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.
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.
With only a few ingredients in this recipe, Wesley made quick work of adding all the ingredients to our mixing bowl.
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.
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.
- 1 cup creamy (or crunchy) peanut butter
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
- 1½ cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 40 M&M chocolate candies (or sprinkles)
- Beat peanut butter, butter and sugar with mixer until well combined.
- Fold in KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal, mixing well.
- Using a small cookie scoop, drop peanut butter mixture into mini baking liners. (For a more rounded look, shape into balls.)
- Melt chocolate and oil in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. (Be careful not to over cook/burn the chocolate).
- Spoon 1 teaspoon melted chocolate over each peanut butter mound.
- Top with chocolate candy.
- Refrigerate until firm.
- Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
I am hosting Mini Chef Mondays along with 11 fabulous bloggers!
Be sure to check out each of their Mini Chef posts as well. We would love it if you would share your Mini Chef posts with us each week, too! Follow along socially and join in on the fun by using our hashtag #MiniChefMondays to share creations your mini chef created in the kitchen. Additionally, if you have a kid-friendly recipe that kids can easily recreate link up! Don’t have a blog? Share the URL of your instagram photo in our linky below.
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- Asian Pork Belly Bean Soup Recipe // Eating Richly
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- Pizza Burger Sliders // Step Stool Chef
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- Gourmet Potatoes // Mom’s Messy Miracles
- Gingerbread Pancakes // O’Boy! Organic
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Rachel B says
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!
Ros Emely@stressfreemommies says
So adorable and delicious! Perfect way to get my kids involved in helping me in the kitchen 🙂
Gina Ferrell says
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.
Eileen Richter says
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!
Pauline Molinari says
Yum, these look great & perfect for the kids to help out with! Thanks for sharing your fun and festive recipe on this week’s Monday Funday Party!
Elisabeth says
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!
Debra Holloway says
Oh this recipe looks absolutely yummy. I have got to try this with my grandson. He would love it.
Karen Glatt says
These look so delicious and fun to make. I bet they taste so good. I want to make these real soon!
Rosie says
These come out so special, it is hard to believe they are so easy a child can make them!
Julie Wood says
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!!