Amazing Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

Can you really go wrong with a chocolate peanut butter addition to most any sweet treat? You will want to devour our chocolate peanut butter Rice Krispie treats! Just check out the photos below if you doubt me! A twist from the original, this recipe features peanut butter and a smooth layer of chocolate on top.

Have you met many no bake Rice Krispie treats you didn’t like? What about peanut butter treats? Chocolate ones? You see where I’m going with this…

Ingredients

• Rice Krispies
• Marshmallows – any size will work
• Salted Butter
• Creamy Peanut Butter
• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• Coconut oil (or Vegetable Oil) – 1 tbsp

Subsitututions for Choc Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

• Use Marshmallows of Other Sizes – In place of the 40 large marshmallows as we used here, you can use 5 cups of mini marshmallows. In fact, mini marshmallows tend to melt a little faster. We often use them but we only had the larger ones on hand for this post. But both work great as do the standard-size marshmallows. If you aren’t sure of switching out marshmallows, this marshmallow conversion chart is very helpful.
• Use Different Types of Chocolate Chips – We typically go for the semi-sweet chocolate chips in many of our no-bake treats. But you are free to substitute milk chocolate or dark chocolate chips, too!
• Use Vegetable Oil – In place of the coconut oil, you can substitute one tablespoon of vegetable oil.

Tips for Perfect Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

• For softer peanut butter and chocolate Rice Krispie treats, use fewer Rice Krispies – try using 5 1/2 cups rather than the 6 cups recommended in our recipe card below.
• Stick with smooth peanut butter over chunky as this recipe tends to blend and stick together better with the smooth peanut butter. (Otherwise, I am totally team Chunky Peanut Butter!)
• If your peanut butter chocolate Rice Krispie treats turn out a bit too crunchy, an over-cooked marshmallow mixture might be too blame. Popping individual treats in the microwave for 10-15 seconds to soften often helps.
• If your treats turn out too loose, it might be that you needed a slightly smaller pan to tightly pack the final mixture into before leaving it to set up. A tightly sculpted rectangle or square is best!
• Do speed up the firming process, put the tray of treats into the freezer for an hour or so and then move to the refrigerator.
• When heating the chocolate chips, be careful to not burn the mixture. It can be super easy to scorch chocolate chips when melting.
• Do not keep your chocolate peanut butter Rice Krispie treats in the fridge past the four hours of setting time. Otherwise, they will become too hard to eat! (Fun fact: once while in my early twenties, I had a guy I was newly dating over for a home cooked meal. For dessert, I made Rice Krispie treats that turned out hard as a rock. He nearly chipped a tooth being polite and attempting to eat one! Be careful out there, friends!)

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Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Easy Peanut Butter Pizza

Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies