I decided to make some chocolate peanut butter balls to show our appreciation to our family and friends on Valentine's Day.... now that they are finished, I'm not sure if there will be any left after Dusty does his taste testing! He devours these things... oh, and I occasionally help him out with his quality control testing.
Before making this, clear out room in your refrigerator for two cookie sheets. I didn’t do this beforehand and had to go on a refrigerator re-arranging and disposal mission. It was not pretty what I found in there! Was it sour cream or penicillin?
Also before starting, make sure you have all the ingredients… I always forget this step and my dear husband is always running to the grocery store for me… this time he went to get me powdered sugar. Thanks, Amazing Husband!
Amazing Husband wouldn’t humor me and take a photo with the powdered sugar by the way. He also wasn’t willing to take pictures of me making the candy so these pictures are the best I could do! No action shots.
Before making this, clear out room in your refrigerator for two cookie sheets. I didn’t do this beforehand and had to go on a refrigerator re-arranging and disposal mission. It was not pretty what I found in there! Was it sour cream or penicillin?
Also before starting, make sure you have all the ingredients… I always forget this step and my dear husband is always running to the grocery store for me… this time he went to get me powdered sugar. Thanks, Amazing Husband!
Amazing Husband wouldn’t humor me and take a photo with the powdered sugar by the way. He also wasn’t willing to take pictures of me making the candy so these pictures are the best I could do! No action shots.
Here's the MIA powdered sugar bought by Amazing Husband.
Peanut Butter Balls
2 cups peanut butter
1 stick butter, softened
1 16 oz. bag powdered sugar
3 cups Rice Krispies2 bags chocolate chips (approximately)
2-3 T shortening
Mix peanut butter, butter, and powdered sugar. Add Rice Krispies and mix in.
Roll into balls and place them on wax covered cookie sheet. As you can see, I am not a consistent ball roller… they get bigger and bigger as I go…. Which does mess with the peanut butter to chocolate ratio…. Try to make them uniform if at all possible or do whatever floats your boat.
Refrigerate.
Melt chocolate chips and shortening either on stove top or microwave. Using toothpick, dip each ball in melted chocolate and return to wax papered cookie sheet. Coat all balls and refrigerate until chocolate is hard.
Devour!
Note: I store mine in a Tupperware container and layer wax paper and candies and then refrigerate.
Disclaimer: I am not promising that we will give these out on Valentine's Day... it was a thought... they may not last that long so we may have to dispose of them as we see fit.
Place 2" apart on greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 375. 
Remove and press kisses on top. Bake 2 minutes longer. Enjoy!
You can always use this recipe for plain pb cookies. Just press the top with a sugared fork and bake for 10-12 minutes. I like to stir in chocolate chips with this recipe... nothing beats peanut butter and chocolate! A great combination!!!!