Name: Orange Creamsicle Buddies Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 8 cups rice chex cereal; 1½ cups white vanilla baking chips; ¼ cup butter; 3 tbsp heavy cream; 1½ tbsp orange zest; 1 tsp orange extract; 1½ cups sugar

How To Make Orange Creamsicle Buddies

Orange creamsicle buddies are a zesty variation of muddy buddies. Chex cereals are covered with white chocolate and sprinkled with orange zest.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

8cupsrice chex cereal
1½cupswhite vanilla baking chips
¼cupbutter
3tbspheavy cream
1½tbsporange zest,this is the zest of about 1½ large oranges
1tsporange extract
1½cupssugar,powdered

Instructions

Measure 8 cups Rice Chex Cereal into a very large mixing bowl, set aside. In a microwave safe mixing bowl, combine vanilla baking chips, butter, cream and orange zest.
Microwave mixture on 50% power in 30 second intervals, stirring with a fork after each interval, until melted and smooth. Stir in orange extract.
Pour mixture over Chex Cereal and gently toss mixture with a rubber spatula until evenly coated. Pour coated cereal into a 2-gallon ziploc bag, add powdered sugar and seal bag.
Shake mixture until evenly coated with powdered sugar.
For a crispier version: preheat oven to 275 degrees F. Divide prepared Orange Creamsicle Buddies in an even layer among two cookie sheets and bake for 20 minutes, stirring once halfway through baking.
Allow to cool and store mixture in an airtight container.