Chocolate Peanut Butter Candies
Creamy peanut butter with crackly puffed rice covered in chocolate. This candy recipe makes great gifts for Valentine's Day
Ingredients
- 2 cups smooth peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 3 cups puffed rice cereal
- 3 cups chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp flaky sea salt optional
Instructions
- Add peanut butter and butter to a mixing bowl and beat with a hand mixer until well blended. Add in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth and well combined. Mix in vanilla and kosher salt. Then add the puffed rice cereal mixing on low just until combined.
- Roll into 1” balls then transfer to the fridge or freezer until chilled and easy to handle. Once the balls are chilled, melt chocolate chips and coconut oil over a double boiler. If you don’t have a double boiler, you can easily create one: Fill a saucepan with about an inch of water, then fit a bowl over the pan. Check the bottom of the bowl to make sure it does not touch the water. Place the saucepan over med-high heat bringing the water to a boil. Place your bowl with the chocolate chips and coconut oil over the saucepan and stir until completely melted and smooth. Remove bowl from heat.
- Roll balls, one at a time, in chocolate mixture until completely coated. I find that using two plastic forks with the center tines removed makes this process the easiest and least messy. Transfer each chocolate covered piece onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and sprinkle with flaky sea salt, if using, while chocolate is still wet. Let candies set up completely, about one hour.