Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls

Meal: 
Lunch
Dinner
Course: 
Dessert
Total Time: 
0 min
Prep Time: 
0 min
Recipe Ingredients: 

For Peanut Butter Centers

  • 1 c creamy peanut butter
  • 7 oz jar marshmallow fluff
  • ⅛ c mixed nuts- finely chopped
  • 1 ½ c crisp rice cereal

For Chocolate Outers

  • 1 ½ c semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 4 t shortening
Directions: 

For Peanut Butter Centers

  1. In large bowl combine peanut butter, marshmallow and mixed nuts then fold in cereal.
  2. Roll into balls approximately 1 inch sized and set aside.

For Chocolate Outers

  1. In small sauce pan, mix chocolate and shortening and heat slowly over low heat—just until melted.
  2. Take off heat and roll peanut butter balls in chocolate mixture.
  3. Let harden on wax paper in cool location (if refrigerator is available, it works best but coolers or location with cool air temperatures work too.)