the recipe. They may know better than I do. http://watchmedo.tumblr.com/post/12293923098/sweet-things-are-my-weakness-and-i-love-puppy
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Yum!!! I die for these... following you now! Come on over and say hi!
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i love this! i will definitely be making it soon.
ReplyDeleteRight up my alley! Seriously everyone always asks me how I stay slim and eat dessert everyday. It's all about good choices and trying to put healthy things in the yumminess in the ingredient list! This will be made at my house!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find reduced fat almond bark? I've never seen it, and I can't find it online.
ReplyDeleteI found mine on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/SUGAR-Chocolate-Flavored-Coating-Almond/dp/B00365R6D0/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1354925456&sr=1-1&keywords=sugar+free+almond+bark It lasted for four batches. Although if I am wanting to make a quick batch I buy the regular almond bark which has 0 trans fat but still use the other ingredients to keep the calories lower. Hope this helps!
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Just saw your link over at Six Sisters Stuff and HAD to come over and check out your recipe for these Skinny Muddy Buddies! These look so yummy!
ReplyDeleteI'd love for you to link up a few recipes at my weekend link party that is going on right now @The Weekend re-Treat!
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I definitely need to try a batch of these! Can't believe how many calories you were able to cut out! Of course, I know that means I will just eat double... :)
ReplyDeleteWoah. You went and made these skinny? I don't think I would stop eating them now....
ReplyDeleteThank you for this recipe! I am SO into skinny muddy buddies - since I can eat an entire batch myself!
ReplyDeleteThis looks SUPER yummy! Skinny muddy buddies... dreams do come true!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm browsing around and I'm drooling over everything! I feel like we have very similar taste in food! Yum! So glad I got to meet you this weekend, we'll have to have some blogger meet ups!!
ReplyDeleteUm...yeah! Those look very dangerous...in a good way, of course! :)
ReplyDeleteFound you from Nikki's post and you two look awesome in that pic! Looks like such a fun event and conference. And I love Muddy Buddies, in any way or kind of recipe!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of a muddy buddy! Can you believe it? Sound very tempting!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! I think I will be adding this to the next birthday party menu.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and I. Am. So. Happy!! I am in love with muddy buddies AND skinny desserts and you went and married the two! Bravo! I need to try these asap!
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This looks SOO YUMMY and I love your pictures!!!
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