Disappearing Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter Rice Treats

Tom arrived home from a 12 hour work day with his partner right behind him.  Both guys were exhausted and hungry from spending the day walking through hills and searching the sky for birds.  As they headed into the kitchen to clean up Tom spotted a plate of Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Rice Treats cut into squares and left on the counter only a few minutes before.

Without a thought he shoved one treat into his mouth while handing his partner a second.  Crunchy peanut butter and cereal mixed with chunks of chocolate and gooey marshmallow wiped away the rumbling growls coming from his empty stomach.  Before they realized what had happened the plate is nearly empty and Tom guiltily came looking for me in the living room.

“Honey, are those rice treats for anything special?”

“Not really, I just wanted to take pictures of them for my blog.  You can have a couple if you want.”

Trying not to sound worried he asks, “Are you going to need more than two?”

I look up from my book, eyes narrowing, “Why?”

“Well, I had a couple, and K had a couple, and now there are two left.”

At this time K walks up behind Tom, “These are the best Rice Treats I have ever had!  They are awesome!”

Tom joins in hoping to get out of trouble.  “Yea! Aren’t they great!”

I grin, my hands on my hips, “I am happy you like them, however, both you suck-ups keep your paws off the last two treats.  I haven’t photographed them yet!”

That settles it then.  They are as good as I thought they were.  I smile and settle back into my book.

I am experimenting with printable recipes.  The one above was designed to be printed on 5×7 photo paper and stuck in a card file, on the fridge or given to a friend.  My printer ran out of ink so I wasn’t able to do a test print.  Please let me know how it prints up!  I have also written out the recipe below which you can print by clicking here.

Also, don’t sell any of my images or recipe cards in any way, thank you!

Chocolate Chip & Peanut Butter Puffy Rice Treats

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter plus a little extra for greasing
• 3 heaping spoonfuls of peanut butter
• 3 cups of mini marshmallows (1/2 of a bag)
• 3 cups puffy rice cereal
• 2 handfuls of chocolate chips

Supplies

• 8×8 baking pan
• aluminum foil
• wooden or other strong spoon
• spatula

Get everything together beforehand because this goes fast!

1.  Cover a 8×8 inch baking pan with tin foil.  Coat the tin foil with butter and set aside.

2.  Melt the butter on low heat in a heavy pot.  When melted add the peanut butter and stir until smooth.

3.  Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted and incorporated into the peanut butter.

4.  Add puffy rice cereal and stir until completely covered in marshmallow.  Remove from the heat and mix in 2 big handfuls of chocolate chips.  Fold these in gently, but be quick about it.  They will start to melt so you want to mix fast because you do not want them to melt completely.

5.  When the chocolate chips are mixed in dump everything into the greased foil covered pan and press flat and into the corners.  Allow to cool completely before lifting them from the pan holding the foil.  Peel the foil off and cut into 9 large squares.

Hide some for yourself then share and enjoy!