Description
Easy no-bake treats made by pouring a warm peanut butter and honey mixture over crispy rice cereal, then stirring in chocolate chips and M&M’s and scooping into clusters.
Ingredients
1 cup (260 g) creamy peanut butter
1 cup (340 g) honey (light corn syrup also works)
6 cups (about 160 g) crispy rice cereal, such as Rice Krispies
1/2 cup (85 g) mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup (about 100 g) M&M’s candies
Instructions
1. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Place the crispy rice cereal in a large heatproof bowl.
3. Combine the peanut butter and honey in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until melted, smooth, and just starting to bubble at the edges, about 3 to 4 minutes.
4. Pour the hot peanut butter mixture over the cereal and stir gently until every piece is evenly coated.
5. Let the mixture cool for about 5 minutes so the chocolate does not melt completely, then fold in the mini chocolate chips and M&M’s.
6. Scoop about 1/4 cup of the mixture onto the lined baking sheet for each treat, pressing it together lightly so it holds.
7. Let the treats set at room temperature for about 30 minutes, or chill them briefly, until firm.
Notes
Adapted from Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats with M&M’s & Chocolate Chips by Recipes by Clare, a no-bake treat made by pouring a hot peanut butter and corn syrup (or honey) mixture over Rice Krispies and stirring in mini chocolate chips. Peanut butter, honey or syrup, and chocolate chips follow that recipe; the cereal and M&M’s amounts, the cooking time, cooling time, scoop size, and yield (20 treats) are estimates, and the added sugar that source’s method mentions was left out because the honey sweetens the treats. The recipe has not been tested.
Use a shelf-stable creamy peanut butter, not natural drippy peanut butter, so the treats hold together.
Let the mixture cool slightly before adding the candy, or the M&M’s will bleed color.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
Nutrition is an approximate estimate per treat (20 treats).
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 treat
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 1mg