Muddy buddies. I assumed this was going to an easy thing to make. I finally mastered melting chocolate around Thanksgiving last year (it had eluded me for a long time) and that is the hardest part of making muddy buddies.
I think it went wrong when I tried to use a... "creative" double boiler.
I thought I had a double boiler, but it turned out a don't. What I DO have is a steamer and a microwaveable bowl. At first I was going to just balance the bowl in my smaller pot, but the bowl was too small (it fell in) so I had the bright idea to put the bowl IN THE STEAMER. Boom! Perfect!
And it worked great! Melted that butter, chocolate, and peanut butter into a melty deliciousness.
I realized I had a problem when it came time to pour the chocolate onto the chex.
How do I get the bowl out of the steamer?
I couldn't just grab it (it was just boiling for, like ten minutes). So I decided to wrap my hands in a towel and pull it out.
That is when things went horribly, horribly wrong.
As I was fanangling the bowl out of the steamer, I flipped the bowl sideways, spilling chocolate into the steamer which is a bit like a strainer.
As you know, strainers are well known for their ability to NOT contain liquid. This is also true for melted chocolate. I hurriedly carried the dripping strainer over to the chex and threw it in (some of the chex might be a little more crushed than one might hope) before grabbing the bowl and doing the same.
Here are some pictures of the resulting mess:
Not pictured are my sleeves, the pot holder that was in between me and the chex, my pants, my apron, and (somehow?) my hair. You also can't really tell, but there's a nice mess on the floor, as well.
But now I have muddy buddies for our road trip tomorrow!
That doesn't look to appetizing, let's look inside the bag.
That looks more tasty.
