Peanut Butter Krispies Treats

Spray an 8×8 casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.

In a 4 quart sauce pan, melt butter on low heat. Do this slowly, you don’t want burnt or brown butter here. Once butter has melted, keep heat on low and add mini marshmallows. Once marshmallows begin to soften and melt, add peanut butter. At this point, you will need to constantly stir the mixture so the peanut butter does not burn and the marshmallows can evenly melt (won’t take too long, about 5 minutes or so). Once, mixture is combined and melted, turn off heat and remove pan from stove.

Add crisp rice cereal to sauce pan and stir until evenly coated with mixture. This is sticky stuff so do your best to get it all combined. Pour mixture into casserole dish (it will look very loose). Spray your hands with some nonstick cooking spray and pat down the mixture until firmly compacted. Allow 30-45 minutes for treats to set up…then enjoy!

Cook’s Note:
You can use a 13×9 dish for this but we prefer a slightly thicker bar so I go with the smaller size. Also, for all you budget-conscious shoppers, I have made this recipe with the store brand cereal, marshmallows, butter and peanut butter and these treats still turn out delicious. And if you’re a Krispies treats purist (like my hubby), just leave out the peanut butter, they’ll still be gooey.