Ultimate Chocolatey Peanut Butter Cup Krispie Treats
Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Krispie Treats are rich chocolate and peanut butter rice krispie treats stuffed with delicious Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and topped with a smooth milk chocolate drizzle and they are literally to die for.
Servings: 16 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Chocolatey Peanut Butter Cup Krispie Treats
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup butter unsalted
- 1 10 ½ oz bag mini marshmallows
- 5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 16 Reese cups unpackaged
Chocolate Drizzle
- ½ cup milk chocolate chips, for melting can also use dark chocolate or semi-sweet
Instructions
Chocolatey Peanut Butter Cup Krispie Treats
- Spray an 8x8'' pan with non-stick spray. Set aside. Can also line with parchment paper for easy removal for cutting on a cutting board when lifted out by parchment paper ends.
- Put peanut butter, chocolate and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat and melt, stirring while melting.
- Add marshmallows and melt into the mixture, stirring frequently.
- Remove from heat and pour Rice Krispies over chocolate mixture and mix until combined.
- Working quickly, press half of the cereal mixture into your prepared baking pan.
- Place peanut butter cups to cover the entire mixture 4 x 4 grid.
- Place other ½ of rice krispie mixture on top of cups and spread out.
- After the krispies have cooled down about 5-10 minutes, make the chocolate drizzle.
Chocolate Drizzle
- Melt chocolate in 30 second increments until melted, about a minute or so and pour into a ziplock bag. Snip a corner of the bag and drizzle chocolate using like a pastry bag, on top of the rice krispie treats. Chocolate will be hot, so be careful. You can also pour the melted chocolate on top of the cereal and use a spatula to spread it into an even layer if you wish, but increase the chocolate chips to 1 cup for a nice layer.
- Place the pan in the refrigerator until the chocolate is set, about 1 hour.
- Once set, remove the treats from the pan and cut them into individual squares. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
If you want a more defined peanut butter layer, you can pop the Reese cups into the freeze for 20-30 minutes so they don't melt into the warm prepared rice krispies.
Mini Reese Cups could be used for another option if you don't have the large Reese cups.