With a dressing of rice wine vinegar, lime juice, and sesame oil, this crisp salad from The Chef Dan’s Dan Seidman has thinly sliced cucumber, red onion, and chili pepper. toasted peanuts and bean sprouts on top.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 bars |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3 cups crispy rice cereal
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Butter a 9×13 inch baking dish. In a medium bowl, stir together the butter, peanut butter and confectioners’ sugar until well blended. Mix in the rice cereal so that it is evenly distributed. Press the mixture into the prepared pan.
- In the microwave or over a double boiler, melt chocolate chips, stirring occasionally until smooth. Spread the melted chocolate evenly over the peanut butter bars. Refrigerate until set before cutting into bars.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 246 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 154 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 17 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made it and got rave reviews, even a friend who took a bite and closed her eyes in joy. I made it with sugarless Hershey’s chips and sugarless confectioners sugar, put a scoop of protein in the peanut butter and gave it a protein twist.
Too sweet for me. My husband likes them. If I made them again., like other reviewers, I’d cut down the sugar. Thank you, for sharing. I’m sure it’s great for others.
Made as directed. Very sweet & hard to remove from pan, even a day after in the fridge. I made them for a grad party but decided against taking them as they were in terrible shape once I got them out. The chocolate on top cracks & the peanut butter mixture on the bottom isn’t solid so between the two, it just didn’t work for me.
I just padded a little toasted coconut
We loved the No Bake – Quick and Easy
Too much peanut butter. Needs less on and a little more crispies but overall very good
I didn’t have chocolate, but followed the recipe otherwise. This will be awesome when I make it with chocolate next time.
They were rather soft when out of the refrigerator. I added more rice crispies the second time and it was better, but I don’t see how you could take them out as an easy snack; still a little messy. Yummy flavor. Husband loved them.
i love it plz make more of it
I am absolutely OBSESSED with these! I use all the ingredients, but toss the choc. chips into the mix at the end instead. Just made them again, but as I doubled the recipe I left out 1 stick of the butter. Have them in the freezer, hope this batch works lol.
I made modifictions, for a nearly sugarless recipe! I used 100% peanut butter, crunchy. I replaced the confectioners sugar with 2 cups Splenda & 1 cup Rice Dream drink. You may use soy milk or whatever. This makes a gooy chewy bar. Obviously, there is some sweet here! But it is super reduced. I also used Rice Dream drink in the melted semi-sweet chocolate chips, until it was smooth. I daringly used 2 cups io chips; but, you can also use unsweetened, or cocoa/cacoa. Cocoa/cacoa needs thickening; I think. So, to save time, I used chips. I also added some sea salt – since there was none in the peanut butter. It is nut necessary. This worked out to be a killer treat! Super delicious! Much much healthier! You can also cut as much butter as necessary. Substitute butter with pumpkin or fruit puree. Next time, I am going to use pumpkin, which does NOT taste like you brain thinks it does! LOL If you do that, be certain that your liquids balance, asand butte contains a bit of water.
These were a huge hit at work, everyone loved them. Didn’t last even an hour. Will make again.
This was pretty good. I will definitely make again since it is very eas
The recipe I’ve been searching for! These were a childhood favorite of mine & these are exactly as remembered. Thanks!
too much peanut butter makes it far too rich.
I forgot to add the crispy cereal, and I didn’t have the chocolate chips so I used Dove Dark Chocolate. This recipe is good, but I felt like I didn’t have enough of the peanut butter mixture or the chocolate. The taste was delicious, but I will definately have to find the measurements that work. I was also expecting the peanut butter mix to be thicker.
This was so easy I followed exactly except I added some Nutella with the chocolate yum!
Oh my gosh, my family and friends went crazy over this bar cookie/dessert. After reading all the reviews, I decided to up the crispy rice cereal to 4 cups. I really needed them up set up and cut nicely. The four cups worked perfectly for me and that is how I will make them again. I wanted the bars thinner than what a 13×9 pan would make, so I spread the mixture on a cookie sheet. The trick to cutting the bars without the chocolate breaking is to let it partially set up, cut, but don’t remove from the pan, until the chocolate has set. I let them rest 15-20 minutes before cutting. My son and DIL were visiting from TN. I sent a container home that I had froze for them. About a week later, I received a phone call asking what ‘freakin’ amazing’ dessert I had sent home with them. I guess it was a winner with them, too. This will definitely be made again in our house.
Kind of disappointing actually. I’d recommend more Rice Krispies. The Pb layer is mostly peanut butter, so it feels overly rich.
I was bored and was looking for an easy recipe to whip up kinda quick and this was the perfect thing! It was not only easy but it was also DELICIOUS! The creamy peanut butter pairs perfectly with the crispy rice cereal and you indulge in every bite! Will definitely be making this again soon! Thanks for a great recipe!
Wow these are just beautiful, thanks for sharing the recipe with us; Jesus Christ Bless you! 🙂