Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls Christmas Treat

("Messy to make but yummy to eat." Karen Bennett)

• 3 cups Rice Krispies
• 1 ¾ cups powdered sugar
• 4 softened tablespoons of butter
• 2 cups peanut butter
• 12 ounces chocolate chips

Method

Mix by hand Rice Krispies, powdered sugar, butter and peanut butter.  Form this mixture into small balls.  (I powder my hands with powdered sugar to cut down on the stickiness.  The balls should be less than the diameter of a quarter for the best taste.) Don’t smash the balls.  You want the cereal to have a crisp texture.

Melt chocolate chips over a double boiler in which to dip the balls. (I use two forks and let the excess chocolate drip back into the pan.)  Place on waxed paper cookie sheets and place in the refrigerator until chocolate is dry.  I store them in an air tight container in the refrigerator but they never last long.   

Bet you can’t eat just one!  

Contributor: Karen Bennett for Verna Lee Trautman

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