Chubby Hubby Rice Krispies Treats

Do you remember the amazing Chubby Hubby Truffles from a month or so ago? The truffles that I fashioned after my favorite ice cream of all time – Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby? For those of you who may not have heard of it, Chubby Hubby consists of vanilla ice cream chock full of peanut butter-filled, chocolate-covered pretzels. It got me through college, and I still can’t get enough of that flavor combination to this day. Given how much I loved the truffles, and how much you all said you loved the truffles, I started brainstorming about other things that I could put a chubby hubby spin on and came up with these peanut butter-pretzel Rice Krispies treats topped with chocolate. Talk about addicting!
Regular Rice Krispies treats get some peanut butter added to the melted marshmallows, and then in place of some of the Rice Krispies, you add pieces of crushed up pretzels, and I threw in some peanut butter chips for even more peanut butter flavor. Then, of course, they are topped with chocolate. If you want to up the chocolate factor, you could always throw some chocolate chips in with the peanut butter chips (or swap them). I think these have an awesome balance of all three flavors, and can’t stop eating them. Although that’s not necessarily surprising since I am a huge fan for Rice Krispies treats and am always a sucker for any fun variation on the classic recipe.
Do you have a favorite version of Rice Krispies treats? I always love finding new varieties!
One year ago: Banana Cupcakes with Vanilla Pastry Cream
Four years ago: Homemade Gnocchi

Chubby Hubby Rice Krispies Treats
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 (10.5 ounce) bag miniature marshmallows
- ยฝ cup creamy peanut butter
- 4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 2 cups crushed pretzel pieces
- ยฝ cup peanut butter chips
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish; set aside.
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
- Off the heat, add the peanut butter and stir until completely melted and smooth. Add the Rice Krispies cereal, pretzel pieces and peanut butter chips, stirring gently until all dry ingredients are coated. Turn the mixture into the prepared baking dish and press it into the pan, creating an even top.
- Microwave the chocolate chips on 50% power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until completely melted and smooth. Pour the chocolate over the treats and spread in an even layer with an offset spatula. Let cool at room temperature until set, about 1 hour. (You can also refrigerate the treats for about 30 minutes to speed up the process.) Store leftovers at room temperature in an airtight container.
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(Recipe adapted from Cookies and Cups)
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These sound SO good! I like making cake batter rice krispie treats- just add 1/4 cup of cake mix to the marshmallow mixture before adding the rice krispies. They are best when topped with sprinkles, and they go over VERY well! :)
I love this!!
Wow, I could use a pan of these for breakfast today! They look amazing!
OMG! I always though Chubby Hubby was how you referred to your Husband! lol These look fantastic!! I think I need to make these, anything with peanut butter and chocolate is going to be good, hopefully I won’t eat the whole pan. I’ll be calling you when I gain 5 more lbs. :)
Wow! These look incredible! My favorite rice crispie treat recipe involves mixing a heaping 1/2 cup of cake mix into the marshmallow. It doesn’t quite taste like cake exactly, but they taste really amazing :)
I could devour those all in one sitting.
Wow…these sound good. I make traditional RK treats but I add peanut butter to melted chocolate and spread that over the treats. The addition of pretzels
sounds really good! I would love to see the recipe from Austrailia…Mars Slice! Bring it on!
I think I have saved every Rice Krispie treat recipe you have posted. I loved the Reece’s peanut butter cup ones. Sooo addicting!
I also love making Rice Krispie treats with seasonal marshmallows. I have posted a few on my site like Pumpkin Spice with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting. Those are always fun!
And sometimes I actually like the simplicity (and fewer calories) of plain old Rice Krispie treats!
Can you believe that I can’t find Chubby Hubby Ice Cream here ANYWHERE? They have New York Fudge Superchunk…Chunky Monkey…no CHUBBY HUBBY!! :(
I’ll have to satisfy myself with these instead. They look great!!
We used to make this exact thing all the time in college-LOVE rice krispie treats, they are so addicting!
I forget how much I love rice krispie treats….
I am in love.
These look and sound amazing!
yeah, these could never be bad
Oooooh, I go weak in the knees for this! :) Looks amzaing.
Love this! Definitely another great way to get peanut butter and chocolate into a delicious dessert for me:-)
I love RKTreats..the more add-in’s, chips, extras, PB and the like I can add, I do. I love basically making every but the kitchen sink bars :)
First time, long time :) Your chubby hubby krispies sound great. Have you heard of mars bar slice? It is something of an institution here in Australia, a no bake slice based on rice bubbles (krispies) and mars bars! Happy to share if you’re keen.
Hi Kim, I have never heard of those, but they sound amazing! I’d love the recipe if you’d like to share!
Michelle, here is the link to a Mars bar slice recipe :) Some of the quantities are in metric, but shouldn’t be too hard to convert. Hope you enjoy it!
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/25327/mars+bar+slice
Thank you Kim! I’m wondering if there is a good substitute for the Copha, as you can’t get it here in the U.S. (although I saw it is available on Amazon). Could coconut butter or oil be used? Or vegetable shortening? What do you think?
Hi Michelle. To be honest, I would just omit it. I’ve made mars bar slice many times and have never bothered to melt copha into the chocolate and I generally don’t bother to use cooking chocolate for the topping either – just a good quality “eating quality” milk chocolate (that would be cadbury’s here in Oz!)
What a delicious take on a gorgeous ice cream (which I am now craving actually :D)
These look amaaaazing. I think fancy Rice Krispie treats are becoming a thing. I’ve been drooling over a caramel macadamia Rice Krispie treat I saw on a blog a few days ago, and now I’m coveting these as well!