Chocolate lovers rejoice! This recipe for chocolate covered peanut butter balls is simply the best and sure to satisfy your holiday sweet tooth.
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This post was originally published on December 6, 2022. Last updated on November 13, 2024.
Welcome to the Holiday Treat Blog Hop
If you love holiday sweets as much as I do, then you’re in for a treat!
I’m joining 15 friends to share a few of our favorite holiday recipes with you.
When I say you don’t want to miss out on a single recipe, I mean it.
Yuuuuum!
For those of you joining me from Brendt at She Gave It A Go, thank you so much for stopping by!
Each recipe for today’s hop is linked below—just click on a link to go to the post, and don’t forget to pin each one to save it for later!
I hope you enjoy trying all the treats as much as we enjoyed sharing them with you.
Now, on to my recipe!
Here’s everything you need to make the best chocolate-covered peanut butter balls.
Table of Contents
- The Best Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
- Ingredients for Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
- Equipment Needed
- How To Make Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
- More Christmas Treat Recipes from Midest Life and Style
- Discover More Delicious Treats
- Christmas Cookies and Holiday Treats
- Printable Recipe Card for Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
- Pin and Save It for Later!
- Did you enjoy this recipe? PIN it for later!
The Best Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
There’s no better combination than chocolate and peanut butter.
When it comes to sweet treats, it’s arguably my favorite.
This recipe for chocolate covered peanut butter balls with Rice Krispies comes from a treasured cookbook my 3rd-grade classmates and I gifted to our parents all the way back in December of 1991.
For over 30 years, this incredibly easy Christmas candy recipe has been a staple in our holiday baking rotation
And for a good reason….these peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate are so darn delicious you won’t be able to eat just one
Ingredients for Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 2 cups Rice Krispies
- 16 ounces milk chocolate chips or melting chocolate candies
- 1/4 cup finely chopped roasted salted peanuts (optional)
How To Make Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
First, in a large mixing bowl, beat the creamy peanut butter and butter with a mixer at medium speed until it’s smooth.
Next, slowly beat in the confectioners’ sugar.
I recommend only mixing in one cup at a time. (Unless you want an explosion of powdered sugar all over your kitchen!)
Then, gently stir in your crisp rice cereal.
I tend to use the generic store brand, but a name brand like Rice Krispies would work, too.
Next, roll your peanut butter mixture into 1-inch balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with wax or parchment paper.
*Note: I like to use a medium-sized cookie scoop for the peanut butter filling to ensure the balls are uniform, but you can skip the scoop and just use your hands if you prefer.
Once you’ve placed all the peanut butter balls on your cookie sheet, it’s time to melt your chocolate.
Melt the chocolate in the microwave in a small glass mixing bowl in 10-15 second increments, and stir as needed until fully melted.
Or you can melt it on the stove using a double boiler.
Next, use a fork to dip each peanut butter ball in the melted chocolate coating.
Let the excess chocolate drip off, and gently place each chocolate covered peanut butter ball on the lined baking sheet.
Sprinkle with chopped peanuts, if desired, and then freeze the peanut butter balls for 15-20 minutes, or until the chocolate coating is firm.
Once chilled, remove the chocolate covered peanut butter balls from the pan and store them in an airtight food storage container for up to 1 week.
This recipe for chocolate dipped peanut butter balls makes about 30 chocolate covered peanut balls, but can easily be doubled (or tripled!) if you’d like to make some pb balls to share with friends or to give as gifts.
Chocolate peanut butter balls always disappear quickly in our house, and I’m sure they will quickly become a favorite with your family, too!
More Christmas Treat Recipes from Midest Life and Style
If you like this Christmas treat recipe you might also like these other holiday favorites.
Discover More Delicious Treats
Thanks again for stopping by!
This chocolate peanut butter balls recipe is perfect for any holiday occasion.
Don’t forget to pin this recipe to save it for later, and if you try it, I’d love for you to rate it on the recipe card at the bottom of this post; so other readers know what you think.
Next, stop by my friend Jennifer at Cottage On Bunker Hill and see all the delicious holiday treat recipes linked below.
Enjoy!
Christmas Cookies and Holiday Treats
Are you looking to add a few new recipes to your holiday rotation this year? Click on the links below to visit each post.
Midwest Life And Style – Peanut Butter Balls | Cottage On Bunker Hill – Double Chocolate Oreo Bark | White Lilac Farmhouse – No Bake Christmas Cookies | Cottage In The Mitten – Holiday Peanut Butter Cookies
My Family Thyme – Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies | Eleanor Rose Home – Christmas Monster Cookies | Pasha Is Home – Christmas Fudge | Tatertots And Jello – Holiday Dipped Oreo Cookies
The Ponds Farmhouse – Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Bark | Vintage Home Designs – Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies | Our Tiny Nest – Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies | Bricks ‘n Blooms – Tiger Butter Fudge
The Tattered Pew – Daddy’s Molasses Cookies | Open Doors Open Hearts – Cinnamon Sugar Pecans | WM Design House – Cinnamon Popcorn | She Gave It A Go – Holiday Punch
Printable Recipe Card for Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
The Best Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 cups crisp rice cereal
- 16 ounces milk chocolate chips or chocolate candy melts
- ¼ cup finely chopped roasted salted peanuts (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat peanut butter and butter with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.
- Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar. Then stir in the cereal.
- Roll mixture into 1-inch balls and place on a baking sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate according to the directions on the package.
- Use a fork to dip each ball in the melted chocolate coating. Let the excess drip off, and gently place each peanut butter ball on the prepared baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with chopped peanuts, if desired. Freeze for 15-20 minutes or until the chocolate coating is firm.
- Remove from the pan and store in an airtight food storage container for up to 1 week.
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These are truly one of my favorites!!! Yummy
Mine too! They are so darn good! I could eat a whole batch by myself!
My family is full of peanut butter junkies, so this is going to be a very popular recipe! Pinning!
My family is full of pb junkies too. I hope you all enjoy this recipe!
Yum! Chocolate and peanut butter is my favorite combination! These look so delicious and I can’t wait to make these this upcoming weekend. Thank you so much for putting this fun hop together. I am so happy to join in. Merry Christmas, my friend!
I hope you enjoy them, Lynne. And thank you so much for joining. I look forward to hearing what you think. And I can’t wait to try your cookie recipe too, Yum!!! Merry Christmas!
You had me at chocolate, peanut butter, and Rice Krispies!!! These look incredible Jen, definitely adding this recipe to my recipe box. Pinned!!!
Thank you, Heidi. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family does!
The peanut butter addict in the next room will love these!!! Looks so good Jen! Thanks for putting this together!
They are so darn good. I hope you all enjoy them! And thank you for joining me. It was a lot of fun!
These look so good, Jen! I pinned them to my recipe board. Thanks for letting me join in this fun hop!
xoxo
Thank you, Jen. I’m so happy you could join and I can’t wait to make you cute dipped oreos.
I used to think these type of ball cookies were so hard. So glad you posted this. I’m looking forward to trying this out. My gluten free girl that adores peanut butter will love them!
Thank you, Cindy. I know that the name brand Rice Krispies isn’t gluten-free, but there are some brands of riced cereal that are. I hope you enjoy them. I can’t wait to hear what you think!
You know I love chocolate and peanut butter and these are a must try! I have never had them but they look delicious! Thanks so much for gathering us today! Merry Christmas! Pinned!
Thank you, Kim. Fair warning…they’re so good you won’t be able to eat just one! So glad you could join. I can’t wait to try each of the yummy-looking recipes!
Jen
These look delicious. I used to make these for my daddy every Christmas. He loved them.
That’s so special, Rachel. They are delish. It’s hard not to love them!
Jen, How did you know I love peanut butter? 🙂 I cannot wait to try these. Your recipe looks divine. Thank you for including me in your hop today.
Peanut butter is the BEST! Especially when combined with chocolate. I hope you enjoy them, Wendy!
Jen first of all thanks for hosting such a fun group! And second, peanut butter and chocolate are a favorite combo of mine. So excited to try your recipe! Pinned!
Thank you, Kelly. It’s such an easy recipe. I bet your girls might even like to help you make them. I hope you get a chance to try them. Thank you for joining today’s hop!
These look AMAZING! What a fun hop this is!!
Thank you, Rachel!
I love anything with chocolate and peanut butter. These look so good!
Thank you, Stacy. It is one of my favorite holiday treats. Soooo good!
Jen, I am making these for the holiday! I just printed it. I love chocolate peanut butter balls. Your recipe looks so delicious. Pinned it too!
I hope you love them as much as I do. I can’t wait to hear what you think!
YUMMY! My favorite combination, Jen, I’ll definitely be making these.
Thank you for such an amazing blog hop; I appreciate your organizing it all.
So grateful for you my friend.
xoxo,
Brendt
Thank you, Brendt. I’m so thankful for you too, friend. Your kind words are always appreciated and I’m so glad you could join us today. Cheers!
Jen! I’m Ohio we do this but we leave a little bit of the peanut butter goodness still visible and can it a buckeye, since we’re the buckeye state. PS I absolutely love snuggling with peanut butter and chocolate!!! I’m a peanut butter junkie haha Thanks for organizing this hop!!
Yes! I think the recipes are very similar. Although, if I called them buckets around these parts, my Husker friends might have something to say about it. 😉 Glad you could join us today!
Jen these look delish! Peanut butter and chocolate are my favorite combo! I’ve pinned your recipe and can’t wait to try these! Thank you for putting this together <3
It’s my fave too! So darn good. I hope you enjoy them, Nicolle!