EASY Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

• Breakfast Foods

  • 3 cups Puffed rice cereal

• Condiments

  • 2 cups Peanut butter, smooth
  • 150 g Peanut butter chips

• Baking & Spices

  • 225 g Dark chocolate
  • 3 cups (icing sugar, powdered
  • 2 tbsp Shortening
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 3/4 softened cup Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups smooth peanut butter
• ¾ softened cup butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups powdered icing sugar
• 3 cups puffed rice cereal, crushed
• 225 grams (8oz) of dark chocolate
• 150 grams (5 oz) peanut butter chips
• 2 tbsp shortening

Directions

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
• Mix peanut butter, butter and vanilla together in a large bowl until well blended.
• Slowly add in of powdered icing sugar, once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated into the peanut butter mixture, mix in the crushed rice cereal.
• Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to make it less sticky when rolling into balls.
• Next youll be rolling your balls so take off your rings. For each one, use a spoon to pick up a small amount and roll into one inch balls and place on the parchment paper.
• Once the balls are rolled, put them in the fridge to chill for ten minutes.
• Using a double boiler, melt 225 grams (8oz) of dark chocolate.
• Remove the balls from the fridge and dip them in chocolate, rolling them around with 2 forks to get full coverage.
• Lift out of the chocolate and place on parchment paper to harden.
• Melt Peanut butter chips, pour into a ziplock bag. Cut the end of the bag and drizzle over the balls to decorate.