Muddy Buddies

While I'm searching for a new chocolate to try this week, I'm satisfying my chocolate emergency on this beautiful Saturday with some Muddy Buddies. Happiness. 

Any suggestions of a new chocolate I should try, fellow chocoholics? 

For those of you here for my extra chocolatey recipe, here you are:

9 cups Rice Chex

2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup creamy peanut butter (Jif is my favorite)

1/2 cup butter

16 oz powdered sugar

Melt the butter, peanut butter and chocolate so it blends well together. (Do not cook the chocolate.) Pour over cereal and stir until coated evenly. Put about half the powdered sugar into a freezer bag. Add half of the cereal. Shake it up. Repeat with the remaining sugar and cereal. 

I like to separate the sugar into two steps (sometimes 3) because I find that it coats better. 

I also leave out the vanilla, because I've found it to make the cereal seem stale. I never miss it. 

Warning: this recipe is highly addictive and you'll be forced to lick your fingers. 

Wild Boar Chocolate Bars

Check out this cute little guy. 

He is the mascot for Hagensborg Chocolates Wild Boar chocolate bars. I picked up this bar at a chocolate shop in the Strip District. I originally thought I was getting my old-stand-by chocolate: Milk or dark bar with almonds (give or take a little sea salt.) However, why the pig? The almonds are toasted then sprinkled with olive oil, truffle, and salt. I am not typically a truffle fan, but you know my motto, "My favorite food is chocolate; my second favorite food is anything covered in chocolate." So naturally, I tried it. 

While I probably won't be selecting too many items with truffle salt, I am willing to eat more of this Italian chocolate to see if it's an acquired taste. 

Bonus: I love creative copywriting. The packaging claims, "Construction crews on the Tower of Pisa are said to have been distracted by the chocolate aromas in the town." An understandable mistake. (: