Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Treats

These peanut butter rice crispy treats are so good!  I’ve been meaning to share the recipe here for a while now, but they’re so good they never last very long, so it took some time to get pictures of them.  Everyone loves them.  I’ve added them to the list of treats I take to people at Christmas, and they’ve been really popular. 

They’re incredibly simple to make, which is good, because they’re the kind of thing you’ll want to make over and over again.  They’re not baked, which makes them a nice addition to my list of Christmas treats since oven space is at a premium then.  It’s also nice to have a dessert that doesn’t require the oven during the hot weather, so these are a great treat pretty much all year. 

Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Treats:

6 cups rice crispy cereal (It’s perfectly fine to use a store brand; I usually use the Aldi brand.)

1 stick of butter

1 10 oz. bag mini marshmallows

½ cup creamy peanut butter

½ cup crunchy peanut butter

Combine butter, marshmallows, creamy peanut butter, and crunchy peanut butter in a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat.

Stir often.  Keep stirring often, until everything is melted.

Pour rice crispy cereal into a large mixing bowl.  Pour peanut butter mixture over cereal.  Mix well, making sure all of the cereal is thoroughly coated with the peanut butter mixture.  You’ll need to work fairly quickly so it doesn’t start to set before all of the cereal is coated.

Once everything is well mixed, place the mixture in a 9 x 13 dish, spreading it around evenly.

At this point, you can technically dig in if you just can’t stand to wait.  However, it won’t slice nicely unless you wait for a couple of hours.  If you’re eating it at home, and you don’t care how it looks, go for it.  If it needs to be sliced, and you want it to look nice, you’ll need to wait a couple of hours for it to set completely before you slice it. 

Enjoy!