Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispies – Salty & Sweet Crunchy Delights
My mother-in-law has a penchant for Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups – well who doesn’t? So along with the chocolate marshmallow crispies I made for our trip up to the New Forest a couple of weeks ago, I also made some chocolate peanut butter crispies. The recipe for these comes from the same book, Mast Brothers Chocolate: a family cookbook and goes by the name of chocolate crunch. The combination of chocolate peanut butter and crisped rice sounded too good to miss.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispies
Everything in the book is in US measures and as I didn’t want to make the vast quantity the Mast Brothers suggested, I had to have a couple of goes at this recipe before I got it right. The first batch of my chocolate peanut butter crispies was so crumbly, I ended up with a pile of bits as soon as I tried to cut it into squares – very tasty bits, but not the easiest things to eat. I tweaked the recipe and had much better success the second and dare I say it, third time around. The combination of salty peanut butter and sweet milk chocolate is a particularly good one and these crunchy bites of delight are very hard to resist.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispies – The Recipe
- 150 g 37% milk chocolate - I used G&B
- 40 g unsalted butter
- 1 heaped tbsp pure peanut butter
- 1 tsp honey
- 60 g crisped rice
- Melt the chocolate in a large bowl set over hot, but not boiling water.
- Add the butter, peanut butter and honey. Stir until everything is melted and combined.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the crisped rice until all are covered.
Spread into the bottom of a 20cm/8" silicone cake mould and leave for at least an hour in a cool place to set.
- Turn out onto a board and cut into 16 small squares.
The longer these are left to set, the easier they will be to cut.
Adapted from Mast Brothers Chocolate
Because of the predicted hot weather in August, this month’s Biscuit Barrel over at I’d Much Rather Bake Than … is all about no-bake. As it happens the month has been particularly cold. But that’s OK, no bake is always a welcome, if indulgent, treat.
Likewise Treat Petite have also chosen no bake for this month’s challenge. Hosted this month by Cakeyboi, it is hosted alternately over at The Baking Explorer.
As no baking is required and money saved from not having to turn on the expensive oven, I am sending these chocolate peanut butter crispies off to Credit Crunch Munch. This month it is being hosted by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary on behalf of Fab Food 4 All and Fuss Free Flavours.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispies. PIN IT.
bangers-and-mash.com
22nd August 2014
We’ve switched off our Aga for the summer so I haven’t done any baking the last couple of months and the children are not happy! This recipe though will make them VERY happy – particularly as they are both huge fans of anything containing either peanut butter or chocolate…
Choclette
24th August 2014
Well peanut butter AND chocolate has to be a winner then Vanesther 🙂
Kate Fever
22nd August 2014
I am not a peanut butter fan, but my husband and my youngest son love the stuff – definitely going to make these for them! #UKBloggers
Choclette
24th August 2014
Now making something you are not keen on is a sign of true love Kate – I’m sure they will appreciate it.
Barefoot Mahala
22nd August 2014
they sound delicious. No-one in my family likes peanut butter though, except me, and I’ve recently discovered I’m allergic to nuts. I might have to give the marshmallow ones a go for the kids instead. #UKBloggers
Choclette
24th August 2014
Oh no, that doesn’t sound good news. Nuts is quite a hard one to avoid. Good luck.
tam
22nd August 2014
Yummy! I used to love these as a kid and can quite happily eat them now too : )
Choclette
24th August 2014
Yes, I think these are a treat for ALL ages. I’m just trying hard not to make some for myself because I know I’d go through them way too quickly.
Laura Denman
22nd August 2014
Crumbly or not these are immediate winners with that chocolate/peanut butter combination! I only ate some peanut butter cups yesterday but now I want some more thanks to these. Plus, those crumbly bits are chefs perks =)
Choclette
24th August 2014
Thanks Laura – you are right, these are eminently edible in whatever form 😉
belleau kitchen
22nd August 2014
woman. you are killing me with these gorgeous treats. I too have a HUGE love for anything Reeces… maybe these are so simple to make that I won’t bother… yeah right!
Choclette
24th August 2014
Dom, I am trying so hard NOT to make any of these for us because I know we would go through them way way too quickly.
Fiona @ London-Unattached
22nd August 2014
oh memories of childhood there for sure. They look an improvement on normal chocolate ricecrispy cakes
Choclette
24th August 2014
I find any sort of rice crispy type treats hard to resist, but these ones are particularly moreish Fiona.
Jennifer Ferris
22nd August 2014
These look wonderful and not at all crumbly!
Choclette
24th August 2014
Thanks Jennifer – they didn’t stay in one piece when bitten into, but that wasn’t really too much of a problem 😉
Katie
23rd August 2014
Look delicious. I can’t resist peanut butter things. Shame they were a bit crumbly, but put them in a bowl and munch on them like popcorn – yum!
Choclette
24th August 2014
Now that is a fantastic idea Katie – munchies here I come!!!
Karen S Booth
23rd August 2014
I am not a peanut butter lover, but M and H are, so here’s a recipe that they would both love! They look so easy to make too! Karen
Choclette
24th August 2014
Not a fan of peanut butter? Oh you strange woman Karen 😉 Do you give in and make peanut buttery treats for the family?
Luca Marchiori
24th August 2014
Oh these take me back! They look yummy. Chocolate and peanut butter is such a devilishly delicious combination. May very well have to try. Thanks for posting.
Choclette
24th August 2014
Thanks Luca – not quite up to the sophistication of your entry, but jolly delicious nevertheless.
Kate@whatkatebaked
25th August 2014
A classic combination Choclette- no wonder your Mother-in-Law loves them- did they go down a treat (quite literally!)?
Choclette
25th August 2014
To be honest Kate, she was lucky to get any of them – it was quite a long car journey 😉
Stuart Vettese
26th August 2014
Choclette, I don’t care if they were crumbly! I’d have gobbled them right up. Thanks for taking part in Treat Petite 🙂
Choclette
27th August 2014
Well it’s true, the crumbliness was their only flaw Stuart 🙂
Michaela Kenkel
27th August 2014
I love rice Krispy treats, and these with the chocolate and peanut butter sound amazing!
Choclette
29th August 2014
Thanks Michaela
Elizabeth
8th September 2014
This is a proper nostalgic treat – love it (could go some right now!) Thanks for sharing with Credit Crunch Munch
Choclette Blogger
4th October 2014
It really is a piece of nostalgia Elizabeth, but a very tasty one 🙂
Hannah
4th October 2014
Do you think I could make these with cornflakes instead of Rice Krispies?
Choclette Blogger
4th October 2014
I think you should give it a try and report back Hannah.
Gin
18th August 2015
Wow, these sound delicious! Wish I had one right now.
Choclette
19th August 2015
You know what? I rather wish I had one now too 😉
Kath
8th April 2016
Bloomin heck Choc, these sound good. I WILL be making these.
Choclette
8th April 2016
They really should come with a warning Kath; I’ve made two batches already this week.
Emma Cooper
12th August 2016
I can see why these are popular! I must make some for Ryan, he’s a fan of chocolate and peanut butter too 🙂
Choclette
12th August 2016
I’m sure he will love them, the trouble is in trying to limit your intake!