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Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls

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It is time again for Mini Chef Mondays! If you are here for the first time, Mini Chef Mondays is my chance to share a recipe I’ve made with my kids each week.  I hope you’ll link up with us this week! (See more information at the bottom of this post.) Last week we shared a delicious Cream Cheese Bear Claws, a fun breakfast treat. This week Wesley and I made these easy Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls

Wesley had gotten over being sick and was itching to do something, anything after being stuck on the couch. I love making candies like this with him because it is fairly quick but gives him plenty of opportunities to help. Wes always loves the baking cups so I simple separate them for him and he adds them to the mini muffin pan. This is a great opportunity for counting and Wes started doing it before even being prompted.

Boy Making Christmas Candy

With only a few ingredients in this recipe, Wesley made quick work of adding all the ingredients to our mixing bowl.

Wes Helping in the Kitchen for MCM

While the original recipe doesn’t call for it, I like to decorate candies like this for the holidays. We went with red and green M&Ms but some sprinkles would work just as well. It was my job to add the chocolate while Wes added an M&M on top.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies

These turned out so good and are a great alternative to a traditional peanut butter cup. Keep in mind that there is no chocolate on the bottom so you’ll want to keep these refrigerated so the bottoms stay firm. We used creamy peanut butter but you can also use crunchy.

Crunchy Peanut Butter BallsThis is the perfect no bake Christmas dessert! Peanut butter pairs well with so many ingredients. We love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate like in this no bake peanut butter pie and the pairing of peanut butter and cream cheese in this amazing dessert dip!

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
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Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls | Mini Chef Mondays

Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 40
Author Altered from Rice Krispies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
  • 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 40 M&M chocolate candies or sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Beat peanut butter, butter and sugar with mixer until well combined.
  2. Fold in KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal, mixing well.
  3. Using a small cookie scoop, drop peanut butter mixture into mini baking liners. (For a more rounded look, shape into balls.)
  4. Melt chocolate and oil in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. (Be careful not to over cook/burn the chocolate).
  5. Spoon 1 teaspoon melted chocolate over each peanut butter mound.
  6. Top with chocolate candy.
  7. Refrigerate until firm.
  8. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

 

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10 Comments

  1. Those sound delicious! I’ve never made a recipe like this before, but I have just that amount of rice krispies left in the box, so this is a perfect recipe to use them on!

  2. 5 stars
    I love peanut butter and chocolate so these would be great to make. My daughter loves to help me in the kitchen especially when I’m baking. Thanks for the recipe I will be giving it a try as I love finding new recipes to add to my recipe collection.

  3. 5 stars
    Wow they turned out so pretty and festive…not to mention YUMMY! I always do the dipped chocolates and am getting to the point it is so much physical work for me. This looks like it might save time and love the dazzzle on the top!

  4. 5 stars
    This recipe combines my favorites, peanut butter and chocolate! How could you go wrong with that? 😉 This recipe is definitely a good one to do with kids!

  5. 5 stars
    These look so delicious and fun to make. I bet they taste so good. I want to make these real soon!

  6. 5 stars
    The Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls recipe is amazing and looks like so much fun to make. I will have to make these with the kids!!

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