Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats? Chocolate and peanut butter with a nice rice cereal crunch! I really intended to make plain rice Krispie treats.
But as I pulled out the cereal from the bottom cupboard, I glanced over to the other side where I keep the “off-limits” food.
The bright orange packages of peanut butter cups started yelling at me. “Pick us!” “We would be great to use!” “You know how good we are!”
Yes, I do hear candy voices! That’s not weird, is it?
How in the world was I supposed to resist candy that was basically forcing itself on me? I just couldn’t.
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A delicious variation of Rice Krispie Treats.
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 1 1/3 cups creamy peanut butter
- 4 1/4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 6 peanut butter cups chopped or 1 cup large handful mini peanut butter cup.
- 1/2 cup handful semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Combine sugar, corn syrup and peanut butter in a large bowl until smooth.
- Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
- Stir until smooth. The mixture should be liquid and appear melted.
- The sugar should be mostly dissolved.
- (this can be done on the stove in a saucepan on low heat)
- Stir in the rice krispies and then stir in chocolate chips. They will melt as you stir and mixture will turn brown.
- Gently stir in peanut butter cup pieces.
- I suggest adding in about half of the pieces, stir. Place remaining pieces on top of the mixture and scoop them up with a cookie scoop along with some of the mixture. This way every scoop with have an intact peanut butter cup piece to show.
- Place scoopfuls of the mixture on a cookie sheet covered with parchment, silicone mat or waxed paper.
- Allow to harden at room temperature (or place in refrigerator for a few minutes to speed up the process). Store in a covered container at room temperature.
Tips and Tidbits About Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
If your finished treats are too hard you heated the sugar/peanut butter mixture too long, try reducing the time.
If your treats don’t harden and are too soft, try cooking the mixture longer.
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