Growing up some of my favorite times were making peanut butter balls with my grandma. I knew that if I was spending the night that this fun (and delicious) project be on my list of #1 things to do. I have since passed on my great love of peanut butter balls to my little brother, so when he knew that I was babysitting for the weekend he quickly requested that we make them. Of course I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to munch on some of my favorite goodies, so I decided to have my nieces spend the night too and let them get in on the baking fun.
So here were my chefs for the night…
And here is the easiest kids recipe you’ll ever make!
Peanut Butter Balls
adapted from Grandma’s Kitchen…thanks Grams!
1/2 cup of Karo light corn syrup
2/3 cup of smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup of sugar
Pinch of salt
3 cups of Rice Krispies
(Chopped chocolate for dipping & drizzling if desired)
Add the corn syrup, sugar, peanut butter, and salt in a microwave safe bowl and stir to combine. Microwave for 45 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until the mixture just starts to boil.
Stir in the Rice Krispies. Let mixture cool briefly (1-2 minutes), but stir to make sure it does not stick together. Now you can either roll the mixture into balls, add lollipop sticks to the balls to make peanut butter ball lollipops, or you can roll out the mixture between to sheets of parchment paper and then use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes.
You can also drizzle with melted chocolate or dip balls into the chocolate…be creative! Here are some photos from our baking adventure and the creations we came up with!
And believe me were they good!
Tags: easy kid desserts, easy kid projects, peanut butter balls
The kids are cute! I bet that was a fun activity. Hope they didn’t make too much of a mess!
I don’t think I’ve ever had a peanut butter ball before! How wrong is that?
Oh wow, my kids would love this. How great you are for doing this activity with them!
Looks great and fun. I love that you cooked with the kids.
Sharon May
Beautiful kids!! These sound delicious, and I am sure that the kids loved making these!
I have never tried peanut butter balls, Melody! Send some my way , please?
The chocolate dipping put me over the edge – I’d love to make these with kids! Your little chefs are adorable!
Peanut butter balls? Yummy! These looks fantastic, I would like to try one please.
These are lovely but where are mine?! I’m hungry!
I believe you! They look good!
Yum. Brings me back to my childhood. There is nothing like these simple treats that make you feel like a kid again! Delicious!
I’m not a kid anymore, but these would still be a hit with me!! What a fun time!
Oh my, not only do these Peanut Butter Balls look scrumptious, the little chefs are just darling! What a fun little treat and memory for them
I have an emergency cupcake question and you are the first person I thought of that would be able to help me!!! I am looking for plain white individual cupcake boxes with the little window. Can you help me?! Or do you have a specific site that you like to go through for things like this? Thank you sooo much!!
It looks like you had a blast! How fun! Great photos. They definitely put a smile on my face. My family has a version of peanutbutter balls too. Thanks for sharing yours!
Peanuts butter Rice Krispies sound really good.
What a cute bunch of chefs! It looks like you had a great time.
These look so good! My daughter would absolutely love making these! She loves peanut butter, and I am sure she’ll wholeheartedly welcome the opportunity to be a little chef in the kitchen too:) I’m bookmarking the recipe. Thank you, Melody!
its always fun making kids participate and enjoy the kitchen. this is definitely a recipe to do!! and the peanut butter balls look delicious!!
This looks like a lot of fun!!!!
Great idea! We may have a project this weekend
Your chefs are adorable.
Carrie
So honored to see “peanut butter balls” and all the cute smililng faces who enjoyed them
with you……….brought back memories. Actually, I got this recipe from MY Mom, so it goes
back a ways. I see you added your own special touches with the chocolate……..anything
goes better with chocolate……….
I will try making these with my kids… they will love them!
Adorable chefs! And what a great recipe!
Those kids look like they had a blast! What great pictures, and those peanut butter balls! Does it get much better than those?! I think not!
What a nice aunt you are and the kids are so cute.
i bet they had a blast!
omg !! they look so delish
How cute! We call these scotcheroos and press the mix into a pan then use both chocolate and butterscotch chips to cover the top then cut them into bars. Your method looks like it is much more fun! I will have to try it your way next time for sure!
They look fabulous, what a great idea.
Cute pictures! Those peanut butter balls look delicious, too.
Hmm I wonder who the favourite baby sitter is then?? Looks delicious, we have a similar recipe to this in NZ using golden syrup and no peanut butter but I like the look of your version… thanks for stopping by my blog btw!
they are the cutest chef i’ve ever seen! i am sure they are yummy
I love including kids in food activities! They are so inspirational! Great pops!
Awe what beautiful children I bet they loved those peanut butter balls
clearly you don’t have to be a kid to enjoy these little treats! what a great way to keep the kids (and yourself) entertained!!
Cooking with kids can be so much more rewarding. It looks like you had great fun making these delicious peanut butter balls.
What great little helpers you had in the kitchen.
We make those but for some reason only do it around the holidays. We love them, so I’m not sure why I don’t make them more often!
Kids and Krispies, you can never go wrong. These look fun and fast!
The fact that I don’t even have kids is not going to prevent me from making peanut butter balls and destroying my kitchen in the process. Ha!
Thanks for posting the recipe! I just made these in a bar form with a chocolate ganache for a more adult audience, they are delicious!
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