Rice Krispies Treats are a great dessert to make for Halloween because they come together easily and are perfect for sharing! We wanted to add a little interest to our treats so we make them peanut butter flavored, using crunchy peanut butter so you have pieces of peanut through out your treat. To gear them towards the Halloween season, we used a ghost cookie cutter (2.5″ x 3.5″) to make these cute little treats. Feel free to use whatever shape you would like or modify for any holiday (maybe Christmas trees?), just know it will change the total number of treats you get depending on the cookie cutter size.
While the treats tasted amazing without the chocolate, we wanted to have fun little ghosts so we dipped the treats in white chocolate, then decorated them with melted peanut butter chips. This made the process a little more time consuming with waiting for the chocolate to set before decorating with the peanut butter chips. If you want all the delicious flavor without waiting, you can cute the treats into cubes and drizzle with the white chocolate and peanut butter chips.
Ingredients
Rice Krispies Treats
- 3½ tbsp unsalted butter
- 10 oz marshmallows
- ½ cup crunchy peanut butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 6 cups rice krispies cereal
Decorating
- 12 oz white chocolate bark
- 2 oz peanut butter chips
Instructions
Rice Krispies Treats
- Line a small baking sheet or baking dish with wax paper and set aside.
- In a pan large enough to hold all the ingredients, melt butter over medium low heat, then add marshmallows. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until marshmallows are completely melted and incorporated with the butter. Remove from heat and add peanut butter and vanilla extract, mixing until well combined.
- Add rice krispies cereal and mix well. Pour mixture onto baking sheet, pressing down into a single layer. Note: Spraying your hands with a little cooking spray helps keep mixture from sticking to your hands. Let cool completely, about 1 hour.
Decorating
- Using a cookie cutter, cut out your ghosts from the rice krispies treats. You can put the scrap pieces into the microwave for 30 seconds at a time to soften them up to reshape if desired. Depending on your spacing, you should get about 16 ghosts per batch of rice krispies treats.
- Melt bark per package instructions. Using a fork or chocolate dipping tools, dip treats in the chocolate until well coated. Gently shake any excess chocolate off and place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Repeat until all treats are covered. Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Melt peanut butter chips in microwave for 30-60 seconds. Once completely melted, put in a piping bag equipped with a very small decorating tip (around size 6). Pipe out eyes, mouth, and outline ghost edges. Let the peanut butter chips set and enjoy!
