Crispy Peanut Butter Balls

This is one of my go to recipes. It is good when it is too hot to bake, or the oven is full or not working. It is easy and people like them. I will frequently double the recipe, split it in 2 portions and make balls from 1 half and place the other half in a pan, cover with the remaining chocolate and make squares. They freeze well. If you are going to make squares to freeze cover the bottom of your pan with plastic wrap. It will be much easier to get the peanut butter squares out of the pan.

Crispy Peanut Butter Balls

2 cups crunchy peanut butter (1 500ml jar)

2 1/2 cups icing (confectioner’s) sugar

2 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal

1/4 cup butter melted

Chocolate

8 oz semisweet chocolate

1 Tbsp.shortening

Direction

Mix peanut butter, icing sugar, rice cereal, butter. When everything is mixed well, form into 1 inch balls. Place in refrigerator

Melt chocolate and shortening over low heat. Stir often.

Dip peanut butter balls in the chocolate.

When they are dipped , place them in cupcake liners it makes them easier to pick up later.