Easy Peanut Butter Balls

These easy peanut butter balls made with Rice Krispies are the perfect quick and easy no bake sweet treat! With only 4 ingredients, you can satisfy your sweet tooth in less than 10 minutes.

Easy Peanut Butter Balls Recipe

Gosh I love peanut butter. And so does my husband. Dare I say more than me. He will come home and scoop a giant scoop of peanut butter out of our Jif peanut butter jar and just eat it with a glass of milk. His love for peanut butter runs deep.

So, the way to his heart, is through peanut butter treats. And this recipe here for easy peanut butter balls is one of his all-time favorites.

The Cowboys’ Rating: 10/10

Every time I make a new recipe, I have my family rate the recipe out of 10. By the time, these recipes make the blog, they’ve been tried and tested by some of my hardest tiny critics!

What Ingredients are in Peanut Butter Balls?

• Creamy Peanut Butter – Ok what I am about to say could potentially cause some serious problems, but I’m just going to say it. Jif peanut butter is the all-time best peanut butter around. I said what I said. If you disagree, we can still be friends, but there’s no changing my mind. So, I’m going to tell you to use Jif Creamy Peanut butter.
• Rice Krispie Cereal – You can use the generic brand here too.
• Butter – I use regular salted butter.
• Powdered Sugar – Adding in powdered sugar is going to add some sweetness and make these peanut butter balls have a thicker consistency.
• Milk Chocolate Chips – This is optional, but if you want to dip your peanut butter balls in chocolate, you can melt some chocolate chips. I put the chocolate chips in a glass bowl and microwave them for 1-minute intervals until the chocolate is melted. Then I will dip the peanut butter balls in the melted chocolate after they have sat in the fridge for about an hour to harden.

Tools You’ll Need

• Mixing Bowl
• Measuring Cups & Spoons
• Hand Mixer
• Baking Sheet Pan
• Parchment Paper or Silicone Baking Mat
• Cookie Scoop

How to Make Peanut Butter Balls

1. In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter and softened butter together until creamy.
2. Slowly add in powdered sugar, a little at a time and mix until well combined.
3. Add in Rice Krispies and mix until well incorporated.
4. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out desired sized peanut butter balls and place them on the baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
5. When all peanut butter balls have been made, place in the fridge for 30 minutes to harden.
6. Remove from fridge and enjoy!

How to Make This Recipe Gluten Free

This recipe can be adapted to make it gluten free by switching out the rice cereal. I know, you would think that Rice Krispies are naturally gluten free, but they are not because they use malt syrup which is not gluten-free.

Here is what I use to make these peanut butter balls gluten free.

Nature’s Path Gluten Free Rice Cereal

Storage

I personally think that these peanut butter balls are best cold. So, with that, you will want to store them in an airtight container or Ziploc bag in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.