Rice Krispy Peanut Butter Cup Treats

By stancec44

Butter your pan before you get started and keep the butter out. I like to butter my hands to keep the mixture from sticking to me.

Ingredients

• Butter
• 8 cups mini marshmallows
• 4 Tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 7 cups plain Rice Krispies cereal
• 24 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from insidebrucrewlife.com

Preparation

Step 1

Melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Stir in the peanut butter. Do not let the mixture sit long at all, or it will start to cool and be harder to work with.

Pour the cereal into the marshmallow mixture and stir until completely combined. Press half the cereal mixture into a buttered 9x13 pan quickly.

Place the 24 peanut butter cups over the top of the rice krispies in the pan. Spoon the rest of the rice krispies over the top and press down - but not too hard. Make sure you get it as even as possible. Let cool completely.

(This next part is optional, as far as I am concerned. Have made them without the topping, and they are just fine.) Place the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a double boiler and heat over barely simmering water (not touching the pan) until melted. Stir until creamy. Spread over the top of the rice krispie treats. Let set before cutting.

Cut into 24 squares. Store in a sealed container on the counter.