Halloween Rice Krispie Party Treats (Peanut butter & white chocolate!)
These fun and festive cereal treats have the best of two of our favorite combinations, white chocolate and peanut butter! Yay for party treats that are gooey, chewy Rice Krispies!! Made with marshmallow and peanut butter, deliciously coated with rich, white chocolate and some Halloween holiday-ish sprinkles to make it Fall-Official! Woot! Woot!
Servings: 16 Balls
Calories:
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Party Treats
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 10 oz bag mini marshmallows or 5 cups
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 ¼ cups Rice Krispies
White Chocolate Coating
- 3 cups white chocolate chips or candy melts
- purple sprinkles / candy eyeballs
Instructions
Peanut Butter Party Treats
- In a 4 quart sauce pan, melt butter on low heat, slowly as to not burn. Once butter has melted, keep heat on low and add mini marshmallows. Once marshmallows begin to soften and melt, add peanut butter. Constantly, stir the mixture so the peanut butter does not burn and the marshmallows can evenly melt (won’t take too long, about 5 minutes or so). Once, mixture is combined and melted, turn off heat and remove pan from stove.
- Add cereal to sauce pan and stir until evenly coated with mixture until well combined. Use a spoon or scoop to get about a couple of tablespoons full of the cereal for each of the clusters and then roughly shape them it into balls to make the ghosts/monsters. Work fast to make your clusters before the mixture starts firming up as the mixture is cooling down. (Lightly spray spoon or scoop with non-stick cooking spray if cereal mixture is too sticky.)
- Place balls on parchment lined baking sheet and let the Rice Krispies air dry for about 30 minutes and/or overnight in a zip-lock bag before dipping into chocolate.
White Chocolate Coating
- Melt chocolate for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth and creamy. Dip the top half of each ball one at a time into the chocolate and place on parchment paper lined baking sheet with the cereal side on the bottom and the chocolate on top.
- Add eyeballs for each of the ghosts after you dip them before the chocolate sets
- Add sprinkles and eye ball candies to the monsters before the chocolate sets. You can do this easily by holding the bottom of the cereal treat and sprinkling all the sides and top of the chocolate for the monsters. Make sure you put a bowl underneath for the sprinkles to fall into, so they aren't everywhere in the kitchen.
- Let chocolate set. Sooo yummy and addicting!!
- You can make these a day or two ahead of time, just make sure you seal them really good in zip-lock bags or sealed container.
Notes
If you want to thin the white chocolate out a bit if it's too thick, use 1 teaspoon of vegetable or canola oil and mix it into the chocolate. Less oil is better.