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Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Balls

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bon Bons are an easy treat that is great year-round and for Valentine's day! It costs $5.96 to make 30, or just 20¢ each.
Prep Time25 minutes
CHILLING TIME2 hours
Total Time2 hours 25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, peanut butter, Valentine's Day
Servings: 30 people
Calories: 178kcal
Cost: $3.89

Equipment

  • baking sheet
  • Wax paper
  • Medium microwave-safe bowl
  • whisk
  • Wooden spoon
  • Fork

Ingredients

  • 4 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 2 cups Rice Krispies cereal

CHOCOLATE COATING:

  • 2 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons Crisco

Instructions

  • Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
  • Add butter to a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave until melted. Whisk in peanut butter until smooth.
    Whisk together peanut butter and butter.
  • Add the powdered sugar and stir until smooth. If it’s too difficult to stir, then microwave for 30 seconds.
    Stir in powdered sugar.
  • Add in Rice Krispies and stir until combined.
    Stir in Rice Krispies.
  • Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheet. Chill balls in the freezer for 45 minutes or in the refrigerator for 1 ½ hours. Set the wax paper-lined baking sheet aside because you will need in later.
    Freeze the peanut butter bon bons until solid before dipping in chocolate.
  • Place the chocolate chips and Crisco in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir and then microwave for 30 seconds, and then stir. Repeat until melted and smooth.
  • Rest a frozen peanut butter ball on top of a fork and dip the peanut butter ball into the melted chocolate. Spoon chocolate over the top of the ball until covered. Use the edge of the bowl to wipe off the excess chocolate from the fork.
    Use a fork to dip the bon bons into the chocolate.
  • Lay the dipped peanut butter ball onto the wax paper-lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining peanut butter balls and chocolate. Chill the balls in the freezer for 15 minutes or refrigerator for 30 minutes.
    Freeze the chocolate dipped bon bons until chocolate is set.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1bon bon | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 135mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 178IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 2mg