Peanut Butter and Crispy Rice Squares

Peanut butter and crispy rice squares are a classic. I consider them the poor cousin of the Rice crispy treat. They are a little less known, and they are never the first to disappear from a buffet table, but they are delicious.

This Peanut Butter and Crispy Rice Squares recipe can be found on the back of any crispy rice cereal box. However, I have worked to make it better. I find that the bars are tough and chewy. I wanted my peanut butter and crispy rice squares to be softer and texture.
To achieve this, I added water to my recipe, which is mixed with peanut butter and corn syrup, allowing for the right consistency.

The original recipe called for semi-sweet chocolate chips; however, I prefer milk chocolate. As a result, the creaminess and chocolatey flavor come through and have a less harsh semi-sweet chocolate taste.

I also added flaked sea salt to the top of the squares.
The salt works very well against chocolate. It’s the perfect combination.

So the next time you are looking to make something quick, you can look on the back of the cereal box or pull this recipe up instead. I promise you will like the results that you get from my recipe. Enjoy!

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Peanut butter and Crispy Rice Squares

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword peanutbutter and crispy rice squares

Prep Time 15 minutes

Servings 12

Ingredients

• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups crisp rice cereal
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup salt flakes

Instructions

1. Line a 9" x 13" with foil. Grease foil with cooking spray

2. In a medium pan over medium heat, mix corn syrup, sugar, and water. Stir constantly until the mixture has bubbles around the edges of the pan.

3. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter, vanilla, and salt.

4. Transfer mixture to the baking pan and allow to cool. While the mixture is cooling, melt chocolate in a bowl over barely simmering water while stirring until halfway melted.

5. Remove from heat and stir until chocolate is very smooth.

6. Pour melted chocolate over the rice mixture and spread it to a uniform layer. Sprinkle salt flakes evenly.

7. Let cool and cut into pieces.