Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats
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Today I’m excited to share a new spin on an old classic – that really reinvents it for me. I’ve lived long enough that I’m pretty much done on crispy treat bars. They are fun and okay, but nothing that I get excited about (unless they’re warm). But a few weeks back I saw this recipe on the top of this new Chocolate Peanut Butter spread that my family has fallen in love with and knew I had to make it.
So…yesterday I whipped up a batch.
Today, the pan is empty.
They are amazing.
You need them.
Yes, you really do.
And haven’t you been good alllll day long?
Consider these your gold star sticker!
You’ll need: Crispy rice cereal*, marshmallows, margarine or butter, and a tub of Jif Peanut Butter and Chocolate Whip.
*About the cereal – Okay..so I’m a skimmer, which means I sometimes miss out on little details that might be important. In this recipe, I missed the fact that it originally called for chocolate crispy rice cereal (like cocoa Rice Krispies) so I just grabbed regular. The great thing is, these are still absolutely delicious so now I just discovered another way to be versatile 🙂 You can get Chocolate Crisp Rice cereal if you want, or use regular like I did.
You little rebel, you!
This is a close up of what you are looking for. It’s called Peanut Butter & Chocolate, but to me it really tastes more Chocolate and Peanut Butter – so I keep getting it backwards when I refer to it.
I have found this everywhere I have shopped, right near the peanut butter.
Once you find it, go ahead and buy two.
Trust me.
FYI: This post is not sponsored by Jif but I did email them and ask if I could share this recipe
and they said I could. 🙂
Place marshmallows and butter in a medium pot.
Stir over medium heat until fully melted.
Add in chocolate peanut butter.
Think about that sentence a minute – chocolate peanut butter. yum!
Stir up really well until full melted and well blended.
Add in cereal.
Press into a greased 8×8 pan.
To make this easier, wet your hands a little bit. I just wash mine, then don’t dry them, then pat it down.
I wash my hands a lot when I’m cooking, always a good habit 🙂
Frost with the rest of the chocolate peanut butter.
If you want a thicker frosting, open that second carton I told you to buy and add a little of it, too 🙂
This stuff ends up tasting just like icing but it isn’t sweet sweet like icing.
That baking dish is Fire King in the Blue Heaven pattern, in case you were wondering.
Enjoy!
My husband doesn’t care for rice crispy bars, but he ate two of these…and went back for a third one later. Teenage son had two. Daughter and I also gave them a resounding thumbs up (I won’t tell you how many we ate but she helped me make them and spoon licks don’t count!). This is our new favorite cereal bar treat! If you love chocolate and peanut butter, you won’t be disappointed.
I LOVE the Peanut Butter Chocolate Whip as an icing, too! It’s like icing, without all of the knock-you-down sweetness. I’m gonna use it on a cake soon…
But until then, please make these!
Ingredients
- 6 cups Crisp Rice Cereal chocolate, or regular
- 15.9 ounce tub Jif Whipped Peanut Butter and Chocolate
- 10 ounces mini marshmallows
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
Instructions
- Place marshmallows and butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir constantly until melted.
- Add in 1+1/4 cup chocolate peanut butter spread. Stir until melted and well blended together.
- Stir in cups crisp rice cereal until it is well coated.
- Press into a greased 8x8 pan and allow to cool. Frost with remaining spread.
Nutrition
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
~Will Rogers
Note: This post was not sponsored in any way by Jif. I just love this stuff and asked if I could share their recipe and they were kind enough to say yes 🙂
Can’t wait to try these. Sounds good and easy. Have not seen the peanut butter chocolate stuff in the store. What department should I be looking?
This looks so good! I can’t wait to try this!!! Thank you!
Oh my gracious! Those look sooo good! Thanks Christy!
Hi Christy…I copied your recipe this morning and since I was getting out today, I bought the ingredients and made it when I got home….WOW!!! It is so good and just the sweetness, peanut butter & chocolate that I like. There’s a whole new world of Jif products out that I didn’t know about. Thanks so much for the happiness you give me with all your humor, sayings & recipes.
I am so glad you liked the recipe Sammie!!! I hope you have a great day!!
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Back when my son was young (30b years ago!), the popular treat was “Crispy Fudge Sandwiches” made with Rice Krispies mixed with melted butterscotch chips and peanut butter.. Half of that would be pressed in a 9″ pan and then covered with a layer of melted semi sweet ships and 10X sugar and than covered with the other half of the of the cereal mixture! Yum! In fact I made these as treats for Christmas gifts this year! Now I see THIS! Even though I don’t have a sweet tooth, I will make these, try a couple and give the rest to my husband…he will be thrilled, lol! I haven’t yet seen the Jiff Whips in my store…but I’ll be looking for them! Thanks Christy for the heads up!
OH…just 30 years ago! Not 30 BILLION years ago..even though it feels like it sometimes, lol!
Those sound fabulous Sheryle!! I hope you find the Jif Whipps and get to enjoy this recipe!!
These look delicious!! Chocolate and peanut butter are a family fave!! I haven’t tried the whipped Jif that you use in the recipe yet, because I know it won’t last long!! 😉 (We eat peanut butter by the spoonful as it is!!) Whip it up with some chocolate, and boy oh boy!!! lol I will surely be serving this treat up!! Thank you for sharing!!!
I hope you get the chance to try these soon Judy!!