Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls
Last year I shared a recipe for French Cookies that is a must-make this time of year for the holidays. While that is a true statement, there is one other recipe that makes holiday baking complete: peanut butter chocolate balls.
I remember making this recipe as a kid and it seemed like it took the whole day – mix it up, shape into balls, let chill, dip in chocolate. I’m not sure if we doubled the batch or if we were just slow workers back then but I also remember that the long, hard day of work completely paid off when we ate our weight in peanut butter chocolate balls.
I crave these babies this time of year. And when I invited some friends over last weekend to do some holiday baking, you better believe that this recipe was one of the first on my list. I’ll share a little more about that baking party on Monday but I couldn’t wait one more minute to share this recipe.
This is a holiday must for me, it’s a perfect recipe to include kids in the kitchen and they make perfect gifts for friends and neighbors. Also, if you are a Biscoff fan, swap the peanut butter for Biscoff in these and you’ll be in heaven!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls
Yield: 40-50 balls
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 2-3 hours (includes chill time)
Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls, aka, Buckeyes, with a crunchy twist. Simple, no-bake and totally addicting!
Ingredients:
2 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, melted
12 ounces (1 1/2 cups) powdered sugar
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
20 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chipsDirections:
Mix the peanut butter, butter and sugar in a large bowl until blended. Add the cereal and mix thoroughly.
Shape the mixture into 1-inch balls and place onto a parchment-lined baking sheet; I use a small cookie scoop. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over low heat. Dip the prepared peanut butter balls into the chocolate and refrigerate until firm. Store at room temperature.
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Peanut butter + Chocolate = My happy place.
Cassie these look gorgeous! What stunning photographs! So simple – good for stressed out holiday bakers!
One of my very favorite things to make at Christmas. YUM! A plate of these would make me a very happy girl!
Love these with Rice Krispies, they make them less rich than buckeyes! Yummmy….
Score! Someone brought these to the office yesterday and I totally went to town.
These are so great as a holiday treat.
confirmed. They are awesome.
Cassie, these are one of my favorite holiday recipes too! A dear friend in college threw a cookie party every Christmas and these were her signature. I’ve craved them every year since! Pass me the whole plate and a glass of milk please
What a great idea using rice krispies…I feel like I could eat more of them!
We make the same thing minus the rice krispies every year! I love the addition of the rice krispies, so we may have to switch it up this year!
I make these with pretzels and they are basically my favorite thing EVER!
Uhhh, I could eat these all day long!
These look amazing! Perfect for gift giving!
Peanut Butter balls are a year round treat for me! But definitely need them now too.
Love Buckeye anything (or Biscoff anything) and with the Rice Krispies, nice touch to add texture. Love it!
Yum. I love buckeyes but always want a little more chocolate to pnb ratio. This sounds perfect!
Love the use of rice krispies! Great idea!
these are some of my favorites!
So fun, my family makes a recipe very similar to this. Love that Rice Krispies crunch!
Peanut butter and chocolate are the best combination ever invented. This just seems super awesome!!
Woah, this looks awesome, Cassie!!
Oh Cassie I think I am in heaven. I’ve eaten so many cookies lately that I just crave other chocolatey goodies.
Love the crunchy addition of rice krispies to these; they sound like the perfect holiday treat!
I too would crave them and often. Thanks for sharing the recipe sounds great!
These are definitely a must around the holidays – love them!
Oooh, these are so GOOD. Love them with rice krispies. Perfect combo.
These are definitely the first thing I eye up and snag on a baking platter…perfect holiday decadence!
Yum!! These look amazing!!
Peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite combo! I could eat all of these!
As an Ohio native, I love these! Buckeyes!
Wow, so easy and the flavors are so amazing together! Plus the crunch from the cereal. Wonderful Cassie!
no bake: love that!
First you said my favorite thing which is peanut butter. Then you followed it with my second favorite thing which is chocolate. I would say that these balls would be high on my list of favorite things!
I can never say no to anything with PB & chocolate!
Peanut butter balls!!! I’ve been meaning to make a peanut butter treat lately and these balls look wonderful! I love that you use rice krispies for a nice crunch…sweet, salty, crunchy…YUM!
I am craving something like this right now…
They look SO good!
Wow, these look dangerous! I sure could use a dozen of these right now at midnight!
These are at the top of my list of favorites!
Holy nom! I forsee myself making these for a party and then quickly developing a sharing complex. All mine!!
Biscoff replaces PB? Not the RC? What holds them together if Biscoff, butter, powdered sugar & RC.
Thx
Thx 4 quick reply. Sounds great. I thought Biscoff was a cookie.
The Christmas treats I always made as a kid are still my favorites now
My family has made buckeyes before, but never with the rice krispie twist. Definitely want to try this!
i’ll say it once and i’ll say it FOREVER. Chocolate and peanut butter can do NO wrong!!! Cassie these look simply incredible! wow.
You can never go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate, but adding Rice Krispies makes it even better! Love these.
these were one of my favorites to make for Christmas treats…love the flavors and the crunch of the krispi treats!
Oh my goodness, Cassie! These look…AMAZING! MUST TRY.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, is better than chocolate paired up with PB!
I know that I would take a bowl of these and hide .. wouldn’t want anyone to judge me on how fast I stuffed my face! 
These are one of my favorite treats every year and I haven’t made them yet!
We make these every year for Christmas and now my Mom makes them by special request for my grandson (her great grand) for his birthday in August. Also we discovered that if you use a plastic fork the the 2 middle tines broken off it makes a great dipper and you don’t have the toothpick holes on top.
Cassie replied: — December 24th, 2012 @ 8:47 am
Thanks for the tip, Rita, that is a great idea!
Aww, we wanna see the inside!
I can imagine it must be awesome, though. And French cookies? I have no idea what those are. Gonna go check them out!