Chocolate Dipped Krispies Peanut Butter Balls

Submitted by Rita1652

"These are lighter then the ones without the Rice Krispies. I got the recipe from the "Classic Holiday Cooking" cook book. You can shape into eggs for Easter!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 100 balls

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 cups chunky peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 3 cups rice, krispies

• Chocolate Dip

• 2 ounces paraffin wax or 2 ounces shortening
• 1 (24 ounce) package chocolate chips (using 12 ounces for large balls or 24 ounces for small one)

directions

1. Melt butter and while hot, stir in peanut butter.
2. Mix well and add vanilla, powdered sugar and Rice Krispies.
3. Work in with hands until it will form balls.
4. If using paraffin shred on a box grater then add to the chocolate in a double boil and heat till melted and combined.
5. Dip into melted chocolate and paraffin or shortening with toothpick.
6. Cool on waxed paper.

Reviews

[Mysterygirl]

I used parafin to make these. They turned out really nice. It's a bit of work, but what the heck - it's Christmas. :)

 

[Rita1652]

Instead of paraffin you can use shortening.

 

[kda949]

Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! But Messy! Messy! Messy to make! I chose this recipe over the other peanut butter balls because it used less butter and more peanut butter. I too used just 2 cups of powdered sugar and it was PLENTY!! Still very sweet! One thing I did that has not been mentioned is that I chilled the peanut butter mixture before shaping it into balls - about 10 mins in the fridge, and once they were shaped into balls I threw them into the freezer for 5 mins before dipping them in the chocolate. I thought it was just way too sticky and messy to work with at room temp. Very Yummy!! Glad I found this recipe.

 

[MindyP679]

My grandma has been making these forever and they remind me of my childhood. My sister and I give them away as christmas presents every year and people fight over the containers that "have more." I use creamy peanut butter because I prefer to have the rice krispies be the crunch in the candy. We've always used paraffin and it just makes the chocolate set harder, I don't notice a change in the flavor.

 

[mamamountin]

These are absolutely delicious! I had them at a Christmas party once and I searched for the recipe here and found this one. These are so much better than the plain peanut butter Christmas balls that we made when I was a kid. The rice krispies and crunchy peanut butter add such a nice texture and a lot more excitement!! My one suggestion to anyone making this in the future is to increase the butter to at least 3/4 of a cup. Every time I make these they are just a touch dry. They would be fine made just as the recipe states but I find they are less crumbly and easier to form into balls with the extra moisture that the increased amount of butter supplies. Also, when I dip any of my Christmas truffles I never add any oil/paraffin/shortening to the dipping chocolate and I have never had any difficulties just using the plain chocolate. Hope this is helpful, thank you for the great recipe!