Awesome Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies
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You know how everyone is so dang crazy over classic Buckeye candies or bars? (Me included!) Well, I made these rice krispy treats wayyyy over the top, by dubbing them ‘Awesome’ Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies, and they are every bit of AWESOME, and then some!
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Begin with making some yummy, delectable peanut butter buckeye candy rice krispies, then add a delicious layer of creamy, peanut butter filling and then another layer of decadent chocolate-peanut butter frosting.
Have I said enough? Look at those layers of peanut butter cream and chocolate ganache?! INCREDIBLY AWESOME!
Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies…where have you been all my life? Never-mind, you’re here now, and that’s all that matters!
Why I Love These Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies!
- These buckeye candy rice krispies are made in a 9×13 pan
and they go along way!
- Thick, rich, buttery, crispy and creamy, with a huge wallop of a chocolate and peanut butter infusion!!!
- I need to mention, these buckeye candy rice krispies are very addicting, most likely calorie-loaded, but who cares right now? All we want are some peanut butter and chocolate treats!
- These are so crazy good, everyone will want the recipe for these peanut butter chocolate rice krispies!
Ingredients You Need
Peanut Butter Rice Krispies
- mini marshmallows
- butter
- vanilla extract
- Reese’s peanut butter or smooth peanut butter
- Rice Krispies Cereal
Peanut Butter Layer
- powdered sugar
- Reese’s peanut butter
- butter, softened
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer
- Ghirardelli 60% semi-sweet chocolate chips or or dark chocolate melts for dipping
- Reese’s peanut butter chocolate chips
- Reese’s Peanut Butter
How to Make Buckeye Rice Krispie Treats
Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
Peanut Butter Rice Krispies
- Melt butter in large saucepan, then add marshmallows and stir until melted.
- Add peanut butter and vanilla until combined, remove from heat.
- Stir in crispy rice cereal and then press into greased 13×9 pan.
- Let cool.
Peanut Butter Mixture Layer
- Whiles rice krispies are cooling, beat confectioners’ sugar, peanut butter, and ½ cup softened butter together in a bowl until smooth and creamy, then spread over cooled peanut butter rice krispie treats.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer
- Heat chocolate chips and peanut butter chips together in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave, until melted, about 1 ½ to 2 minutes, add peanut butter and whisk together well and spread over peanut butter layer.
- Cool and cut into squares. Dare to sprinkle some sea salt on top!
Expert Tip
- Put rice krispie buckeye bars in refrigerator for 10 – 15 minutes or more for easier cutting. Don’t keep them in too long, or they are too hard to cut and they’ll have to come down to room temperature.
- Place the rice krispie bars in an airtight container.
These rice krispie buckeye bars are perfect for holidays, Christmas parties, or on an island by yourself. Just you and these ‘Awesome’ Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies. That’s all you need.
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'Awesome' Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Rice Krispies
- 1 - 10 oz package mini marshmallows
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup Reese's peanut butter
- 6-7 cups Rice Krispy Cereal
Peanut Butter Layer
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 cup Reese's peanut butter
- ½ cup butter softened
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer
- 1 cup Ghirardelli 60% semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Reese's peanut butter chocolate chips
- ¼ cup Reese's Peanut Butter
Instructions
- Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Peanut Butter Rice Krispies
- Melt butter in large saucepan, then add marshmallows and stir until melted.
- Add peanut butter and vanilla until combined, remove from heat.
- Stir in rice krispies and then press into greased 13x9 pan.
- Let cool.
Peanut Butter Layer
- Whiles rice krispies are cooling, beat confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, and 1/2 cup butter together in a bowl until smooth and creamy, then spread over cooled rice krispies.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer
- Heat chocolate chips and peanut butter chips together in a microwaveable bowl, until melted, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, add peanut butter and whisk together well and spread over peanut butter layer.
- Cool and cut into squares.
Notes
These are the best!! Thank you Christie!!
Oh man I could totally get with this!
nice recipe thanks for sharing.
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So happy to hear that! These are my mom’s favorite bars too! Thank you so much Lisa!
Wow amazing made these today. Needed a desert to share for group 11. Since we just had Christmas wanted to use up some chocolate chips etc . Marvelous!!!!!
When PB and chocolate (the best combo ever) meet a Rice Krispies treat, what do you get?? THIS!! Pure genius Kim!! Drooling 😉
If you can find the gluten free rice krispies, it can be gluten free. Hope that helps! They are super yummy too!
Are these gluten free?
It’s my mom’s favorite rice krispie recipe! It is soooo good, you would love it Kelly!!
I looooooove buckeyes!!! And Rice Krispie treats too! So this is dessert perfection 🙂 xoxo
Hi Susie! Thank you so much! I love this recipe as well, it’s one my mom always makes to take places too! 😉 Just keep the bars in an airtight container at room temperature. If they are warm and the chocolate is softening too much, you can store the bars in the fridge, then just let them come to room temperature before serving so they aren’t like brittle
How do you recommend storing after they are complete? Refrigerate or counter top? Also I have made this recipe 5-10 time (no lie!) and my friends and family LOVE it! I am making it again tonight for a work party tomorrow and just cant remember if I refrigerator overnight or not! Thank you!
10 oz package mini marshmallows. 🙂
What size bag of mini marshmallows?
OMG! You are correct, yes that is when the vanilla is added and it’s updated now. Thank you for catching that and the peanut butter. I apologize…Ugh! Must have been one of those days! You can make it with or without peanut butter in the top layer, it’s delicious either way!
Also the chocolate layer says to whisk in PB after melting the semi-sweet and pb chips together, but no other pb is referenced in the ingredients.
To the person that said the butter should be melted in the pb layer, I just softened mine.
The recipe doesn’t indicate when to add vanilla. I did it with the peanut butter in the RK part of the recipe.
Some of the directions are misleading… The butter in the peanut butter layer should have been melted and there was too much… And there wasn’t enough chocolate In the chocolate later
Thanks so much Jenn!
This sounds so delicious! Thanks for sharing!