Very Muddy Buddies

As Annette requested (I even listened to this while I wrote the post, so perhaps you can enjoy it while you read), here's the fabulous muddy buddy adventure I had tonight.

So. They turned out kind of "dark chocolate" muddy buddies. The reason why is this: I didn't actually have chocolate chips. Instead, I found a cocoa substitute online. Instead of the 1 cup chocolate chips for the recipe I found and used, I substituted 6T cocoa powder + 7T sugar + 1/4 c. butter (can't remember where I found this combo, sorry; there are many online and you can find one that matches the ingredients you have).

I combined that mixture with the other ingredients in my saucepan and melted them together, mixing until the butter and peanut butter were melted and the powders were wet. If I do this again, I will probably bring the mixture to a boil rather than just wetting everything, because it would've melted the sugar better; without this, it was a little grainy. 

Another thing I did was double the chocolate mixture portion. Since I used dry ingredients, it wasn't as fluid as it should have been (though I did add a teaspoon or two of vegetable oil to help).

Also. I didn't have very much powdered sugar, which would have helped the chocolate seem not as dark; you can definitely tell in the pictures.

STILL. They were pretty good. Let this be a lesson in improvisation and what-to-do/what-not-to-do's.

Add a side of your favorite Hollywood hunk and you've got something worth munching. 

A last word to the wise: it wasn't the smartest dinner choice, no matter what time of the month it is. I'm glad I wasn't planning on moving around a lot tonight.