Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Crisp Squares
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The idea for these beauties was hatched when I made the Marshmallow Crunch Brownie Bars, which sport a chocolate, peanut butter and rice krispy mixture on top of gooey marshmallows. It’s insanely addicting and when making them, I have to refrain from just eating the topping straight out of the pan with a spoon. I decided that I needed to come up with a treat that combined the marshmallows, chocolate, peanut butter and rice krispies, and fast. I went back and forth between combining all of the ingredients together into the ever-popular treat squares, and making a peanut butter version that is then covered in chocolate. Sort of a la peanut butter cups. Now, peanut butter cups and Reese’s Pieces might be my favorite candies ever, so for that reason alone, I decided to go the chocolate-covered route.
These are essentially peanut butter rice krispy treats, cut into small squares and then dipped in milk chocolate. You could get more fancy and shape the crisp mixture into small balls and then dip them in chocolate, creating a truffle. You could then drizzle them with a little melted peanut butter. Mmmm… I even thought about cutting up some peanut butter cups and mixing them into the squares, but in the end decided against it and went with the straight ingredients, but it’s something I may try in the future. Really, when you combine peanut butter and chocolate, little can go wrong!
Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Crisp Squares
Yield: 36 squares
Prep Time: 1 hour (active) 1 hour (inactive)
Total Time: 2 hours
Ingredients:
1½ Tablespoons butter
5 ounces (or ½ bag) marshmallows
½ cup creamy peanut butter
3 cups crisped rice cereal2 cups (1 bag) milk chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons vegetable shorteningDirections:
1. Grease an 8x8-inch pan. Set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Add in the marshmallow and stir until melted. Add the peanut butter and continue stirring until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in the cereal until completely coated.
3. With buttered hands, press the mixture into the greased pan and place in refrigerator for at least 1 hour, or until set.
4. Remove pan from refrigerator, run a knife around the edges and turn out onto a cutting board. Cut into 36 squares.
5. Using either a double boiler or a microwave heating in 30-second intervals, melt the chocolate chips and shortening together until completely melted and smooth.
6. Working with one square at a time, drop a square into the chocolate and, using a toothpick, turn it over so it is completely covered in chocolate and then remove it to a baking sheet lined with a sheet of wax paper. Repeat with all squares.
7. Refrigerate until chocolate has set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
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These babies look mouth watering!
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Yammy!!! I want these !!!
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It’s 11.31 am and now, I want these. Now. And I don’t even have peanut butter at home, and I made a deal with myself not to bake such goodies when I was alone at home, so they’ll have to wait until Saturday, when I can bake them and bring them to a party. Yay, can’t wait
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Yummy, sounds and looks delicious.
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gee, thanks! now I can add another inch to my waistline…:)
Just kidding, these look great ~ and everything in moderation, right?
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Snap! I was just looking for something like this. I know that if I make these, I will not have any control, I will need to make 2 pans! The sweetness, and the peanut butter taste. Oh, can I say more? I’m drooling speechless. Money!
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All of the my favorites in one treat?! I agree with Jason about needing to make 2 pans – one for me and one for everybody else!
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Oh my gosh, that’s just evil and mean! I think I could eat a whole bunch of those. right now. And more later. What a great idea!
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These look fantastic! I love rice krispies, but adding chocolate makes them sooooo much better.
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Oh MY!
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Oh my word!
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Yum! What a great idea! You can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter!
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Definitely making these for my Christmas baskets! I know candy wasn’t doing well in your poll of what the people wanted…so I’m glad to see this guy today!
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Oh wow those look amazing!
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You are KILLING me with these! But really…I can’t think of a better way to die.
THANKS!
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oh wow…my favorite combo, chocolate and peanut butter. these look so good and easy to make.
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WOW – these looks like they would be a HUGE hit at any party!
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You know, these look like a Whatchamacallit minus the caramel layer. And since the Whatchamacallit is the only candy bar that I actually like… you’ve inspired me to try making them myself. Thanks!
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Drooling over these… they may make an appearance in my candy buffet in May!
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Those look good except I’m so “high” right now from the sipping chocolate I had that more chocolate is unappealing. Tomorrow though I’m sure these will look even better to me.
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Mmm, mmm! These look good!
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These look awesome! I want one now!
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I agree- there is no taste that can compare to the combination of chocolate and peanut butter ( at least in my opinion!). Can’t wait to try these. Thanks!
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Good thing I ate a huge bowl of pasta already.
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Those look awfully dangerous!!!
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Delicious!!
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I think I love you!
These look really good
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What a great treat.
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I’m adding these to my list of recipes….they look to die for!! Such good ingredient combinations
Ps I love your blog!
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This is essentially a homemade whatchamacallit, and there is nothing wrong with that at all. Must make these soon.
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oh my! These would be addictive.
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Oh, this totally makes me think of the holidays — my mom makes something like this every year, in a ball shape. She just uses a little cookie scoop to form the crisps before dipping in chocolate!
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I made the marshmallow crunch brownies! (2nd time in two days)
I LOVE that topping! It smells AMAZING as it melts together. AND NOW I can make make the topping itself to enjoy this way too!
Thanks doll! You are amazing and I adore your blog!
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YUM! THese look RIGHT up my alley and so easy too! Going to have to make these soon. Thanks!
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These would make a fabulous treat to share at the holidays… a fun addition to the holiday cookie trays, too!
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I brought these to a work potluck today. All afternoon coworkers were stopping me in the hall to say how amazing they were. I can not recommend this recipe enough.
One tip: I wasn’t able to coat all 36 squares with one bag of milk chocolate chips. I ended up having to use an additional half of bag of chips.
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Michelle on June 29th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Hi Jessie, These bars are a definite favorite, I’m glad you and your coworkers enjoyed them too! Thanks also for the tip on the extra chocolate chips; I think sometimes it depends on how big they are cut, how thick the chocolate is, how much you let drip off, etc.
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Njami this looks amazing omg
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Wow! These are fantastic! Thanks for such a great idea. I live in South America and marshmallows are only available once a year. I had a bag of strawberry flavored ones stashed away (they don’t ever come plain here for some reason). I think the milk chocolate I could find wasn’t very good, either, but I did my best. Even if they weren’t pretty, they sure were tasty! haha! Thanks!!
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Well, I’ve made these twice in the last week, so they must be delicious!!! (yep, most certainly delicious!! And easy too!) Thank you for the wonderful recipes! I’ve already made several, and have many more I want to make soon!
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These are amazing! I made them for Christmas and somehow half of them have already disappeared…I don’t know how that could have happened???
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I would love to make these for New Year’s but the only ingredient I am missing is vegetable shortening. Is there anything I can use in place of the vegetable shortening? I would rather not go out and buy it because there are no other dishes I would use it in, but these look so good that I may just give in!!
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Michelle on December 30th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Hi Lisa, You can omit it; the vegetable shortening helps to keep the chocolate thin for dipping and coating things. I find that sometimes the chocolate is too thick without it, but you could certainly still do it.
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These were amazing!! A trick I learned from a friend when making a dessert bar that’s very similar to this: mix the chocolate chips with butterscotch chips. It adds a whole other flavor to the mix that people seem to love! I usually go for about 2 parts chocolate chips to 1 part butterscotch chips. Delicious!!
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Love the idea, although I was wondering if I could somehow incorporate caramel into these bars! Maybe substitute the peanut butter for the caramel?
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Michelle on May 23rd, 2013 at 11:46 pm
You can, although just know that caramel is typically thinner than peanut butter.
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